The disease had been confirmed in the capital Kampala on January 30 following the death of a male nurse

The tomb was opened on the second of nine days of official mourning for Francis, after which a conclave will be held to elect the next pope

Assefa made up for second-place finishes in London and the Paris Olympics last year, finishing in 2:15:50. It was the fastest ever time in a women’s-only marathon

Helicopters and aircraft dumped water from the air on the raging fire through the night into Sunday morning at the Shahid Rajaei port

The march organized by civil society groups came as Goma, the provincial capital of North Kivu marked three months under rebel rule

The World Food Program said Friday its food stocks in Gaza have run out under Israel’s nearly 8-week-old blockade, ending a main source of sustenance for hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in the territory

Hundreds of thousands mourners took to the streets of Rome today to bid farewell to Pope Francis, whose funeral rites reflected his vision of humility and dedication.

Up to 300,000 mourners took to the streets of Rome today to bid farewell to Pope Francis, whose funeral rites reflected his vision of humility and dedication.

His funeral on Saturday attracted as many as 250,000 people, rich and poor alike, who came to pay their respects.

Sixty years after the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. led a rally protesting housing discrimination and segregated schools in Boston, thousands of people are expected to gather at the same site to honor and reflect on the historic event.

Catholics including Interim Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé filled the church of St Peter of Petion-Ville in Port-au-Prince in Haiti at a Mass to honour the late Pope Francis, who died aged 88 on Monday.

Catholics in the West African nation of Ghana observed a requiem mass in honor of Pope Francis on Friday evening at Accra’s Holy Spirit Cathedral.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Friday oversaw the signing by Congo and Rwanda of a pledge to work toward a peace deal that would ease U.S. access to critical minerals in resource-rich eastern Congo, bringing U.S. influence to bear in a minerals trade that has helped fuel the conflict.

Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova declared without offering evidence that “there are reasons to believe that Ukrainian special services were involved in the killing”

World leaders, including U.S. President Donald Trump converged on Rome for the funeral, but the group of marginalized people who will meet his casket in a small crosstown basilica are more in keeping with Francis’ humble persona and disdain for pomp

His election formally ends the transitional period, giving him full constitutional legitimacy to lead.

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s foreign affairs adviser Yuri Ushakov told reporters on Friday that the meeting between Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff on Ukraine lasted three hours and was “constructive” and “useful”

The new policy would remove tuition and registration fees at universities and colleges. There have been calls for years for all levels of education to be subsidized by the government in the country of around 3 million people in southern Africa.

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The United Nations children’s organization UNICEF is launching today’s World Malaria Day with the rollout of the R21/Matrix-M vaccine in Mali, the 20th country to introduce it.

In 2018, the US under Donald Trump unilaterally pulled out of a 2015 nuclear deal Iran had agreed with world powers, reinstating deadly sanctions on the country. Now Trump has demanded a new agreement

The move directly targets key South African fruit exports such as grapes and apples, while significantly complicating logistics for Malawi, a landlocked nation that relies on Tanzania’s Dar es Salaam port for the bulk of its inbound and outbound trade.

The photo exhibition stands not only as a visual tribute but also as a reminder of the pope’s deep connection with Latin America and his enduring spiritual legacy.

The South African government on Thursday canceled a proposed tax increase that had threatened to collapse the unity government after a pushback from various political parties.

The war has created the world’s largest humanitarian crisis and worst displacement crisis, leading to famine conditions in some parts of Sudan

Tanzania’s main opposition party said Thursday that two of its senior officials were arrested on their way to court to attend the proceedings against their party leader who faces treason charges for calling for reforms ahead of October elections.

The United Nations Economic and Social Council held a special meeting in New York this week, focused on forced displacement and refugee protection

Kabila’s presence in this tense area and his controversial statement — urging South Africa not to support military efforts against the M23 — raised eyebrows. For many Congolese citizens and political analysts, the move is seen as more than symbolic.

Italy’s Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani says Rome supports an Arab plan for the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip without displacing Palestinians.

Kenya has demonstrated relative macroeconomic resilience. The Kenyan shilling appreciated by 21% in 2024, becoming the world’s best-performing currency, according to market analysts.

Female bonobos find strength in numbers, teaming up to fend off males in the wild, a new study finds.

More than 1,800 migrants expelled from Algeria into Niger, rights group says

During Pope Francis’ tenure as pontiff, he consistently advocated for the implementation of a peace in South Sudan

South African finance minister Enoch Godongwana has dropped a planned VAT increase that would have seen value-added tax increase by one percentage point over two years after the Democratic Alliance (DA) threatened to quit the coalition.

Turnout among the faithful to say their goodbyes to the late pontiff at St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome has been much higher than expected, with an estimated 50 000 visitors paying their respects in the first twelve hours of the public viewing.

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrived in Pretoria for a bilateral meeting with South African president Cyril Ramaphosa late on Wednesday, yet had to cut the visit short on Thursday following a deadly Russian attack on Kyiv.

Russia launched one of its deadliest attacks on Kyiv on Thursday, killing nine people. Meanwhile, peace talks between the two countries risk ending in no agreement due to Russia’s continued attacks and demands for Ukraine to recognise occupied territories as Russian land.

Marathon legend Eliud Kipchoge is back in London, lacing up for what could be his final run in the iconic race

JNIM, an extremist group linked to al-Qaida, claimed responsibility for the attack and said it killed 70 soldiers, according to the SITE Intelligence Group

Spain is under fire—accused of ignoring illegal fishing by its own fleet in West African waters