More than 9,000 hectares have been burned in wildfires across Spain’s Ourense province in Galicia, where residents have been evacuated as flames approach homes.

President Bassirou Diomaye Faye has vowed to return financial accountability to the Senegalese government after his predecessor embezzled public funds and left billions of dollars in hidden debt – yet, Faye himself is exempt from the new transparency law.

Constant Mutamba is accused of attempting to steal nearly $20 million in public funds intended to finance the construction of a prison in the city of Kisangani.

A US composer had alleged that South Korean entertainment company, Pinkfong, had plagiarised his tune.

A drone strike on the Russian city of Belgorod injured three civilians on Thursday, regional governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said in a statement.

The postponement brings both hope and tension, as her supporters rally for civil liberties, while conservative voices call for strict enforcement of religious protections.

Nigeria’s president has set a target of 7% annual economic growth, aiming to lift the country out of its financial struggles. In the first quarter, Nigeria’s economy grew by 3.13%, a figure boosted by a rebasing of its gross domestic product (GDP).

Putin sees a meeting with Trump as a chance to cement Russia’s territorial gains, keep Ukraine out of NATO and prevent it from hosting any Western troops

Human Rights Watch Accuses Israel of War Crimes Following Devastating Airstrikes on Tehran’s Evin Prison

Human Rights Watch Accuses Israel of War Crimes Following Devastating Airstrikes on Tehran’s Evin Prison

As efforts to create a global treaty to end plastic pollution continue in Geneva, residents of Nigeria’s largest city are showing bans on single use plastics are easier to introduce than enforce

Wildfires raging across southern Europe on Wednesday forced evacuations and animal rescues as flames threatened the Greek port city of Patras after weeks of intense heat.

As efforts to create a global treaty to end plastic pollution continue in Geneva, residents of Nigeria’s largest city are showing bans on single use plastics are easier to introduce than enforce

Negotiators are deadlocked over whether the agreement should include limits on plastic production — a dispute that has stalled progress for more than a year

Beyoncé now has an Emmy Award to go along with her 35 Grammys – and only needs an Oscar and a Tony Award to enter the prestigious EGOT club

President Donald Trump said Wednesday there will be “very severe consequences” if Russian President Vladimir Putin doesn’t agree to stop the Ukraine war after Friday’s summit.

With US president Donald Trump set to meet with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday, several European leaders have voiced their support for Ukraine to have agency in peace negotiations.

The mobile court in Pibor helps the fight for justice in the many crimes that have for now gone unpunished.

The report paints a grim picture of the state of human rights in the country, where some fighting still continues.

In a move aimed at fostering national unity, Gabon’s Council of Ministers has adopted a sweeping amnesty order covering participants in the 2023 coup and a failed 2019 uprising.

”The findings of the Service Inquiry I commissioned conclude that transactional sex is still happening in Kenya at a low to moderate level. It should not be happening at all”, said General Sir Roly Walker, Chief of the General Staff, in a press release on Tuesday.

Africanews focuses on the most striking images of the day’s news.

Nigeria’s military has eliminated 592 terrorists in the northeastern state of Borno over the past eight months, marking a significant escalation in the fight against Boko Haram and Daesh-linked militants.

Typhoon Podul made landfall in Taiwan’s southeast on Wednesday, forcing school and office closures as authorities warned of heavy rain and damaging winds across agricultural regions.

The IDF chief of staff approved the “main concept” of an attack plan that would see the Israeli military attempt to bring Gaza City fully under its control.

The United Nations has issued a warning regarding a critical nutrition crisis for children in Yemen during a Security Council meeting on Tuesday.

Firefighters and residents joined forces on Wednesday to tackle fast-spreading wildfires on the outskirts of Patras, Greece’s third largest city, as conditions worsened.

The dry climate in the Mediterranean has always made the area prone to wildfires, but experts say that climate change is exasperating the issue with more frequent and bigger fires.

As a diplomatic row between Peru and Colombia heats up, this group of shamans are performing a peace ritual in the hope of ensuring good relations between the two countries.

One of Haiti’s most powerful gang leaders, Jimmy Chérizier, known as “Barbecue,” has openly challenged U.S. authorities after being indicted by a federal grand jury for violating sanctions and financing gang operations in the crisis-ridden Caribbean nation.

One of Haiti’s most powerful gang leaders, Jimmy Chérizier, known as “Barbecue,” has openly challenged U.S. authorities after being indicted by a federal grand jury for violating sanctions and financing gang operations in the crisis-ridden Caribbean nation.

The tour starts with one of the reserve officials providing a background of the elephant’s history and how they ended up at the reserve in Bela-Bela

Speaking to the press on Tuesday, LOC Chairman Nicholas Musonye cautioned that new crowd troubles in Sunday’s match against Zambia could mean that Kenya “may not host the quarterfinal”.

Hundreds of people leapt into the Spree River’s calm, green-tinged waters in Berlin’s historic Mitte district on Tuesday, aiming to show it is both clean and enjoyable for swimming.

Former Malian prime minister Choguel Kokalla Maiga is under arrest – the latest top politician to be detained by the West African country’s military junta. Maiga was dismissed from his post in November 2024, just days after criticising the military regime for postponing elections.

Journalists and activists gathered in Mexico City on Tuesday evening to demand justice for Al Jazeera correspondent Anas al-Sharif and other reporters killed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza late on Sunday.

A senior U.S. government official said the State and Treasury departments are sanctioning the PARECO armed group, which controlled the key coltan mining site of Rubaya from 2022 to early 2024

A decade of negotiations between the downstream nations and Ethiopia has failed to produce an agreement. Ethiopia has accused Egypt and Sudan of seeking to curtail its development ambitions

Emmanuel Macron wrote to Cameroon president Paul Biya in a letter made public on Tuesday.

Italy sent out a helicopter to evacuate the woman on Monday evening, responding to a call from Sea-Watch rescuers.