With insecurity cutting off access and resources dwindling, the prospects for safe motherhood in northeast Nigeria remain bleak.

The Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge in southwest China’s Guizhou Province, set to become the world’s tallest bridge, had completed a key load test as of Monday.

The young hostages disappeared on 13 August from a bus. One boy was executed because a ransom payment was not made in time.

People in Gaza are facing severe food shortages, with the UN confirming famine in Gaza City and nearby areas as road deliveries remain heavily restricted by Israel.

It’s been more than three months since Faure Gnassingbé began his new term as President of Togo, but so far, no new ministers have been named.

Wildfires raging across northwestern Spain have left residents of Casaio in Ourense watching helplessly as flames edge closer to their village after days of uncontrolled burning.

Images captured the moment Israeli strikes hit Nasser Hospital in southern Gaza on Monday, killing 20 people, including five journalists.

A health emergency has been declared in Botswana as the country runs critically low on medicines and supplies. Hospitals and clinics are struggling to treat conditions like hypertension, cancer, and diabetes.

During a meeting with South Korea’s newly elected president, Lee Jae Myung, former US President Donald Trump signaled he’s ready to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un once again.

He admitted in court to ordering murders and drug trafficking charges during his decades-long leadership of the violent Sinaloa cartel.

The international press freedom organisation says the five media workers were deliberately targeted by Israel.

The move underscores Caracas’ efforts to rally public support and reinforce national sovereignty as geopolitical tensions in the region grow sharper.

Over the past two years, armed conflict and insecurity have prevented millions of students from returning to classrooms.

According to Gaza’s health ministry, at least 62,000 Palestinians have been killed since October 2023, with thousands more injured or reported missing.

Among the 19 killed were four journalists including 33-year-old Mariam Dagga, a visual journalist who had worked for The Associated Press since the start of the war.

Riot police clashed with thousands of students in Jakarta on Monday as protests erupted against lawmakers’ allowances, with demonstrators attempting to march on Indonesia’s Parliament building.

Colourful kites in the shapes of animals, flowers and comic characters filled the skies above Colombo on Sunday as Sri Lanka’s International Kite Festival made its return.

Local and military sources say that soldiers have evacuated their military camp in Farabougou.

In a dazzling display of dominance on their home court, Angola’s national basketball team is once again atop the African basketball world.

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

The Kingdom of Kubala says their roots come from both African and Scottish history. They believe they are descendants of native black Jacobites, who were black Highlanders living in Scotland over 400 years ago.

They say the controversial “minerals for infrastructure” deal is still heavily skewed in the Chinese consortium’s favour.

The skies above Sri Lanka’s capital were transformed into a vibrant tapestry of movement and color on Sunday as the Colombo International Kite Festival returned after a five-year hiatus, symbolizing a nation’s hopeful turn towards normalcy and tourism.

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan has accused Israel of wanting to erase Palestine and destabilise the wider Middle East region.

”All peoples, even the smallest and weakest, must be respected by the powerful in their identity and rights, particularly the right to live on their land; no one can be forced into exile,” Pope Leo said.

Thousands of swimmers crossed the Bosphorus on Sunday as Istanbul hosted the 37th Intercontinental Swimming Race, an annual event linking Asia and Europe in open water.

Eight more people in Gaza have died from famine and malnutrition, Gaza health authorities said on Sunday. That brings the total number of hunger-related deaths in the enclave since the start of the war with Israel 22 months ago to 289, including 115 children.

In a significant step toward reestablishing control, two of Sudan’s top officials visited the capital on Saturday to evaluate security and infrastructure repairs, signaling the government’s intent to end its 16-month exile in Port Sudan and return to Khartoum by October.

A powerful storm swept Italy’s northern Adriatic coast at the weekend, battering tourist resorts and residential areas.

South Africa’s government has vowed it won’t let the US withdrawal of about $427 million in support collapse its HIV program, the largest in the world, but it is struggling to fill the gap.

Khartoum residents displaced by years of fighting are returning home. But the Sudanese capital’s infrastructure has been decimated and it will take years – and billions of dollars – to rebuild.

It is hoping this will help reduce a backlog of over 51,000 cases and speed up the process of removing people with no right to be in the country.

The release of the captives took place during a precision air strike on a bandit stronghold in Katsina State.

Polls there were delayed for a week due to security concerns, following an attack on an electoral commission facility in one of the areas.

The Salvadoran national, who has been living illegally in the US since about 2011, was wrongly deported to his home country earlier this year.

The 25 August marks the anniversary of the start of the Myanmar government’s military crackdown that forced them to flee.

Twenty-seven teams from 10 countries are taking part this year, including from Ethiopia, Burkina Faso, and Zimbabwe.

A group of human rights lawyers and NGOs says the country’s acceptance of five third-country deportees is unconstitutional.

A long wait for justice comes to an end in Kenya. The UK government has agreed to pay £2.9 million, or $4 million, in compensation to over 7,000 residents in Laikipia, after a wildfire sparked by a British military exercise devastated the region in 2021.

Ahead of a controversial constitutional referendum campaign, Guinea’s military junta moves to suspend three major political parties, including that of former President Alpha Conde, for three months.