In less than a month, nearly 63,000 people have crossed into Burundi—marking the country’s largest refugee influx in decades

On Thursday, foreign ministers from the six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states gathered in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, to address the current situations in Gaza and Syria.

Writing on his Truth Social post, he also reiterated his offer of sanctuary to farmers fleeing the country because they ‘fear for their safety’.

In a TV interview on February 28, Akpoti-Uduaghan – one of only four women in the 109-seat chamber – alleged that senate president Godswill Akpabio made unwanted sexual advances towards her in 2023

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A recent UN report highlights that the rights of women and girls are facing unprecedented threats globally, including increased discrimination, diminished legal protections, and reduced funding for supportive programs and institutions.

A relentless sea-level rise has wreaked havoc on coastal communities, forcing hundreds from their homes and leaving behind a trail of destruction.

The country is home to nearly half of the critically-endangered black rhino population in Africa and to the world’s largest population of near-threatened white rhinos.

The Africa CDC reported that there was no direct epidemiological link between the new cluster and another one accounting for nine previous Ebola cases, including the first victim of the outbreak.

Sudan has filed a case with the International Court of Justice, claiming that the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has violated the genocide convention by supplying weapons and funding to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a rebel group involved in the ongoing conflict in Sudan.

Tensions have been rising between some mining companies and the military authorities, who are demanding that companies pay money and comply with a new mining code. At least four employees of the Canadian company Barrick were still in prison in Bamako at the end of last year.

Zimbabwe is in the process of aligning with BRICS’ conditions and is awaiting a response from the group based on internal consensus.

They aim to regulate a sector that has been plagued by ethical concerns and exploitation.

Beijing made it clear that there would be no winners in a trade war.

Its foreign minister described as ‘insulting’ the US president’s remark that nobody had ever heard of the country.

Created in 1951, the garden at Bouknadel spans four and a half hectares and is divided into different spaces representing various ecosystems.

Amnesty International has called on Senegalese authorities to deliver justice, truth, and compensation to victims of protests from 2021 to 2024.

A report found that at least 24 people were killed in two waves of attacks targeting Muslims, Sudanese refugees, and asylum seekers in the Haut-Oubangui region.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Zimbabwe, Professor Amon Murwira, has arrived in Moscow for a diplomatic visit.

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Shitsui Hakoishi, who turns 109 this year, says she plans to retire when she turns 110.

Spokespersons for Machar’s SPLM-IO party condemned the crackdown, calling it a violation of the peace agreement. They also raised concerns about growing military deployment around Machar’s home, warning that the situation could reignite conflict.

Algeria’s Imane Khelif and Taiwan’s Lin Yu-ting each won gold in boxing amid an uproar about whether they were eligible to compete in the women’s division.

Many Catholics recall similar vigils held in St. Peter’s Square when Pope John Paul II was hospitalized in the final days of his papacy in 2005. Today, as Pope Francis battles health concerns, the faithful once again turn to this ancient prayer for strength, healing, and divine intercession.

U.S. President Donald Trump recently claimed that no one knows about Lesotho, a small African nation.

As Catholics around the world celebrated the start of Lent on Ash Wednesday, congregants in Nigeria took a moment to pray for the well-being of Pope Francis, who has been undergoing treatment due to health challenges.

Sudan’s military leader, Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan, said that Sudan has outlined a possible “roadmap” that includes a “constitutional transition” and the eventual possibility of free elections in the country.

The play about the late former wife of Nelson Mandela, South Africa’s first Black president, is adapted from the novel “The Cry of Winnie Mandela” by Njabulo Ndebele. It explores themes of loneliness, infidelity and betrayal.

Proceedings at the Tunis Primary Court began with nine detained defendants absent, as the judges opted for remote sessions. It’s a move defense lawyers and activists decried as a breach of fair trial standards

Guinea-Bissau has a history of political instability, including multiple coup attempts. Embalo himself has survived two in the last three years, most recently in December 2023, which led to the dissolution of parliament.

The Arab League remains firm in its stance that Palestinians must remain on their land, with reconstruction efforts paving the way for long-term peace and stability.

Arab leaders on Tuesday endorsed Egypt’s postwar plan for the Gaza Strip that would allow its roughly 2 million Palestinians to remain, in a counterproposal to U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan to depopulate the territory and redevelop it as a beach destination.

Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF), one of the two warring parties in the country, have signed Tuesday a transitional constitution, bringing them closer to setting up a parallel government.

“The first step is to acknowledge that biases and prejudices exist,” she says. “Once we accept that, we can start finding ways to navigate and overcome them.

“It is deeply distressing that M23 is taking patients from their hospital beds in coordinated raids and holding them incommunicado in undisclosed locations ,”

Kelly Smith is charged alongside her partner and another man over the disappearance of her daughter Joshlin more than a year ago.

Netanyahu denies any wrongdoing, calling the charges a politically motivated “witch hunt” by a biased legal system and a hostile media

In a shocking report, the UN children’s agency has revealed that children as young as one year old have been victims of rape across nine states in Sudan.

Pope Francis was recuperating on Tuesday morning, from two episodes of acute respiratory distress, requiring a return to noninvasive mechanical ventilation.

Meanwhile, Sudan’s military continues to make gains against the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF)