The long-standing issue of the Chagos Islands has taken a significant turn this week, as the British House of Commons voted in favor of a bill supporting the retrocession of the archipelago to Mauritius.

Clashes broke out in Quito on Thursday as protesters rallied against President Daniel Noboa’s government, demanding his resignation over job cuts and wage reduction policies.

The Italian branch is expected to depart Syracuse join the main flotilla group, which left Barcelona and is currently in Tunisia, in its attempt to break the blockade and deliver aid to the embattled enclave.

The number of suspected Ebola cases in Congo’s southern Kasai province have more than doubled in a week since a new outbreak was confirmed there, Africa’s top public health agency said Thursday.

South Sudan First Vice President Riek Machar faces charges of treason and other serious crimes, local justice authorities said Thursday, as fears grow that the east African country could be edging toward a return to civil war

Presidents Alejandro Toledo (2001-2006), Ollanta Humala (2011-2016) and Pedro Castillo (2021-2022) are Barbadillo’s current dwellers. In total, five former leaders have spent time at the facility

The single is a duet between Scott and Houston, a balladic reinterpretation of the timeless “I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me),” using Houston’s original vocal stems

Since the start of the year, more than 30 South Sudanese aid workers have been abducted, humanitarian officials say – more than double the number kidnapped in all of 2024. The worrying trend could make humanitarian work impossible in a country facing one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises.

Most of those killed were in Sanaa, the capital, where a military headquarters and a fuel station were hit, the health ministry said

Cologne Zoo has just introduced to the world a giant anteater cub that was born on the 28th of August.

Nepal’s army briefly lifted a curfew in Kathmandu on Thursday as it tried to reassert control following two days of violent anti-government protests that left 30 dead.

Fifty-five heat waves over the past quarter-century would not have happened without human-caused climate change, according to a study published Wednesday.

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African leaders wrapped up the second Africa Climate Summit in Ethiopia’s capital on Wednesday with a pledge to accelerate investment in renewable energy

Big Tech Africa welcomed about 200 exhibitors over a three-day forum concluding Thursday.

In the past few months, Egyptian authorities have arrested at least 29 people who created content for social media, accusing them of “indecency” and “undermining family values”.

After Russian drones violated Polish airspace during an attack on Ukraine, fears are mounting that the war could spill over into neighbouring countries.

Co-founder of a political movement for young conservatives at just 18, Kirk was an influential figure in the right-wing sphere of US politics, and also close to Donald Trump. His death has led to reactions of shock and condemnation for the shooting from all sides of the political spectrum

Mali’s armed forces are stepping up their efforts to protect strategic trade routes linking the capital Bamako to neighbouring Senegal.

Springbok Women head coach Swys de Bruin has unveiled his squad for Saturday’s crucial Women’s Rugby World Cup quarter-final against New Zealand in Exeter.

The Global Sumud Flotilla has delayed its departure for Gaza from Tunisia’s Sidi Bou Said port on Wednesday night. They decided not to set sail due to bad weather, following two reported attacks on its vessels.

A tanker truck carrying over 13,000 gallons of fuel overturned and exploded under a Mexico City highway overpass on Wednesday, killing three people and injuring about 70.

The Global Sumud Flotilla was scheduled to leave the Sidi Bou Said port in Tunisia on 10 September but activists said poor weather delayed the departure.

Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama stated that Ghana has agreed to accept West African nationals who were deported from the US.

Charlie Kirk, a conservative activist and close ally of President Donald Trump who played an influential role in rallying young Republican voters, was shot and killed on Wednesday at a Utah college event in what the governor called a political assassination carried out from a rooftop.

A court in Johannesburg sentenced seven Chinese nationals on Wednesday to terms of 20 years in prison each for trafficking people from Malawi and forcing them to work at a factory in South Africa. The group was convicted on Feb. 25 of trafficking 91 undocumented Malawian nationals from 2017 to 2019

The floods swept away cars, submerged homes, and disrupted traffic between Marrakech and Moulay Brahim

The TikTok personality with over 160 million followers will participate in intangible cultural heritage experiences in Guangzhou, according to a livestream announcement released by China’s short video platform Kuaishou

Road blockades, traffic slowdowns and other protests were widely spread during the first day of planned nationwide demonstrations.

Officials said late Tuesday that 71 people were killed at a funeral in Nyoto on Monday, and 18 others were killed in Beni in a separate attack on Tuesday. The attacks, carried out by the Allied Democratic Force, or ADF, were the latest in a series of mass attacks on civilians in the troubled region

More than 3,500 Hollywood figures, including major actors and directors, signed an open letter from Film Workers for Palestine.

Obesity is a severe form of overweight and leads to a higher risk of developing insulin resistance and high blood pressure, as well as life-threatening diseases later in life, including type-2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and certain cancers

The NGO Human Rights Watch released a new report Wednesday that warns of a rising number of attacks on civilians from Islamic State-affiliated militants in Niger.

Indonesian rescue teams on Wednesday recovered at least 12 bodies after flash floods and landslides struck Bali and East Nusa Tenggara, leaving towns submerged and six people still missing.

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Senegal has defeated DRC to claim leadership of Group B, Ivory Coast keeps Gabon at bay, and Cape Verde, one of the smallest countries in the world, potentially qualifies. Here is everything you need to know about the latest round of African qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup

The Global Sumud Flotilla departed Spain on 1 September and seeks to break the Israeli blockade of Gaza.

Hundreds of Italian journalists gathered in Rome on Tuesday, reading aloud the names of colleagues killed in Gaza during a demonstration organised by the Italian Journalists Association and Articolo 21.

Israel targeted Hamas leadership in Doha with an airstrike in an escalatory move on Tuesday. Six people were killed in the attack, although it did not harm the most senior Hamas leaders, according to the group.

Armed soldiers took control of Kathmandu on Wednesday, ordering residents indoors and enforcing a curfew after violent protests left government buildings burning and politicians under attack.