Besigye is charged alongside his comrade Obeid Kamulegeya with endangering national security and subversion. The two were kidnapped by Ugandan intelligence from Kenya’s capital in November prompting outrage

France flew out the two Mirage fighter jets it had stationed in Chad on Tuesday, signalling the beginning of the withdrawal of its military forces from the former French colony in Central Africa that last month broke off its defense cooperation agreement with Paris.

In Nairobi, Kenya, police used tear gas to disperse protesters demonstrating against gender-based violence under the slogan ‘Stop Feminicide’. Gender-based violence has increased, with 97 women killed since August, most of them by their partners.

A group of artists are organising the Satellite Art Show alongside the annual Art Basel Miami fair for the 10th year running. This event, accessible to as many people as possible, aims to provoke, entertain and push boundaries.

Zambia’s Constitutional Court ruled that former President Edgar Lungu was banned from contesting the 2026 election because he has already served the maximum terms

Mngqithi’s departure follows Sundowns’ poor recent form, including two draws in the Champions League group stage and a shock loss in the South African League Cup final.

Several private banks opened on Tuesday and employees came to work signaling a resumption of economic activities that were deemed closed indefinitely

Kenya is grappling with a silent epidemic of gender-based violence. Police data shows that 97 women were killed between August and November 2024, most by their male partners.

The Health Ministry said in a statement that the collapse of the six-story building in Cairo’s western neighbourhood of Waili also injured three people, who were hospitalized.

France flew out the two Mirage fighter jets it had stationed in Chad on Tuesday, signalling the beginning of the withdrawal of its military forces from the former French colony in Central Africa that last month broke off its defense cooperation agreement with Paris.

The National Transitional Council (CNT) of Chad promoted General Déby to the rank of Marshal on Monday.

150 illegal miners are due to appear in court in South Africa following the latest operation crackdown

“The entire village was gripped by fear as gunshots echoed throughout the operation,” another resident told Daily Trust, which reported 43 people kidnapped.

“It is very sad that I was injured while championing for women not to be injured or killed. If the president is serious about ending femicide, let him start by taking action on the officers who have brutalized us today,”

The Israeli prime minister faces three separate cases of corruption which include allegations of bribery, fraud, and breach of trust. He faces up to 10 years in prison if convicted

U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres condemned the ongoing violence, which saw the killing of “at least 184 people, including 127 elderly men and women, between December 6-8 in the Wharf Jérémie neighbourhood of Cite Soleil,”

“Even in my sleep, I dream of bombs pounding the city, and I wake up in a panic because I’m so scared…”

UN Special Representative in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Bintou Keita reported “Political tensions around calls to revise the Constitution, and the continued and escalating insecurity in North Kivu and Ituri, especially related to the activity of ADF, M23, CODECO and Zaïre.”

Spanning more than 13,000 square kilometers (5,000 square miles), the Okapi reserve became a protected site due to its unique biodiversity and large number of threatened species, including its namesake, the okapi. A Chinese company is accused of exploiting gold inside in the forest

Thousands of Syrians headed Monday to Saydnaya military prison, just north of Damascus to search for their loved ones. Civil defense workers and teams from the White Helmets civil defense group were seen digging holes inside the prison in search for hidden cells or underground chambers

Jay-Z is rejecting a rape allegation made against him, calling it part of an extortion attempt

The Panda Go! exhibition features 2,500 mini-panda sculptures, which were put on display at various locations in Hong Kong, China. Crowds flocked to Victoria Harbour over the weekend to pay them a visit.

Onana was fined €8,400, while his publisher, Damien Serieyx of Éditions du Toucan, was fined €5,000. They must also pay €11,000 in damages to human rights organizations that filed the lawsuit.

Syrians entered the presidential palace in Damascus on Sunday after the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime and his flight to Russia.

Morocco received a record 15.9 million tourists in the first 11 months of this year, surpassing the total in the entire previous year

With just three hours left of the Red Bull King of the Air 2024 weather window in Cape Town, Italian Andrea Principi successfully defended his Open Division title while British kiteboarder Francesca Maini claimed victory in the inaugural Women’s Division.

The outbreak is occurring in a rural and remote area, with access further complicated by heavy rains and limited healthcare diagnostics.

Europe’s climate monitor says 2024 is “effectively certain” to be the hottest on record and the first year above the 1.5 degrees Celsius

“For us, impunity is simply not an option. And even less so in this case. The evidence presented for this case has established the guilt of the two accused for the crimes charged,”

The Walt Disney Co.’s animated film “Moana 2” remained at the top of the box office in its second weekend in theaters as it brought in another record haul.

For the Syrian diaspora, this moment is both a culmination of years of struggle and the start of a new chapter. As Amal Rifard puts it, “We’ve waited so long for this. It feels unreal. But we have hope again, and that is something we lost a long time ago.”

Hundreds of displaced Syrians have been returning from Lebanon to Syria on Monday, with dozens of cars lining up at the border crossing

“I am Moroccan. I am gay. And I always have wanted to put the reality of Moroccan gays in cinema,” Taia said, introducing the film at a screening last week.

Much of Earth’s lands are drying out and damaging the ability of plant and animal life to survive, according to a United Nations report released Monday at talks where countries are working to address the problem.

The scars of that horrific period remain, with fear and grief dominating the lives of the residents. In this region, terror continues to reign, fueled by the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), a rebel group affiliated with an Islamist movement.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said there were concerns about the “possibility of civil war, the disintegration of Syria, a total collapse and turning Syria into a shelter for terrorists.”

In Michigan, the Mona Shores Singing Christmas Tree is 20 metres tall, with 25,000 LED lights, 1,580 linear metres of greenery and 15 levels on which 180 choir members stand. The 40-year-old tree can hold up to 220 singers.

In 2008, she became the first woman to lead a public university in Ghana, serving as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cape Coast.

As global health authorities work to contain mpox outbreaks in east Africa and throughout the world, a Moroccan company became the first in Africa earlier this month to manufacture tests for the virus.

This is former President John Dramani Mahama’s second bid for a second term. He was voted out of power in 2016 amid widespread discontent with his party and months of intense power outages