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Bolivian president warns country at ‘breaking point’ after month of protests

Bolivia's President Rodrigo Paz has warned the country is "at breaking point" after a month of anti-government protests that have led to seven deaths...

Trump refiles $10bn defamation suit against WSJ over report on Epstein ties

President Donald Trump on Wednesday refiled a defamation lawsuit seeking at least $10 billion in damages against the Wall Street Journal over its reporting on his...

Jill Biden says she thought husband was having a stroke during 2024 debate

Former US First Lady Jill Biden says she thought her husband, President Joe Biden, was having a stroke during his infamously faltering presidential debate...

Countries tighten travel rules as Ebola risk rises

The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Saturday, May 17, declared an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo a Public Health Emergency of...

Kenya school fire kills at least 10 students, media say

A dormitory fire ​in Kenya's central region of ‌Nakuru killed at least 10 students, media said on Thursday, citing a ​senior police official. Emergency rescue...

Thai court acquits opposition politician accused of royal insult

A Thai criminal court has acquitted a prominent Thai opposition political figure charged with ​cybercrimes and insulting the royal family during ‌a 2021 Facebook...

Oil prices jump after US launches new attacks on Iran

Oil prices have jumped after the US carried out new attacks on Iran, targeting a military site in Bandar Abbas, a strategic port city. The...

Xenophobic attack: I suffered beatings; It is God who brought me here – Evacuated Ghanaian shares ordeal

One of the Ghanaians evacuated from South Africa has opened up about the ordeal he endured amid renewed xenophobic attacks, describing the violence and...

Dozens killed in Lebanon as Israeli troops expand ground campaign 

An intensive wave of Israeli airstrikes and expanding ground operations killed dozens of people across southern and eastern Lebanon on Tuesday. The heavy bombardment...

South Africa officials claim only 10 of nearly 300 repatriated Ghanaians were legal migrants

South African Home Affairs officials say only 10 of nearly 300 Ghanaian nationals who registered for voluntary repatriation were legally residing in the country. According...

Senegal’s ousted prime minister Sonko elected parliament speaker

Senegal's parliament elected Ousmane Sonko as its speaker on Tuesday, days after President Bassirou ‌Diomaye Faye fired him as prime minister amid a deepening...

Okudzeto Ablakwa sends goodwill message to Ghanaians returning from South Africa today

The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has extended a warm goodwill message to Ghanaian citizens being evacuated from South Africa, assuring them...

Hotels can refuse tourists tap water, Italy’s top court rules

Italy's highest court has ruled that a five-star Dolomites hotel was acting lawfully when it refused to provide tap water to a tourist. The woman...

NASA unveils next steps to build permanent Moon base

NASA has released details of robotic landers, hopping drones and vehicles it aims to send to the Moon as part of US plans to...

Pope Leo apologises for Vatican’s own role in legitimising slavery

Pope Leo XIV has issued a landmark apology for the Holy See's direct involvement in legitimising slavery and its centuries-long failure to condemn the practice....

First batch of Ghanaians set to be repatriated from South Africa over anti-immigrant protests

Government authorities are repatriating the first group of 800 citizens, they say, who have registered to be flown home from South Africa on Wednesday...

AfDB, UNFPA sign landmark agreement to boost maternal health and Africa’s economic transformation

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has signed a strategic Memorandum of Understanding with the African Development Bank aimed at transforming maternal health systems...

Iran condemns US strikes as ‘gross violation’ of ceasefire

Iran says the US has committed a "gross violation" of the ceasefire with new air strikes it launched on the country in the past...

US strikes Iranian missile sites and boats near Strait of Hormuz amid peace talks 

The United States military launched targeted airstrikes on southern Iran near the Strait of Hormuz on Monday. The strikes hit missile launch pads and...

Russia threatens more Kyiv strikes and tells foreign nationals to leave

Russia has threatened to launch a fresh wave of "systematic strikes" against Kyiv, days after carrying out one of its largest attacks on the...

Senegal’s parliament speaker quits two days after Prime Minister was sacked

Senegal's parliament speaker, El Malick Ndiaye, has announced his resignation, deepening ​political turmoil in the West African ‌nation two days after the president dismissed...

Mercy Johnson faces backlash over $18.24 menstrual kit

Mercy Johnson Okojie has come under criticism online following her unveiling as a brand ambassador for Girls Tag, a menstrual care brand reportedly priced...

Gunmen abduct 25 people in twin attacks in Nigeria’s Kwara state, police say

Suspected bandits attacked a police station and a traditional ruler’s palace in Nigeria’s Kwara state early on Sunday, abducting ​at least 10 people and...

Senegal president sacks PM Sonko, dissolves government after months of friction

Senegal President Bassirou Diomaye Faye ​on Friday dismissed Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko and dissolved the government, a move that risks deepening uncertainty in a...

Ebola patients flee in attacks on Congo health facilities, hobbling response

Doctors operating on the front lines of the fight against Ebola in Congo, already grappling ​with shortages of basic supplies, are now also having...

White House gunman had previous run-ins with Secret Service, court documents show

The suspect who fired shots outside the White House, striking a bystander before the Secret Service shot and killed him, had previous run-ins with authorities...

Three killed in Uganda after crashing into elephant

At least three people have died after a vehicle collided with an elephant in a national park in Uganda, officials have said. Police said four...

Clashes as Venezuelan prisoners protest over alleged mistreatment

Violent clashes have erupted between inmates and security personnel at a prison in the Venezuelan state of Barinas. Extra security forces were deployed to the...

Xenophobic attacks: South African government’s response worrying – Titus Glover

Former Deputy Minister for Transport and former Tema East MP, Titus Nii Kwartei Glover, has criticised the South African government over its handling of...

Vice President Opoku-Agyemang departs for Guyana’s 60th Independence celebrations

Vice President Prof Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang has departed Ghana for Guyana to participate in activities marking the country’s 60th Independence Anniversary celebrations. The Vice President...

Google appeals US court ruling on search monopoly

Alphabet's Google on Friday appealed a federal judge's ruling in Washington that it holds illegal monopolies in online search and related advertising. Here are some...

Nigeria’s Tinubu to run for second term after party primary win

Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu will seek a second and ​final four-year term in January after ‌overwhelmingly defeating a little-known challenger in ruling party primaries,...

Mali threatens to revoke Nguvu Mining Licences over tax and foreign exchange breaches

The Malian government has issued a 90-day ultimatum to Nguvu Mining Group, warning the company to resolve multiple regulatory breaches or risk losing its...

Rubio says US will find ‘another way’ if Iran talks fail

The United States will either have a good agreement with Iran or deal with the country "another way," Secretary of State Marco Rubio said...

Oil prices slide on hopes of US-Iran peace deal

Oil prices have fallen sharply, and Asian stock markets have risen on hopes of a deal that could bring an end to the US-Israel...

Dr. Ato Forson congratulates Benin’s former Finance Minister on inauguration as President

Finance Minister, Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson, has congratulated Benin’s former Finance Minister, Romuald Wadagni, following his inauguration as President of the Republic of Benin. Dr....

Attacks on Ebola centres intensify in eastern DR Congo

Attacks on Ebola health facilities are intensifying in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as the World Health Organization warns the outbreak...

Philippines building collapse: Rescuers search for more than 20 trapped

More than 20 people are trapped under the rubble of a building under construction in the Philippines that collapsed on Sunday, officials said, as...

Suspect killed after opening fire on Secret Service near White House

A suspect who shot at a White House checkpoint was killed in an exchange of fire with Secret Service agents on Saturday evening, officials...

David Hundeyin to release documentary on Tanzania election violence coverage

Award-winning Nigerian investigative journalist David Hundeyin is preparing to release a new documentary examining how international media organisations reported the violence that followed Tanzania’s...