Kenya and the Central African Republic have declared new outbreaks of monkeypox as African health officials scramble to stem the spread of the disease in a region lacking vaccines. Nairobi announced a new outbreak on Wednesday, after a case was detected in a passenger traveling from Uganda to Rwanda at a border post in southern Kenya. The Cen...

 France has backed Morocco's autonomy plan for the disputed Western Sahara, shifting a decades-old position and adding itself to a growing list of countries to align with Morocco as a United Nations-mediated peace process remains stalled. In a letter to King Mohammed VI, France's President Emmanuel Macron called the plan that Morocco proposed ...

 Three journalists who were sentenced to years in prison after writing about corruption and abuse of power in Morocco were released Monday after receiving pardons from King Mohammed VI. Omar Radi, Taoufik Bouachrine and Soulaimane Raissouni were among 2,278 people pardoned this week, according to Morocco's Ministry of Justice. The pardons were...

 Malaysia has applied to join the BRICS group of nations, the country's Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said on Sunday. He made the remarks during a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov who is on a two-day visit to Malaysia. Russia is this year's rotating chair of the BRICS group. The Malaysian prime minister said the potential mem...

 Turkey's parliament on Saturday approved a motion to deploy its armed forces to Somalia, including to the country's territorial waters. The two-year operation aims to support Mogadishu's counterterrorism operations and comes months after the two countries signed a defence and economic cooperation deal. Al Qaeda-linked Al Shabaab has been wagi...

 Hundreds of supporters of President Kais Saied demonstrated in the Tunisian capital Tunis on Thursday, coinciding with the country's Republic Day. Last week, Saied announced his candidacy for the upcoming presidential election on October 6, 2024. The 66-year-old president has ruled by decree since suspending parliament in July 2021. "Today, J...

 South Africa's Democratic Alliance took the African National Congress, the party it co-governs the country with, to court Thursday over a preelection speech in May given by President Cyril Ramaphosa. It's an early sign of friction between the new coalition partners. The court papers were submitted to the Electoral Court by the DA in May befor...

 The search for survivors of a mudslide that claimed the lives of at least 229 people in southern Ethiopia continued on Tuesday. The death toll, which increased significantly from the initial count of 55, included many individuals who attempted to rescue survivors, according to local authorities. The disaster in Ethiopia's remote Kencho Shacha...

 Magnetism Book is being presented to the public for the first time and is the latest in Ahmed Mater's Magnetism series of work. One of the Arab world's most important modern artists, Mater received a retrospective mid-career exhibition in London. Drawing inspiration from the Holy Qur'an and other religious text, the artist uses iron filings a...

 Bangladesh's top court on Sunday scaled back a controversial quota system for government jobs after it led to deadly nationwide unrest. At least 100 people are believed to have died in the violence as the government imposed a communications blackout and protesters clashed with security forces. In its verdict, the Supreme Court ordered 93 per ...

 Public sector workers in Nigeria on the minimum wage will see their salaries double after the government reached an agreement on Thursday with labour unions that have been threatening further strikes as the cost of living spirals. blicThe new minimum monthly wage is set at 70,000 naira ($44), six times lower than what the unions were demandin...

 U.N. ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield said the U.S. is pledging $203M in the hopes of averting the crisis in Sudan to spill over into the region. Close to 9 million people have fled their homes, according to the United Nations, and more than 1 million have left the country. Thousands have been killed in a conflict overshadowed by the ones i...

Rwanda's ruling coalition is leading with the highest number of seats in the legislative election with President Kagames Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF), remaining largely dominant with more than 62% of the votes. Other historic parties, notably the Liberal Party and the Social Democratic Party, received nearly 11% and 9% of the votes respectively. P...

 Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov engaged in bilateral discussions with his counterparts from Hungary, Switzerland, Iran, Libya, and Kuwait during the U.N. Security Council session on Tuesday. During his meeting with Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó, Lavrov mentioned Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban's recent visit to Mosco...

President Paul Kagame has won 99% of the vote in provisional results from Monday's presidential election in Rwanda, electoral authorities said, an outcome that was widely expected as the country's long-time ruler aims to extend this three-decade grip on power. Kagame's opponents — Frank Habineza of the Democratic Green Party of Rwanda and independe...

 Candidates in Rwanda's presidential election wrapped up campaigning Saturday. Incumbent President Paul Kagame spoke to thousands of supporters at a rally in the capital Kigali. Monday's vote is expected to extend Kagame's rule, and that of his Rwanda Patriotic Front by five years. "It is a political phenomenon, that is why many people outside...

 Candidates in Rwanda's presidential election wrapped up campaigning Saturday. Incumbent President Paul Kagame spoke to thousands of supporters at a rally in the capital Kigali. Monday's vote is expected to extend Kagame's rule, and that of his Rwanda Patriotic Front by five years. "It is a political phenomenon, that is why many people outside...

 Speaking at the BRICS parliamentary forum in St Petersburg, Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday accused the West of attempting to maintain a monopoly. "Pressure is growing on everyone who has their own position. Contrary to the principles of international law, coercion, unilateral sanctions, selective application of trade rules, and ...

A court in Nigeria has said it will begin a trial against cryptocurrency exchange Binance over tax evasion charges on Oct. 11, the judge hearing the matter said on Friday. The Binance executives, Tigran Gambaryan and Nadeem Anjarwalla, face separate trials on charges of tax evasion and money laundering. Teng emphasized that Binance is challenging t...

Kenya's President William Ruto is expected to address the nation on Thursday, July 11 at 2 p.m. local time (1100 GMT), his spokesperson announced. Hussein Mohamed, Ruto's spokesperson, did not reveal the topic of the address during the tweet on Thursday. Last week, Ruto proposed spending cuts and additional borrowing to fill a nearly $2.7 billion b...