Russian strikes killed eight civilians across Ukraine, regional authorities announced Friday, over two years and a half since Russia invaded its neighbour. Attacks killed two in the northeastern Sumy region, the national... Read more »

Cameroon is due to hold its next Presidential election in 2025, longtime President Paul Biya will be 93. He has confirmed that he will contest If he wins, and completes the new... Read more »

Somali police confirmed that 10 people, including seven security force officers, two civilians and a suicide bomber, died when a car bomb exploded at a checkpoint in Mogadishu. The security personnel had... Read more »

Ghanaian politician Hawa Koomson hawks watermelon while campaigning for votes in Kasoa Read more »

The world’s oldest living person, Spain’s Maria Branyas Morera, who was born in the United States and lived through two world wars, has died at the age of 117, her family said... Read more »

British tech magnate Mike Lynch was among six people lost at sea on Monday, August 19, after a luxury superyacht sank off the Italian island of Sicily during a sudden storm. Lynch’s... Read more »

Senegal’s first satellite has been successfully launched into orbit, President Bassirou Diomaye Faye said. He added that the move marked a major step towards the West African country’s “technological sovereignty”. The GAINDESAT-1A... Read more »

The Economic Community of West African States Parliament is stepping up diplomatic efforts to prevent Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso from leaving the regional bloc. The Deputy Speaker of the House of... Read more »

A dramatic altercation unfolded in the Turkish Parliament on Friday as a heated debate over the detention of an opposition delegate descended into physical violence. The brawl erupted when Ahmet Sik, a representative... Read more »

Paetongtarn Shinawatra, has been appointed as Thailand’s new prime minister, becoming the country’s youngest-ever leader and marking the return to power of the Shinawatra family, which has dominated Thai politics over the... Read more »

Japanese Prime Minister, Fumio Kishida, has announced he will resign in September, marking the end of a tumultuous three-year term overshadowed by political scandals. In a press conference on Wednesday, Kishida declared... Read more »

Mark Zuckerberg unveils statue of his wife, Priscilla Chan, in their garden. “Bringing back the Roman tradition of making sculptures of your wife,” the Facebook founder captioned the post. Read more »

Eric Dwamena, a Ghanaian teacher who was falsely accused of fathering a student’s child, has been exonerated following a DNA test that confirmed he is not the father. The accusation, made approximately... Read more »

Former President Donald Trump headed to Montana for a Friday night rally in hopes of ousting the state’s Democratic senator, but his plane first had to divert to an airport on the... Read more »

A passenger plane carrying 62 people has crashed on the outskirts of São Paulo, Brazil, killing all aboard. The plane was carrying 58 passengers and four crew members at the time of... Read more »

Abdel-Fatau Musah, Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace and Security, ECOWAS, has said ECOWAS Defence chiefs have expressed commitment to democracy and good governance. He made this known while reading a communique at... Read more »

Syrian state media reported Thursday that four soldiers were wounded by an Israeli strike in central Syria, citing a military statement. The statement said the strike also caused “material losses,” without further elaborating. Earlier Syrian... Read more »

A Miss South Africa contestant whose Nigerian heritage sparked a national controversy and a government investigation withdrew from the beauty pageant Thursday. Chidimma Adetshina’s announcement that she would not take part in... Read more »

Niger Republic announced Tuesday it had cut diplomatic ties with Ukraine over statements suggesting Ukrainian support for groups involved in July’s deadly fighting in Mali.  The cut follows Mali’s decision on Sunday... Read more »