Africa

NANDI COUNTY, Kenya, Oct 23 – Slain long-distance Olympic runner Agnes Tirop, a rising star in Kenya’s highly competitive athletics scene, was buried on Saturday at a funeral attended by...

TUNIS, Oct 22 – Tunisia is imposing COVID-19 vaccine passes on Tunisians and all foreign visitors, a presidential decree showed on Friday. Officials, employees and users are required to show...

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, Oct 22 – Nigeria’s Borno state, the epicentre of an ongoing Islamist insurgency, will shut all camps that are holding thousands of internally displaced persons by the end...

Mali, a poor and landlocked nation home to at least 20 ethnic groups, is battling jihadist attacks and intercommunal violence. Since 2012, the Islamist insurgency has swept into central Mali...

The incident prompted the UN to suspend its twice-weekly passenger flights to Tigray for humanitarian personnel, UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric told reporters at a press conference. The strike, the fifth...

Management plan aims to prevent further misconduct Tedros vows ‘profound transformation of WHO’s culture’ Donors want external probe leading to further scrutiny GENEVA, Oct 21 – The World Health Organization...

CONAKRY, Oct 22 – Coup leaders in Guinea have named their first line-up of government ministers, including a former general and three other figures who held posts under ousted president...

Friday’s strike hits university campus, say humanitarian sources Fourth day of aerial bombardments in city of Mekelle Air campaign comes amid heavy fighting in Amhara region Nearly a year of...

Traveling around the world is known to be a difficult affair for holders of African passports due to restrictive visa rules. Now a new global passport index is offering a...

NICOSIA, Cyprus — It seems a strange place to pitch a tent. Plump in the middle of the United Nations-patrolled buffer zone that has divided Cyprus along ethnic lines since...