Francois Devaux, head of a victims' association, welcomed the release of the damning report Some 216,000 children - mostly boys - have been sexually abused by clergy in the French Catholic Church since 1950, a damning new inquiry has found. The head ... Read More

Abiy Ahmed - Ethiopian Prime Minister Ethiopia's parliament confirmed incumbent Abiy Ahmed as prime minister for a five-year term on Monday, cementing his power domestically amid mounting international concern of his government's handling of the conflict in northern Ethiopia. Abiy's party won ... Read More

A large group of heavily armed militants killed 14 Burkina Faso soldiers and injured seven others in a dawn attack in the north on Monday, the government said in a statement. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack on the ... Read More

Senegal on Monday logged only two new daily COVID-19 infections, the lowest number since the pandemic reached the country and two months after the rate of new cases hovered at record highs, the health ministry said on Monday. "Two cases were ... Read More

Ms. Virginia Elliot Ms. Virginia Elliot, the Public Affairs Counsellor and Acting Deputy US Ambassador to Ghana has urged Ghanaian youth to work hard to sustain the peace and democracy of the country. Speaking at the opening session of a ... Read More

More than 2,000 young leaders and youth-led organisations from across the Commonwealth have urged governments to respect the needs and contributions of the world’s most vulnerable groups, in the lead up to global climate talks in Glasgow in November. The Commonwealth Youth Statement on ... Read More

The island nation of Mauritius has fully opened its doors to international visitors, hoping to rebuild its key tourism industry after long months of isolation because of the coronavirus pandemic. The move on Friday was greeted with a mixture of optimism, ... Read More

A peacekeeper has died and four others seriously injured in Mali’s volatile north, near the Algerian border when an improvised explosive device went off, the United Nations said. “One dead and three seriously injured after one of our teams hit an ... Read More

Thousands of Liberians living in the Buduburam refugee camp in Ghana’s central region are opposing their eviction and demolition of the camp. The Buduburam camp was established in 1990 to accommodate refugees who fled the Liberian war. Most of the inhabitants failed to take ... Read More

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack At least five civilians have been killed in an explosion outside the Eid Gah Mosque in the Afghan capital, Kabul, according to a Taliban interior ministry spokesman. Four other people were ... Read More