Child Refugees ‘Wrongly Classified’ Amid Migrant Surge F...
A surge in the number of migrants making the treacherous journey from West Africa to the Spanish Canary Islands is straining local authorities, with human rights groups warning that many child migrants are being wrongly classed as adults by Spanish ... Read More
Guinea: Junta Orders Prosecution Of Ex-President Condé For ...
Guinea's ruling junta has ordered new charges to be brought against former president Alpha Condé, whom it overthrew in a coup d'état in 2021, for alleged acts of "treason", a letter from the justice minister to the Conakry public prosecutor ... Read More
World Bank Sees $12 Billion Support To Kenya Over Next 3 Yea...
The World Bank said on Monday that it foresaw $12 billion of support to Kenya over the next three years, potentially a major boost to the East African country's strained finances.
The bank said in a statement that the total amount ... Read More
Boakai Declared Winner Of Liberia Presidential Election
Political veteran Joseph Boakai was on Monday declared the winner of Liberia's presidential election, beating incumbent George Weah, electoral authorities said after completing the ballot count.
Boakai won with 50.64 percent of the vote, against 49.36 percent of the vote for ... Read More
Who Is President-elect Joseph Boakai, Political Veteran Set ...
Joseph Boakai
At 78, Joseph Boakai is Liberia's new president and the country's third democratically elected head of state.
The former vice-president under Ellen Johnson Sirleaf took his revenge on incumbent president George Weah, who defeated him in 2018.
Presenting himself as an ... Read More
Egypt: EU Commission President Discusses Gaza Humanitarian C...
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen stated on Saturday that she opposed the "forced displacement of Palestinians" during a meeting in Cairo with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.
Von der Leyen expressed gratitude to Egypt for its crucial role in ... Read More
G20-Led Summit For Africa Highlights Renewed Interest In Fas...
Olaf Scholz
Leaders from more than a dozen African countries are heading to Germany for the G20 Compact with Africa conference, which aims to help bolster private investment in the world's poorest, but fast-growing, continent.
Underscoring renewed interest in Africa, European Commission ... Read More
Sudan Announces ‘Immediate’ End To UN Mission In...
Sudan has informed the U.N. chief of the "immediate" end of the United Nations political mission in the war-torn country, according to a letter circulated in the Security Council.
In an official letter in Arabic dated Thursday, accompanied by an English ... Read More
South Africa Refers Israel To The Hague Over Gaza ‘War...
South Africa has requested that the International Criminal Court in The Hague investigate alleged Israeli war crimes in its war with Hamas. President Cyril Ramaphosa made the announcement while on a state visit to Qatar, where he said he had ... Read More
UN Plastic Treaty Talks Grapple With Re-Use, Recycle, Reduce...
Rosalid Rwaru, Bio Foods Products Head of Sustainability, sorts yoghurt packed in plastic bottles on a conveyor belt at the Bio Food Products, in Nairobi, Kenya, Nov. 16, 2023.
A third round of United Nations negotiations to try to deliver the ... Read More