The UN Human Rights Office has condemned the escalation in deadly attacks on civilians by the Rwandan-backed M23 armed group in eastern DRC amid continued fighting, despite the ceasefire that was recently signed in Doha. Jeremy Laurence, Spokesperson for the Office ... Read More

Gordon Brown- former British Prime Minister Mr. Gordon Brown, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (UK), has strongly endorsed Africa’s bold push to reshape global health governance, backing the Accra Compact as a vital blueprint for building equitable, resilient, and ... Read More

President John Dramani Mahama President John Dramani Mahama has advocated the scaling up of African homegrown solutions for health challenges.  He said the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the African Medicine Agency, the African Continental Free Trade Area Health ... Read More

Rwanda has said it will accept up to 250 migrants from the US in a deal agreed with President Donald Trump's administration. Under the scheme the deportees would be given "workforce training, health care, and accommodation to jump start their lives ... Read More

El Sisi On August 5, 2025, Vietnamese President Lương Cường and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El‑Sisi signed a joint statement formally elevating bilateral relations to a Comprehensive Partnership, ushering in a new era for cooperation after six decades of diplomatic ties. Both leaders reaffirmed their commitment to deepening ... Read More

Sudan has accused the United Arab Emirates of sending Colombian mercenaries to fight alongside the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces against the military in the country's civil war. The foreign ministry said in a statement Monday that the Sudanese government has “irrefutable ... Read More

The UN's food agency has warned that families trapped within the besieged Sudanese city of el-Fasher face starvation. The World Food Programme (WFP) said it had not been able to deliver food to the city in the western Darfur region by ... Read More

The US state department has prepared plans to impose bonds as high as $15,000 for some tourism and business visas, according to a draft of a temporary final rule. The bonds would be issued to visitors from countries with significant overstay ... Read More

At least 68 migrants have died after a boat with about 157 people on board sank off the coast of Yemen in bad weather. The vessel capsized off the southern province of Abyan on Sunday, Yemen's chief for the International Organization ... Read More

Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch has said she no longer identifies as Nigerian and has not renewed her passport since the early 2000s. Badenoch, who was born in the UK, grew up in both Nigeria and the US. She returned to ... Read More