CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA — Former Anambra State Governor and Labour Party leader Peter Obi arrived in Cape Town on Saturday, May 22, 2026, to participate in the Spier Dialogue 2026, an annual high-level forum focused on Africa’s governance, democracy, economic inclusion, urbanisation, migration, leadership, and youth empowerment. In a statement, Obi expressed optimism about...
BUNIA, Democratic Republic of Congo, – The eastern Democratic Republic of Congo province most affected by the country’s Ebola outbreak banned funeral wakes on Friday, a day after residents clashed with police while trying to recover the body of a victim. The incident in Ituri province’s Rwampara town recalled the hundreds of attacks on health...
NUUK – The US opening of a larger diplomatic hub in Greenland on Thursday was met by demonstrators opposed to President Donald Trump’s ambition for greater influence in the Arctic island, while local government ministers shied away from the event. Moving from a wooden cabin on the outskirts of Nuuk to a much larger downtown...
NAIROBI — Four people have been killed and more than 30 injured in protests against fuel price hikes prompted by the Iran war in several Kenyan towns on Monday, the interior minister said, after a nationwide public transport strike stranded commuters. Interior Minister Kipchumba Murkomen confirmed the deaths and injuries following unrest that erupted after...
WASHINGTON/DUBAI — President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that the United States may need to strike Iran again and that he had been an hour away from ordering an attack before postponing it. Trump made the comments a day after saying he had paused a planned resumption of hostilities following a new proposal by Tehran...
SAN DIEGO — A 9-year-old boy who hid in a closet during the deadly shooting at a San Diego mosque has described the terror he experienced, saying simply: “I was scared.” Odai Shanah, whose mother emigrated from war-torn Gaza and settled in Southern California two decades ago, was among dozens of children forced to huddle...
WASHINGTON — A Trump administration-backed celebration of US religious heritage on Sunday highlighted conservative Christian leaders’ ties to the president as critics expressed that the gathering did not reflect the country’s diverse faith landscape. Thousands of people attended the nine-hour program, called “Rededicate 250: National Jubilee of Prayer, Praise & Thanksgiving,” for a mixture of...
CARACAS — Carmen Navas, the 82-year-old mother who spent nearly a year searching for her detained son in Venezuela, has died just 10 days after the government confirmed he had died in state custody, the NGO that handled his case reported. Navas became a prominent figure in Venezuela while publicly pleading for information on her...
KAMPALA — Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has signed into law a contentious measure to curb foreign influence after parliament scaled back provisions that had drawn criticism from financial institutions over potentially hampering remittances and development work. The bill criminalises promotion of the “interests of a foreigner against the interests of Uganda” and bans anyone working...
KYIV — President Volodymyr Zelenskiy promised retribution against Russia on Friday after laying red roses at the rubble of a Kyiv apartment building where a Russian missile strike killed 24 people, including three children. Aboard Air Force One on his way back from China, US President Donald Trump told reporters that the strikes on the...
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