Africa

Rome: Record numbers in South Sudan – some seven million people – face acute food shortages, while more than 20,000 are close to famine, the World Food...

Nairobi: The United Nations Environment team and World Scouting have joined forces to engage young people in the global fight against plastic pollution. In...

Cairo: Egyptian authorities have called for the sale of a sculpture of Pharaoh Tutankhamun to be halted, the North African country's foreign Ministry...

Rabat: A US military vehicle was hit by an improvised explosive device in Niger, site of a deadly attack on American forces in 2017, the military announced...

Johannesburg: Thousands of people took to the streets of Liberia’s capital Monrovia Friday to protest rising prices and corruption, posing a key political...

Rome: Amid violent clashes and a deteriorating security situation in Tripoli, 149 vulnerable refugees and asylum-seekers were evacuated to safety in...

Fairfield: A report on the state of the world’s children released noted major progress in health, education and safety in dozens of countries over the...

Tunis: The UN's top envoy for Libya has warned that the Arab country was on the brink of an all out civil war that could lead to its permanent...

Nairobi: People in the Ebola-afflicted eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are struggling to come to terms with the high-security burials...

Cairo: An explosive device exploded near a bus carrying South African tourists near the Pyramids of Giza, wounding several tourists according to...