French prosecutors have asked a Paris appeals court to sentence former president Nicolas Sarkozy to seven years in prison, and to ban him from public office for five years.

Ethiopian opposition parties go into elections on June 1, facing threats, insurgencies, near-total state control of the media ...

South Korea authorities launched an investigation after part of a decades-old overpass collapsed in Seoul on 26 May. The accident killed three people and disrupted rail traffic near the capital’s main ...

Three people were killed and several others injured after the vehicle they were traveling in crashed into an elephant in a national park in Uganda, according to authorities.

When Arsenal Football Club secured the 2025/2026 Premier League title, ending a 22-year drought, the most vibrant celebrations didn't just happen in North London. From the streets of Nairobi and ...

Northern Rwanda continues to face repeated landslides and mudslides driven by heavy rainfall and fragile mountainous terrain.

Peru celebrated its annual Clown Day on 25 May as hundreds of performers in red noses and colourful wigs paraded through the historic centre of Lima, turning the Plaza de Armas into a lively stage of ...

The Ebola outbreak and food insecurity are deeply intertwined, the World Food Programme’s Ituri bureau chief told the ...

A new political tone in Benin, fresh health fears over Ebola, the shadow of gold trafficking in Sudan, renewed turbulence in Senegal, and preparations for Eid al-Adha in Morocco are shaping Africa’s ...

Arsenal’s long-awaited Premier League triumph is being felt far beyond north London, including on the streets of Freetown, Sierra Leone, where devoted Gunners fans are celebrating a title many thought ...

In the Democratic Republic of Congo, a new wave of drone strikes has hit both rebel-held and government-controlled areas.

Catholic worshippers gathered for Mass on Sunday in the city of Bunia, right in the heart of a rapidly spreading Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo — despite a government ban on ...