International

Burkina Faso's Army reported that it killed more than 25 terrorists but lost three soldiers and six volunteers in sweep operations from June 7 to June 13. The operations were carried out in the aftermath of an assault that killed...

Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu has urged the country to prepare for the usage of cryptocurrencies, which has given Bitcoin a significant boost. Her remarks in Mwanza on Sunday came barely a few days after El Salvador declared Bitcoin as a...

Algeria has revoked France 24's accreditation, the communications ministry said on Sunday, a day after the former French colony's legislative elections. The action was prompted by the satellite news channel's "clear and repeated hostility towards our country and its institutions,"...

Zambian President Edgar Lungu fainted on Sunday at the country's televised official annual event for the National Defence Forces - which was abruptly cut short as a result of the occurrence. The 64-year-old president, who is up for re-election in...

The efforts by the Kenyan government to water down the presence of child labour has been seriously undermined by the Covid-19 pandemic. In what may signify how deep the pandemic’s impact has run, the International Labour Organization (ILO) believes...

Israel's parliament has voted to terminate Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's 12-year tenure, endorsing a coalition government that has promised to unite a nation severely split by the departure of the country's longest-serving leader. Naftali Bennett, the leader of an ultranationalist...

The big uncertainty in this election will be the turnout, since both the opposition and the Hirak protest movement are opposed to it. Around 24 million people are eligible to vote in Saturday's election of 407 new representatives of the...

An ECOWAS delegation met on Wednesday with Mali's Prime Minister, in the second of a two-day visit by the members of the West African bloc to Bamako. The meeting was attended by ECOWAS mediator Goodluck Jonathan, Malian Prime Minister Choguel...

Nigeria's Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, sets out the criteria that the government is putting in order for Twitter to be reintroduced in the nation. The decision to ban the site on Friday, just days after Twitter deleted...

This drone takes flight on a specific mission to a plantation in Kovié, a town situated 40 kilometers north of Togo's capital, Lomé. The technicians on-site have a variety of aims while flying over these plantations, one of which is...