Africa
Islamic State group escalates attacks on Niger civilians, rights group says
Witnesses identified the perpetrators of the attacks as members of ISSP based on their attire and because of threats the group had made beforehand, HRW said.
$1 trillion opportunity - how Israel can break into the African market
Burkina Faso to criminalize same-sex relations, 'promotion' of 'LGBTQ practices'
Happy New Year! Ethiopia is celebrating its New Year with joy and hope - opinion
Kenya exhumes 32 bodies as outcry grows over starvation cult deaths
Kenya linked the bodies discovered in to the same Christian sect blamed for the deaths of over 400 people in the nearby Shakahola Forest in 2023.
Israeli medical team gives sight to thousands in Ethopia
In one refugee camp, an 11-year-old girl who had suffered from poor vision for years burst into laughter and tears of joy after receiving her first pair of glasses.
Israel opens new embassy in Zambia, once home to a historic Jewish community
Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar and Zambian Foreign Minister Mulambo Haimbe opened the embassy together on Wednesday.
Death toll in Nigeria mosque attack rises to 50, dozens of civilians abducted
Aminu Ibrahim, a lawmaker representing Malumfashi, the town attacked in Nigeria's northwest Katsina state, said at least 30 people were killed and 20 others burned alive.
Congo massacre of Christians spotlights rising ISIS influence in central Africa - analysis
The group's ultimate goal is to establish a “caliphate” in Central Africa, similar to ISIS’s vision in Iraq and Syria.
From Gaza to Congo: How demographics drive conflict and suffering - opinion
Gaza isn’t the only place showing intensely grim images, even if they’re less visible on our nightly news.
More than 60 migrants die as boat sinks off Yemen, dozens missing
68 bodies have been recovered and 12 people have been rescued with many still missing as of Monday morning accordig to the Yemen chief for the International Organization for Migration.
ISIS-backed rebels kill 38 people in a church in Congo, several still missing
The assault in Komanda, a city in the northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, this Sunday left 15 injured and several people still missing.
ICC convicts two militia leaders of persecuting Muslims in Central African Republic
Judges said Patrice-Edouard Ngaissona, a former football executive, and militia commander Alfred Yekatom helped to lead a campaign of violence against Muslim civilians.
The mysterious ghost elephant no one believed still existed
For years there was no sign of it, but a new photo reveals: It might not be too late to save a species of elephant once thought to be a legend.
France ends permanent troop presence in Senegal
"Today's transfer of Camp Geille marks a new stage in the evolution of the partnership between our two armed forces," General Pascal Ianni said.
