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West Africa’s defense chiefs were wrapping up a meeting in Nigeria’s capital Abuja on Thursday where they discussed the possibility of a military intervention if diplomatic efforts fail to reinstate Niger’s ousted president, Mohamed Bazoum....

South Africa recorded a slight decline in the number of rhinos killed for their horns in the first half of 2023, authorities said on Tuesday....

“What is it that scares our societies the most — but we think about it every 40 minutes?,” presenter Maria Elayan asks at the beginning of the video. There’s a drum roll, then the answer: “Sex. You’re surprised, right?”...

Kenya’s foreign minister said on Saturday that Nairobi was willing to lead a multinational force into Haiti....

In early July, multinational engineering and electronics giant Bosch, or — to be more precise — the supplier division of the company that produces automotive components and other industrial products, announced an agreement between management and employee representatives on the future prospects of 80,000 employees in Germany,...

Typhoon Doksuri swept into China’s southeastern region on Friday, unleashing heavy rain and violent gusts of winds....

Russia is trying to undermine democracy in more than two dozen African countries, according to a new study from the Africa Center for Strategic Studies, an academic institution within the US Department of Defense....

The al-Hassan family have been victims of Russian-launched cluster bombs twice in Syria now, both times with horrific consequences....

Early on Monday morning, barge pilots and workers on the Romanian side of the river opposite the Ukrainian Danube port of Reni stared in disbelief at the skies, filming a swarm of approaching drones on their smartphones....

Wearing a hard hat, safety glasses and high-visibility vest, project manager Martin Jooste gives a tour of the rain-sodden construction site that he oversees in the tiny Angolan exclave of Cabinda....

So-called ‘fake news’ and disinformation are rampant in the West African nation of Nigeria....

The Supreme Court of India and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Thursday, condemned the gruesome assault on two women in the northeastern state of Manipur, amid ongoing violence between two ethnic groups....

The United Nations does not treat us well, compains Abd al-Salam al-Youssef, a Syrian father of five who lives in the Batenta camp for displaced people in northwestern Syria....

A two-day meeting of finance ministers and central bankers from the Group of 20 leading economies ended Tuesday without a final communique due to differences over the war in Ukraine....

Across a swathe of European countries, it’s been a common complaint: people can’t afford to buy their own home....

US climate envoy John Kerry arrived in China on Sunday to restart stalled talks between the world’s two biggest carbon emitters....

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is preparing to spend three days touring the Arab Gulf states: Saudi Arabia on Monday, Qatar on Tuesday and the United Arab Emirates on Wednesday....

The US, Britain and the EU have pledged €60 billion to help Ukraine rebuild. But Germany’s development minister says it’s “obvious” that Moscow should ultimately foot the bill for the destruction caused by the war.