The World Bank on Wednesday cut the growth forecast for Sub-Saharan Africa for 2026 in a report, saying the fallout from the Iran war was stalling...
Madagascar has declared a two‑week nationwide state of energy emergency amid severe fuel shortages caused by the US and Israel’s war in Iran. The presidency said...
Bangladesh has launched an emergency vaccination campaign after a fast-spreading measles outbreak is suspected of killing more than 100 people, mostly children, in what may be the country’s most lethal wave of the disease...
Iran has warned the United States (U.S.) and Israel that it would launch further and more severe attacks, escalating tensions amid ongoing hostilities. A spokesman for the country’s armed forces headquarters said...
Israel has intensified its attacks on Lebanon this week, hitting areas outside of Hezbollah’s control on Tuesday. Strikes without warning hit a vehicle north of Beirut and the Jnah neighbourhood in the heart of the...
Armed assailants killed 73 people at a gold mine in South Sudan, government officials said on Monday, in violence linked to a dispute over gold extraction. The attacks occurred on Saturday near Jebel Iraq in Central Equatoria...
A Russian tanker carrying oil to Cuba has entered the waters off the Communist-run Island, Russia’s Interfax. The oil shipment – the first to reach Cuba since January – comes hours after US President Donald Trump said that he had no...
The number of children and young people out of school worldwide has climbed to 273 million, the UN Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has said. UNESCO, in...
A judge in Brazil has ruled that jailed former President Jair Bolsonaro can be placed under house arrest for the next three months because of poor...
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the United Nations (UN) have reaffirmed shared commitment to enhancing peace, security and stability in West Africa...
