2023

What does the Russian mercenary group’s failed mutiny mean for its fighters in African countries?

VIPs can quaff champagne to their hearts’ delight while watching the Paris Olympics but the average fan will have to make do with soft drinks… Read More »Only VIPs will be allowed to drink alcohol inside Paris 2024 Olympics venues

At a time of growing risks and vulnerabilities, UN Women recognizes the urgent need to optimize the work of the next seven years of the… Read More »Accelerating action for gender responsive disaster risk reduction

Oil-rich Gabon will hold presidential, legislative and local elections on August 26, the west African country said Tuesday, with President Ali Bongo Ondimba strong favourite… Read More »Gabon to hold elections on August 26, incumbent Ali Bongo favourite to win

A group of Iranian students, incensed at rules imposed on June 12 requiring female students to wear a maqna’a – a conservative Islamic headscarf in… Read More »Iranian art school students beaten and arrested for defying headscarf rules

A body was found Tuesday in the rubble of a collapsed building in Paris six days after it was destroyed by an explosion and a… Read More »Body found in rubble six days after explosion, fire at Paris building

Former US president Donald Trump can be heard discussing secret documents he had apparently held on to and acknowledging he had not declassified them in… Read More »Trump heard on tape discussing ‘highly confidential, secret’ documents

A new mindset has helped propel a resurgent Zimbabwe into the final stage of World Cup qualifying.

In the aftermath of the armed rebellion attempt by Yevgeny Prigozhin’s Wagner mercenary group against the Russian army command on Saturday June 24, people began… Read More »These videos do not show clashes between the Wagner Group and Russian forces

Twenty-six Ugandans on Tuesday sued French oil giant TotalEnergies in Paris for reparations over alleged human rights violations at its massive megaprojects in the country.