2023

Félix Tshisekedi accuses his counterpart in neighbouring Rwanda of wanting to expand.

Some 40 million people will vote in a country the size of Western Europe, home to vast mineral resources.

Around 80 men, including a local councillor and two schoolteachers, were detained this week in France’s most far-reaching swoop on suspected child sex abusers, police… Read More »France detains dozens of suspects in largest child sex crime crackdown

Turkey wants to arrest Mohammed Hassan Cheikh Mohamud after a motorcycle courier died in a traffic accident.

The family of Mahsa Amini, the Iranian Kurdish woman who died in custody, have been banned from travelling to France to collect a top rights… Read More »Iran bans Mahsa Amini’s family from travelling to accept EU’s Sakharov human rights prize

A refinery that could make Nigeria self-sufficient in fuel receives its first delivery of crude oil.

The polls in a handful of constituencies could give the government a constitution-changing majority.

French Energy Minister Agnes Pannier-Runacher said Saturday she was “stunned” after the oil cartel OPEC urged its members to thwart any deal targeting fossil fuels… Read More »‘Stunned’: OPEC urges members to block action on fossil fuels at COP28

Israel pressed on with its offensive against Hamas militants in Gaza on Saturday after the United States blocked an extraordinary UN Security Council bid to… Read More »🔴 Live: Israel strikes Gaza after US vetoes UN ceasefire resolution

Guatemala’s electoral court insisted Friday the results of elections won by anti-graft candidate Bernardo Arevalo were “unchangeable”, after the prosecutor’s office sought to annul them… Read More »Guatemalan electoral court says election ‘unchangeable’ after prosecutors seek to annul results