2023

Last week’s mass kidnapping in an area hit by a militant Islamist insurgency was unprecedented.

Liberia President George Weah, Africa’s only Ballon D’or winner, has given his backing to Morocco as replacements for Guinea in hosting the 2025 Africa Cup… Read More »George Weah backs Morocco’s bid for 2025 Afcon

As China on Sunday welcomes the Lunar New Year, many families are reuniting over the holidays for the first time since the Covid-19 crisis erupted. Following… Read More »Hugs and tears as China marks first Lunar New Year since lockdowns ended

On the surface, booming US shale gas production looks like the perfect solution for Europe as its reels from the energy crisis created by tearing… Read More »Can US shale gas save Europe from its energy crisis?

Turkey said on Saturday that it had called off a visit by Sweden’s defence minister over a planned anti-Turkey protest in Stockholm. 

The U.S. Treasury Department will impose additional sanctions on the Russian private military company, the Wagner Group, that has been aiding Russia’s military in its… Read More »US to designate Wagner a transnational criminal organisation

Chris Hipkins, who played a significant role in New Zealand’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, is set to replace Jacinda Ardern as prime minister after… Read More »Chris Hipkins set to replace Jacinda Ardern as New Zealand PM

The main presidential candidates deny accusations of trading in drugs, money laundering and tax avoidance.

Soldiers rescued a group of 62 women and four babies abducted by suspected jihadists last week in northern Burkina Faso, state television and a security… Read More »Military frees abducted women and children in Burkina Faso

A half century after Roe vs Wade, March for Life supporters on Friday celebrated the Supreme Court’s dismantling of that constitutional right to abortion and heralded… Read More »First US ‘March for Life’ anti-abortion rally since Roe vs Wade, eying Congress