French authorities Wednesday released from custody a police officer who shot dead a teenager during traffic controls this year in a killing that sparked over… Read More »France releases policeman behind killing of teenager Nahel that sparked nationwide riots
Mali’s army has recaptured the strategic northern town of Kidal, a stronghold of Tuareg-dominated separatist groups that has long posed a major sovereignty issue for… Read More »Mali: How junta and Wagner forces seized control of rebel stronghold Kidal
Helen Williams had to lay the wig out on a highway in Nigeria so it could be measured.
The UK Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected a controversial government plan to send migrants to Rwanda and upheld a lower court ruling that it was… Read More »UK Supreme Court rejects govt’s contentious Rwanda migrant policy
The UK’s highest court says the plan leaves people at risk of being sent back to unsafe countries.
Poverty is worsening in France and women and children are the main victims, the charity Secours Catholique has warned in its annual report, highlighting the… Read More »‘Feminisation of poverty’: France’s cost-of-living crisis is hitting women hardest
France has issued an international arrest warrant for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, accused of complicity in crimes against humanity over chemical attacks in 2013, a… Read More »France issues arrest warrant for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad
Burglars break into South Africa’s Rugby Union HQ but decide not to steal the World Cup trophy.
Madagascar’s Andry Rajoelina is pushing ahead with a presidential election that could give him a second term, even as opposition protests roil the island nation… Read More »Madagascar faces deadlock after majority of presidential candidates call boycott
A social media influencer and fixer to football stars hopes he can help Ethiopia reach the Fifa World Cup for the first time.
