2024

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has been selected to seek a third, successive term in July 28 elections, a senior ruling party official said Monday. 

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Monday that Russian advances had been “halted” in Ukraine and the situation was now “much better” for his troops than… Read More »Zelensky says Russian advances in Ukraine ‘halted’

A large group of people raided a warehouse full of food in the country’s capital Abuja.

Mariam Ibrahim, one of the few female borehole engineers in north-east Nigeria, has built over 200 boreholes.

Tunisian filmmaker Kaouther Ben Hania has received her second Oscar nomination.

Opening remarks by UN Under-Secretary-General and UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous at the opening of the 68th session of the Commission on the Status… Read More »Speech: ‘We can and must choose to end poverty for women and girls’

News of the launch of a single currency for East Africa spread fast – but it turned out not to be true.

Several French state bodies have been hit with cyberattacks of “unprecedented intensity”, Prime Minister Gabriel Attal’s office said Monday, while insisting the government had been… Read More »French state services hit by cyberattacks of ‘unprecedented intensity’

For the first time, two African documentary feature films are up for an Oscar.

The NGO Humanity & Inclusion has been working for decades to protect civilians from explosive weapons and has repeatedly warned about the dangers posed by… Read More »Unexploded bombs, a long-term threat to life in Gaza