2024

A ransom was paid to free the six girls who were kidnapped earlier this month, an uncle tells the BBC.

Cameroon on Monday launched the first malaria vaccination programme to be offered nationwide and as a matter of routine, AFP journalists saw, in a step… Read More »Cameroon launches world’s first nationwide malaria vaccination programme

The Taliban are restricting Afghan women’s access to work, travel and healthcare if they are unmarried or don’t have a male guardian, according to a… Read More »Taliban restricting unmarried women’s access to work and travel, UN report says

Since the start of the year, Russia has been increasing its strikes on Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second city. After almost two years of war, the city’s… Read More »Schools in Ukraine’s Kharkiv go underground amid Russian bombardments

Elon Musk visited Auschwitz and was due to address anti-Semitism online at an event in Poland on Monday just weeks after sparking a firestorm by… Read More »Musk visits Auschwitz-Birkenau, to address anti-Semitism online

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated a temple to the Hindu deity Ram in a ceremony in the northern town of Ayodhya. The temple… Read More »India: After Ram temple inauguration, Hindu nationalist groups eye other mosque sites

Some schoolchildren and workers are forced to stay at home following heavy rains.

It becomes the first nation in the world to roll out a universal anti-malaria jab for infants.

For Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second city, 2024 has started with renewed bombardment by Russian missiles. But inhabitants, loathe to leave again, are adapting to life with… Read More »Kharkiv schools go underground amid Russian bombardments

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday opens a week-long tour of Africa’s west coast as he seeks to bolster US-friendly democracies with security… Read More »Blinken to start West Africa tour to boost democracies, counter Sahel security threat