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President William Ruto’s pledge to ease travel has meant fresh costs for some African visitors.

Africa Cup of Nations hosts Ivory Coast beat holders Senegal on penalties to reach the quarter-finals of the 2023 tournament.

Protesting farmers prepared to encircle Paris with traffic-snarling barricades for a second day Tuesday, using hundreds of lumbering tractors and mounds of hay bales to… Read More »In pictures: French farmers maintain ‘siege’ of Paris in standoff with government

It accuses the military rulers of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger of not acting in good faith.

Hong Kong will create its own national security law “as soon as possible”, city leader John Lee said Tuesday, adding insurrection and other crimes not… Read More »Hong Kong to create its own national security law, years after Beijing law crushed dissent

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned Monday that Ukraine’s gains over two years of fighting were all in doubt without new US funding, as… Read More »Blinken warns Ukraine’s gains could be reversed without more US aid

A framework to halt the Gaza fighting and for hostage releases is to be relayed to Hamas, mediator Qatar said Monday, as a bitter row… Read More »🔴 Live: Qatar says truce proposal will be sent to Hamas

Britain’s top climate change advisory body on Tuesday accused Prime Minister Rishi Sunak of creating “mixed signals and a perception of “slowing UK climate ambition”,… Read More »UK’s climate watchdog says Sunak sending ‘mixed signals’ on climate ambition

Hosts Ivory Coast stunned Senegal at the Africa Cup of Nations on Monday, knocking out the reigning champions on penalties in the last 16 to… Read More »Hosts Ivory Coast knock out title-holders Senegal in AFCON thriller

Mali and Burkina Faso said Monday they had sent ECOWAS “formal notice” of their withdrawal from the West African bloc, with Niger expected to follow.