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Three years ago, we met 11-year-old Anthony Madu, a Nigerian boy who loved ballet. Now he’s a ballet student in the UK.

DR Congo voters head to the polls Wednesday to elect a new president even as authorities scramble to finalise preparations in an election facing steep… Read More »DR Congo election offers little hope for residents of Kinshasa slum

Polling stations opened Wednesday in a high-stakes Democratic Republic of Congo general election pitting the incumbent President Felix Tshisekedi against a fragmented opposition, as much… Read More »Polls open in high-stakes DR Congo election after fraught campaign

Rescuers dug through rubble for a second freezing day on Wednesday after overnight temperatures plunged well below zero, with the death toll in China’s deadliest earthquake… Read More »Rescuers dig in freezing cold as China earthquake death toll rises to 131

Foreign rescue and aid workers, along with the UN and volunteers, rallied Tuesday to help victims of the explosion and fire at Guinea’s main oil depot… Read More »Death toll rises after explosion and fire at Guinea fuel depot

The UN Security Council struggled to find a unified voice Tuesday on pausing the Israel-Hamas war as aid efforts neared collapse and global economic fallout… Read More »🔴 Live: UN Security Council Gaza truce vote postponed until Wednesday

The Democratic and Republican leaders of the US Senate said Tuesday that Washington will not be able to approve new aid for Ukraine before year’s… Read More »US Senate leaders say deal on Ukraine aid not expected before year’s end

The president, who wants a second term, faces 18 candidates in this mineral-rich country.

Tax hikes have led to many Kenyans saying their president is a greedy tax collector like Zacchaeus.

Former Rwandan doctor Sosthene Munyemana was on Wednesday jailed for 24 years by a French court for his involvement in the 1994 genocide of Tutsis.