Bus carrying worshippers headed to Easter festival plunges off bridge on a mountain pass and bursts into flames, killing all but an 8-year-old child, authorities say.
The court announced provisional results in favour of anti-establishment leader Faye after the 44-year-old clinched a majority of votes in Senegal's presidential election.
Racial bias simmers under the surface across geographies and at all levels, often unacknowledged by a world order that routinely commemorates annual events such as the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
At least 42 people were killed in the fighting, highlighting the ongoing tensions between farmers and herders as the government attempts to control the situation.
Kenya's healthcare system is in turmoil as doctors continue their nationwide strike and complete halt on emergency services at public hospitals.
"By all measures — the sheer scale of humanitarian needs, the numbers of people displaced and facing hunger — Sudan is one of the worst humanitarian disasters in recent memory," UN official Edem Wosornu says.
With both US and Kenya keen to contribute to a security mission in Haiti, here are compelling motivations driving Nairobi's commitment to dispatching 1,000 police officers to aid the crisis-stricken country.
Kaduna police spokesperson Mansur Hassan confirms that the incident happened in Kajuru Station village on Sunday night.
The war in Sudan erupted in April 2023. This year, the Sudanese army doused hopes of a Ramadan ceasefire unless the rival Rapid Support Forces withdrew from civilian homes and public places.
The two-week long heatwave threatens dangerously high temperatures of 45 degrees, prompting the shutdown to safeguard children's wellbeing.
The EU pledged $8 billion in aid to Egypt to ease economic strains and stem the flow of irregular migrants across the Mediterranean Sea.
The public health system of the country has all but collapsed under years of mismanagement, shortages of funds, staff, medicine and equipment.
The December hijacking of the ship was the first time since 2017 that any cargo vessel had been successfully boarded by Somali pirates.
The declaration came just a day after a senior US delegation left Niger, following a three-day visit to renew contact with the military junta that ousted the president and moved closer to Russia.
Several Turkish charities marshal humanitarian aid for disadvantaged communities around the globe as Muslims mark the holy month of fasting and almsgiving.
West and Central Darfur face imminent famine conditions, with nearly 730,000 children across Sudan expected to endure severe acute malnutrition, including over 240,000 children in Darfur, UN aid chief informs UNSC.
The Republic of Congo's first reported cases raise alarms, as scientists warn this new mode of transmission could make controlling the outbreak difficult.
The siege of SYL Hotel in Somalia's capital has ended, but information about casualties remains unavailable.
At least 50 people have died between January and February as they forced to drink ‘mysterious liquid’ to prove they do not practice witchcraft, says a local official.
Their release follows weeks of crisis after President Macky Sall postponed the February 25 presidential vote.
Several gunmen forced their way into the building after destroying perimetre wall with heavy explosion, says security officer Ahmed Dahir.
School kidnappings were initially perpetrated by the militant Boko Haram when it seized Chibok schoolgirls in 2014. Other bandit groups soon began following this method to seek ransom payments.
Zimbabwean religious sect leader faces charges of child labour and abuse after police discovered over 250 children forced to work and 16 unregistered graves on the compound's grounds.
Amidst escalating conflict, Sudan's Sovereign Council leader pledges relentless pursuit of RSF fighters, despite failed ceasefire agreements.
Bombing and destruction of fields and factories have plunged the North African country into "one of the worst" nutrition situations in the world, warns Save the Children.
Gunmen kidnap at least 61 people from northern Buda village, residents and sources say, days after nearly 300 students were seized by an armed gang.
Kenya says an international police force cannot be established without a clear administration in place in the restive Caribbean country.
The parties have also agreed to invite the UN mission in Libya and the international community “to support this consensus to make it successful,” according to the statement.
The statement follows an appeal by the United Nations Security Council's appeal for a respite during Ramadan, which begins this week.
More than 400 women and children have been kidnapped in two separate attacks on schools and internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the past week.
A teacher at the GSS Kuriga school in Chikun district says 187 pupils had been snatched from the main junior school along with another 100 from primary classes.
Fourteen countries backed the resolution, proposed by Britain, with only Russia abstaining.
Türkiye's TURKSOM Military Training School "plays an important role in building and improving" Somalia's armed forces, says President Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud.
Gunmen storm government primary school in Chikun's Kuriga town of northwest Kaduna State, seizing at least 287 pupils, headteacher tells the state's governor.