A supporter of the Tunisian General Labor Union (UGTT), carries bread as he shouts slogans during a protest against President Kais Saied's policies, accusing him of trying to stifle basic freedoms including union rights, in Sfax, Tunisia, Feb. 18, 2023. President ... Read More

The African Union insisted Sunday it had a "zero tolerance" policy toward unconstitutional change as it maintained its suspension of four military-ruled countries. The Sahel states of Burkina Faso, Guinea and Mali as well as Sudan were sanctioned by the Pan-African ... Read More

Antonio Pedro Acting Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Antonio Pedro, has urged African nations to accelerate implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) in order to become more resilient and globally competitive. “Only through an ... Read More

President Volodymyr Zelensky Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has ruled out giving up any of his country's territory in a potential peace deal with Russia. In a BBC interview to mark a year since Russia's full-scale invasion, he warned conceding land would mean ... Read More

THE Kingdom of the Netherlands has joined forces with the MDF West Africa, the Ghana Innovation Hub and other private sector partners to drive entrepreneurship in the country. Known as the Orange Corners (OC) Ghana Acceleration Programme, the initiative also has ... Read More

Nigeria's Department of State Services (DSS) has warned politicians not to publish false or harmful information in the run-up to next week's presidential election. The warning came after the ruling All Progressives Congress party's campaign director accused the military and ... Read More

At least 73 migrants were reported missing and presumed dead following a shipwreck off the Libyan coast on Tuesday, the official Twitter account of International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Libya said on Wednesday. Seven survivors made it to shore from ... Read More

António Guterres – UN Secretary-General United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned of the threat posed by rising sea levels to hundreds of millions of people living in low-lying coastal areas and small island states as new data reveals seas have risen rapidly ... Read More

Tesla chief executive Elon Musk says he donated around $1.95bn (£1.6bn) worth of shares in his electric carmaker to charity last year. The donation of 11.6 million shares was described in a filing with US regulators as "a bona fide gift". The filing did ... Read More

Qatar Airways and Airbus have reached an amicable and mutually agreeable settlement in relation to their legal dispute over A350 surface degradation and the grounding of A350 aircraft. According to a release by Qatar Airways, a repair project was now underway ... Read More