In this Ukrainian Presidential Press Service photo, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy attend an EU summit in Kyiv, Ukraine, Feb. 2, 2023, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues. The European Commission on Thursday announced ... Read More

Twelve African countries on Wednesday spelled out plans for ending AIDS in children by 2030 through an array of HIV testing, treatment and prevention programs. The 2030 goal, which was announced by UNAIDS last year, was unanimously backed by representatives from ... Read More

President Samia Suluhu Hassan There is a well-deserved excitement about the return after six years of political rallies in Tanzania. Unbanned last month by President Samia Suluhu Hassan - Mr Magufuli's successor, it has even prompted the return of opposition politician Tundu ... Read More

King Charles III will not feature on Australia's new five dollar note, the country's central bank has announced. The new design will pay tribute to "the culture and history" of Indigenous Australians, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) says. A portrait of the ... Read More

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, right, and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen talk during her visit to Kyiv, Ukraine, Sept. 15, 2022. Ukraine's hopes of quickly joining the EU are being rebuffed, ahead of a historic meeting in Kyiv. An EU-Ukraine ... Read More

Czech President-elect Petr Pavel was chair of the Nato military committee from 2015-2018 Czech President-elect Petr Pavel has told the BBC that Ukraine should be allowed to join Nato "as soon as the war is over". Mr Pavel, a retired Nato general, ... Read More

President George Weah Liberia’s President George Weah has told parliament he would run for re-election this year after a first term marred with corruption allegations and an economic downturn. Weah took office in 2018 in the West African country’s first peaceful change of ... Read More

Pope Francis It took years for Marie Louise Wambale to re-establish her life after fighting between M23 rebels and the army of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in the country’s eastern region forced her to flee with almost nothing ... Read More

A guard of honor greets Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko at Robert Mugabe International airport in Harare, Zimbabwe Jan. 30, 2023. Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko arrived in Zimbabwe on Monday for talks with his counterpart, Emmerson Mnangagwa, aimed at boosting "strong cooperation" ... Read More

The first U.S. Cabinet member to visit Somalia since 2015 urged the world's distracted donors Sunday to give immediate help to a country facing deadly famine, which she calls "the ultimate failure of the international community." The U.S. ambassador to the ... Read More