President Joe Biden made a historical pilgrimage Sunday to "America's freedom church" to mark Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday, saying democracy was at a perilous moment and that the civil rights leader's life and legacy "show us the way and ... Read More

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo left Accra on Saturday, January 14, 2023, for the Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week (ADSW) is a global initiative championed by the UAE and its clean ... Read More

Workers unload cholera supplies from the airplane in Lilongwe, Malawi, Jan. 13, 2023. (Courtesy of Rogers Siula, UNICEF) The U.N.'s children’s agency, UNICEF, has handed over lifesaving supplies worth about $300,000 to support Malawi’s fight against a cholera outbreak which has ... Read More

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock (L), Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (C) and French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna (R) pose for a photograph at the Prime Minister's office in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Jan. 12, 2023. The foreign ministers of Germany and ... Read More

Emine Dzhaparova, deputy foreign minister of Ukraine, speaks outside the Security Council chambers at U.N. headquarters, Jan. 12, 2023. Ukraine’s deputy foreign minister said Thursday that Kyiv will pursue adoption of a resolution in the U.N. General Assembly that would enshrine ... Read More

Some 900 million people in China have been infected with the coronavirus as of 11 January, according to a study by Peking University. The report estimates that 64% of the country's population has the virus. It ranks Gansu province, where 91% of ... Read More

The World Health Organization declared Uganda free from Ebola on Wednesday, 42 days since the last infection was recorded. The outbreak of the Sudan strain of the virus, which started in September, has left 55 people dead. The declaration was made ... Read More

The United States has accused Kremlin-backed Russian military contractors of interfering in the internal affairs of African countries and “increasing the likelihood that violent extremism will grow” in the Sahel region, which is facing increasing attacks, an allegation Russia denied. US ... Read More

Tigrayan rebels have begun handing in their heavy weapons, a key part of an agreement signed more than two months ago to end a gruelling conflict in northern Ethiopia, a spokesman for the rebel authorities said. The handover in the town of Agulae, ... Read More

Gen Gerasimov has been Russia's chief of the general staff since 2012 President Vladimir Putin has removed Russia's top commander in Ukraine, just three months after he was installed. Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov will now lead what Mr Putin ... Read More