Africa
2 Aug 2023
In Ibadan, Nigeria, e-cargo bikes made locally are helping traders to cut transport costs. Since they don’t need fuel, they also help to reduce carbon emissions.
1 Aug 2023
Neighboring Burkina Faso and Mali, which are also both run by military juntas, strongly rebuked regional bloc ECOWAS for weighing the option of using force to reinstate deposed President Mohamed Bazoum.
1 Aug 2023
The West African economic bloc, ECOWAS, has given coup leaders in Niger one week to cede power and reinstate the country's democratically elected president, Mohamed Bazoum — or face possible military intervention.
1 Aug 2023
ECOWAS says it will use force if coup leaders in Niger don't cede power before the end of the week. Here is all you need to know about the regional bloc.
1 Aug 2023
Despite facing initial opposition from her parents when she expressed interest in sailing, she persevered and gained their full support after beginning her training.
31 Jul 2023
After two days of uncertainty, the leaders of the coup have chosen General Omar Tchiani to be Niger's new strongman. However, their plans for the country remain unclear.
31 Jul 2023
Chad's President Mahamat Idriss Deby met with Niger coup chief, General Abdourahamane Tiani, in Niger's capital Niamey on Sunday, after attending a summit with West African state leaders.
31 Jul 2023
The Nigerien junta has warned its West African neighbors from carrying out a military intervention in the country. Meanwhile, coup supporters attacked the French Embassy amid unrest in Niamey.
31 Jul 2023
Senegal's opposition leader Ousmane Sonko has been mired in a flurry of legal woes, which he says are a bid to keep him out of politics.
30 Jul 2023
The Tunisian coast guard recovered 901 bodies of drowned migrants off its coast from the start of the year. The country has become a major gateway for irregular migrants and asylum-seekers headed to Europe.
30 Jul 2023
Russia is doubling down on its efforts to strengthen ties with countries in Africa. But because its engagement is still more political than economic, the continent's leaders should tread cautiously, analysts warn.
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German authorities stepped up border checks, arresting hundreds of people smugglers, Interior Minister Nancy Faeser said. The operation has stopped nearly 18,000 migrants entering the country, she added.
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The Israeli and Iranian have different viewpoints on Sunday's attack on Israel, with Iran's press decrying what they call "Western hypocrisy". The news makes the front pages worldwide, with one US paper revealing that half the Iranian missiles failed to even reach Israel.
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Rescuers in Indonesia are engaged in a search effort after deadly landslides hit villages on the island of Sulawesi.
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With China set to have 400 million elderly people by 2035, authorities are trying to figure out how to take care of them. Family structures were transformed with the now defunct one-child policy. Even now, the birth rate continues to plummet.
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Iranian troops rappelled from a helicopter and boarded the ship near the Strait of Hormuz. The Israeli military said Iran would face consequences for escalating the tense situation between the two countries.