At least 20 civilians killed in several hamlets in Anchawadj commune, a few dozen kilometres north of Gao town, officials say.
More than 200 people, mostly from ethnic Amhara, have been killed in Ethiopia's Oromia region in an attack being blamed on a rebel group known as Oromo Liberation Army.
An Improvised Explosive Device (IED) exploded when the peacekeeper on a MINUSMA Force was conducting a search operation in the country's restive north.
Biodun Abayomi Oyebanji, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, beat his two main opponents by a landslide in the vote that is seen as a test run for the 2023 presidential vote.
President Saied is seeking to overhaul the constitution to give the presidency more powers, against the backdrop of a tanking economy and fears of a public finance crisis.
Parties and election observers see the election in Ekiti state as a test run for the 2023 presidential election.
Democratic Republic of Congo President Tshisekedi said that the security situation in the country's eastern region has deteriorated amid fights with Rwandan "terrorist gangs"
Forty percent of the cash-strapped country's population is expected to slip into food insecurity by September, the UN food agency warns.
Of the 35 girls aged between 14 and 17, four were impregnated so their babies could be sold, local police said.
Rights groups and the UN have called on the Tanzanian government to halt the seizing of Maasai land in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area and Loliondo.
The UGTT trade confederation demands a new deal to raise public sector salaries, including retroactively for last year, as the country faces soaring inflation.
In the Somali region — one of the worst affected — the malnutrition rate jumped 64 percent in the past year, according to Save the Children.
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