South Sudan’s efforts to end the recruitment of child soldiers appear to be paying off. According to the UN, some children have just been released by the South Sudan People's Defence Forces and are ...

An army colonel who seized power in a military coup has been sworn in as Madagascar’s new president. Colonel Michael ...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations announced the designation of chef Fatmata Binta, an award-winning ...

Fighting in North Darfur’s embattled capital of el-Fasher has tripled the number of displaced people this year alone in Tawila, a town about 60 kilometers away, said a UN migration agency official.

After Cameroon's presidential election on 12 October, both parties have claimed victory, despite official results not ...

Presidents and representatives of African heads of state joined thousands of mourners at a state funeral service on Friday ...

Devotees prepare to celebrate Diwali 6 hours ago Nestled in the heart of west London is the BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, a vast white marble temple that has become a spiritual landmark for the ...

The new Associated Press-NORC poll, however, shows that his apparent success on the world stage has not yet improved his ...

The meeting comes as France’s latest political crisis eased — for now — when Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu survived two consecutive no-confidence votes on Thursday, averting another government coll ...

Israeli warplanes carried out a series of airstrikes in southern Lebanon on Thursday, targeting a cement plant and an environmental group's site that it accuses of being fronts for Hezbollah, injuring ...

Hansi Flick's side were at the top of the table before suffering a humbling 4-1 defeat to Sevilla ahead of the international ...

Across India and the wider world, Diwali celebrates the triumph of light over darkness, knowledge over ignorance and hope ...