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U.N. officials say eight peacekeepers have been suspended and detained in eastern Congo on allegations of sexual exploitation. U.N. spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric on Thursday told...

Thousands of trade unionists, civil society representatives, political activists, lawyers and high school students demonstrated in the centre of Tunis on Thursday in support...

Malawians are on high alert as they face the looming threat of an extreme heatwave, set to push temperatures to a scorching 44°C. Authorities are...

The International Monetary Fund says that Sudan's GDP will contract by more than 18% in 2023 due to the war which has raged in...

Kenyan court rejected a complaint by a lawyers' association challenging the authorities' decision to authorize the cultivation and import of genetically modified organisms in...

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres "deeply regrets" the order to expel the UN coordinator in Niger given by the military regime, which will "hinder"...

French soldiers left their bases in Niger on Tuesday in a first ground convoy under local escort, "heading for Chad", said the military regime...

The United Nations refugee agency's head, Filippo Grandi, warned on Monday of an increasingly divided and fragmented world. The UN High Commissioner for Refugees was...

After the closing of the polls in the Liberian general elections, polling staff count up the ballots cast, as representatives from different political parties...

More than three-quarters of undescribed plant species are already threatened with extinction, according to a new report by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. And for...

Algeria announced on Monday that it was "suspending" its mediation intended to put an end to the crisis that has shaken Niger since the...

Palestinian militant group Hamas, which dragged off about 150 hostages in its surprise weekend assault on southern Israel, threatened on Monday to kill them...