Floods have wreaked chaos in Kinshasa – the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo – with water pouring into homes and residents navigating submerged roads via canoe. The overflowing…
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Italy: Deputy PM Matteo Salvini takes stand in migrant kidnap trial
Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini has defended his hard-line approach against illegal migration during a court appearance in Sicily. He is facing kidnap and dereliction of duty charges for…
Nigeria: Tiwa Savage files police complaint against Davido
Nigerian artist Tiwa Savage has lodged a police complaint against Grammy nominee Davido, accusing him of making threats against her. The music stars have been at odds since Tiwa posted…
USA: Software firm SAP to pay $220m over bribery charges
Global software giant SAP has agreed to pay more than $220m (£172m) to settle bribery charges involving government officials around the world. The money and gifts, typically routed via outside…
Liberia: Ex-chief justice sentenced to life for murder
Liberia’s former chief justice and justice minister Gloria Maya Musu-Scott has been sentenced to life in prison for the brutal murder of her niece. It marks the fall from grace…
Zambia: President Hakainde Hichilema urges people to move to villages
Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema has urged people to relocate from towns to villages following the deaths of about 300 people in a cholera outbreak. Poor sanitation in some densely populated…
Somalia: Seized UN helicopter hit by object – Reports
A UN helicopter crash-landed in an area controlled by armed Islamists in Somalia after its main rotor blade was hit by an object, a UN source has said. Al-Shabab fighters…
Nigeria: Army arrests soldiers after viral torture video
The Nigerian army has arrested two soldiers after a viral video allegedly showed them torturing a civilian. In the footage, a man in military fatigues and another in civilian clothing…
Ecuador: President Daniel Noboa defies gangs to take on the army
Ecuadorean President Daniel Noboa has challenged armed gangs to take on the military rather than civilians as soldiers were deployed to combat the criminal groups. Mr Noboa declared a state…
Iran: Army seizes oil tanker St Nikolas near Oman
Iran has seized a Marshall Islands-flagged oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman, state media reports. Armed men wearing masks have reportedly boarded the vessel St Nikolas, close to the…