North Korea: Pyongyang fires ballistic missile towards East Sea

North Korea has fired a ballistic missile towards the sea off the country’s east coast, the first firing since last week’s flurry of missile launches – and heavy artillery fire…

Sudan: Activists defiant amid protest clampdown

Sudanese security forces fired tear gas as thousands of pro-democracy activists marched to the presidential palace in Khartoum on Tuesday to demand an end to military rule. Protesters draped in…

Egypt: SA President Ramaphosa urges West to deliver pledge to end coal

South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has called on western nations to deliver a financial package they promised to help the nation speed up its move away from coal. When it…

Kenya: Ruling coalition denies plot to scrap term limit

Kenya’s ruling coalition has denied having a hand in a proposal by one of its lawmakers to remove presidential term limits and replace it with an age limit. The country’s…

Nigerian: Amnesty International condemns Public whipping of TikTok stars

Amnesty International has condemned the sentencing of two TikTok stars in the northern Nigerian state of Kano for defaming the state governor Abdullahi Ganduje. The TikTokers, Mubarak Muhammad alias Unique…

Egypt: Major climate polluters are criminals – Namibia president

The Namibian President Hage Geingob has accused wealthy nations of not being honest when talking about the fight against climate change. Speaking to the BBC at a side event at…

Germany: Authorities investigate case of a girl locked away for years by family

An eight-year-old girl’s mother and grandparents are being investigated after German prosecutors say she was locked away for seven years. She was finally freed from the house at the end…

Norway: Princess quits royal duties for alternative medicine

Norway’s Princess Märtha Louise has relinquished her royal duties to focus on her alternative medicine business with her fiancé, a self-styled shaman. The Princess will keep her title, but is…

Iran: Successful testing flight of a rocket capable of propelling satellites into space

Iran has announced the successful test flight of a rocket capable of propelling satellites into space, three months after launching a satellite with the help of Russia. The United States…

Bahrain: Prisoners’ families hold small protest during pope visit

Relatives of death row and life inmates in Bahrain have held a small protest along Pope Francis’s motorcade route calling for the freedom of political prisoners in the Gulf Arab…