At least three people have been killed and about a dozen are missing in an explosion early on Saturday at a block of flats on the English Channel island of…
Tunisia: Protests against President Saied ahead of parliamentary elections
Hundreds of Tunisians have taken to the streets to protest against President Kais Saied a week before parliamentary elections are set to take place under a new constitution. “Saied get…
Switzerland: Asylum seekers take to the UN to reclaim inalienable human rights
Seventy-four years since the United Nations recognised the equal and inalienable right of all humans to live freely and peacefully, a South Sudanese asylum seeker is demanding the international community…
Niger: German man freed more than four years after kidnapping
A German aid worker has been freed more than four and a half years after he was kidnapped in Niger, according to German aid organisation Help. In a statement on…
Serbia: President Vucic seeks NATO approval to send forces to north Kosovo
Serbia will ask NATO peacekeepers to let it deploy Serbian military and police to volatile northern Kosovo, although it believes there is no chance of the request being approved, Serbian…
Bangladesh: Tens of thousands rally to demand new elections
Tens of thousands of supporters of Bangladesh’s main opposition party have gathered in Dhaka to protest against the government led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and demand new elections. The…
Equatorial Guinea: World’s longest-serving president starts sixth term
The world’s longest-serving head of state, the president of Equatorial Guinea, has been sworn in for a sixth term in office. Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, who is 80, took the…
South Africa: floods damage key roads in Johannesburg
Roads in many parts of the South African city of Johannesburg have been flooded after heavy rains on Friday morning. The City of Johannesburg said “severe road infrastructural damage” has…
Niger: Lawmakers want gay relationships criminalised
A group of lawmakers in Niger has backed a motion seeking to criminalise same-sex relationships in the country. The vast majority of Niger’s population is Muslim, but it has a…
DRC: Singer Tshala Muana dies aged 64
The famous Congolese singer and dancer Tshala Muana has died at the age of 64, according to her producer and companion, Claude Mashala. “In the early hours of this morning…