Africa Archive

The death toll from a school dormitory fire in central Kenya has climbed to 21 after two more students died in the hospital. The tragedy has raised questions about safety standards at educational establishments nationwide. And after night fell, another fire

The first shipment of mpox vaccines arrived in Congo’s capital on Thursday, three weeks after the World Health Organization declared outbreaks in 12 African countries a global emergency. The European Union, through its health emergency agency HERA, donated 100,000 doses of

N.-backed human rights investigators called Friday for the establishment of an “independent and impartial force” to safeguard civilians in Sudan, condemning both warring sides for war crimes such as murder, mutilation and torture. They also warned that foreign governments supplying arms

The World Health Organization’s (WHO) chief said he was considering convening an expert committee to advise on whether the growing mpox outbreak in Africa should be declared an international emergency. Since last September, cases have surged in the Democratic Republic of

he death toll from a terrorist attack on a beach in the Somali capital Mogadishu climbed to 37 people and wounding scores more, officials said Saturday. The Al-Qaida-linked Al-Shabaab terrorists have been waging an insurgency against the internationally backed federal government

Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian called for expanded relations with Russia, as he spoke with a senior Russian official on Monday. Sergei Shoigu, the secretary of Russia’s security council, met Iran’s president and top security officials as Tehran weighs its response to

Ethiopia’s central bank floated the birr currency on Monday, a move it hopes will secure International Monetary Fund (IMF) support and enable progress on a long-delayed debt restructuring. The birr’s value against the U.S. dollar slumped by 30% to 74.73 per

French and German foreign ministries criticized Israeli government officials’ outrageous statements on the expulsion of Palestinians from Gaza to be replaced by Israelis. “We reject the statements made by the two ministers in the strongest possible terms. They are neither sensible