Africa Archive

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