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Germany’s center-left Social Democrats have narrowly beaten the party of outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel in federal elections, according to preliminary results. SPD leader Olaf Scholz says he has a clear mandate to form a government, but his conservative rival, Armin Laschet,

A Kenyan police officer has woken up from a nine-month coma to find he had been sacked for desertion. Neither the family nor the police force had any idea where Constable Reuben Kimutai Lel was – his niece told the BBC

Sudan’s military says it has repelled an attempted incursion by Ethiopian forces in the border area between the two countries. The Ethiopian forces were forced to retreat from the Umm Barakit area, a military statement said on Sunday, without giving further

The Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has released the provisional figures from the 2021 Population and Housing Census. The current population now 30.8million, with 50.7 percent females and 49.3 percent males. Government statistician Prof Samuel Kobina Anim made the announcement at a

Fridays for Future will take to the streets, online and in-person, once again, some in the face of increasing repression from state authorities towards climate activists, to continue to fight for climate justice in the face of years of inaction from

A man who was portrayed in a film as a life-saving hero during the Rwandan genocide has been convicted of terrorism by a court in Rwanda. Paul Rusesabagina, 67, was found guilty of backing a rebel group from exile which killed

President Joe Biden announced today at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) he will double US climate finance for vulnerable nations from the previously promised $5.7bn a year by 2024, including for adaptation. The climate movement welcomes the pledge, but reinforces

Guinea’s military leaders say they will not let deposed President Alpha Conde seek exile, after regional mediators attempted to mount pressure to secure his release following a coup earlier this month. The statement on Friday came after the West African regional bloc known