The United Nations has condemned the killing of Karine Buisset, a UNICEF staff member, in a drone strike targeting a building housing aid workers in Goma, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Speaking in New York on Wednesday, U.N. spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric described Buisset as a “dedicated humanitarian”…
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Burundi’s former Prime Minister General Alain-Guillaume Bunyoni, serving a life sentence for conspiracy against the head of state, was provisionally released on Wednesday due to deteriorating health, judicial sources and family members confirmed. Bunyoni, hospitalized since October 2025 at Gitega Regional Hospital, was transported by ambulance to his home in…
Burkina Faso is experiencing a renewed wave of violence as jihadist militants linked to Al-Qaeda intensify attacks on civilians, Human Rights Watch reports. In under a month, at least 38 civilians have been killed and nine women abducted in separate incidents, underscoring the country’s deepening security crisis. The attacks have…
China has passed a sweeping new law aimed at promoting “ethnic unity,” but critics warn it could further undermine the rights of minority groups in the country. The law, approved Thursday at the National People’s Congress in Beijing, seeks to integrate the 56 officially recognized ethnic groups dominated by the…
Attacks on shipping lanes and critical energy infrastructure in the Middle East pushed global oil prices above $100 per barrel on Thursday, as American and Israeli airstrikes targeted Iranian positions with no clear end to the conflict in sight. Iranian forces struck a container ship near Dubai, ignited a blaze…
South Africa summoned the newly appointed U.S. ambassador Brent Bozell on Wednesday to explain what Foreign Minister Ronald Lamola described as “undiplomatic remarks” regarding the country’s racial policies and court rulings. Bozell, a conservative envoy who assumed his post last month amid already tense bilateral ties, sparked controversy after labeling…
PYONGYANG — North Korea has released a new state photograph showing leader Kim Jong Un’s teenage daughter, Kim Ju Ae, firing a pistol at a munitions facility, renewing speculation that she may be being groomed as a potential successor to the country’s leadership. The image, released Thursday by the state-run…
DAKAR, Senegal — Lawmakers in Senegal have passed new legislation significantly increasing penalties for same-sex relations, amid a broader crackdown targeting members of the country’s LGBTQ community. The bill, approved on Wednesday by the National Assembly of Senegal, doubles the maximum prison sentence for same-sex relations from five years to…
NANDI COUNTY, Kenya — Eleven students from Kapsabet School for the Deaf were hospitalised on Thursday morning after an old septic tank within the school compound collapsed beneath them during an incident linked to the passing motorcade of William Ruto. According to local authorities, the students had gathered to catch…
NAKURU COUNTY, Kenya — Moi High School Kabarak has defended its disciplinary action against a Form Four student accused of bringing an electronic cigarette into the institution, telling the court that proper disciplinary procedures were followed in handling the matter. The school, together with its Board of Management, filed a…