Three months into Iran’s crackdown on coverage of widespread protests, media analysts remain troubled by the dozens of journalist arrests and reports of abuse in detention centers.”Right now is probably the worst time to ever be a journalist in Iran,” …
Kigali, The Democratic Republic of Congo began three days of national mourning after 141 people died in the latest deadly floods in the capital Kinshasa. The provincial Public Health Ministry issued a new toll from floods triggered by heavy downpours, …
Uganda has qualified for every edition of the TotalEnergies African Nations Championship (CHAN) apart from the inaugural edition in 2009, but have never progressed past the group stages.As they prepare to play the tournament for the sixth time in Alger…
Congolese and security experts reacted cautiously Thursday to the announcement of an impending truce in an escalating conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.A militia called the M23 has been gaining ground since mounting an offensive in N…
International human rights groups have called for urgent global pressure on Iran to stop handing death sentences to jailed antigovernment protesters and to refrain from executing any of the detainees.Iran’s judiciary has said five people detained in th…
Between July and September, an estimated 119,039 refugees and migrants, including 10,821 children, arrived in Greece, Italy, Bulgaria, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro through the Balkan and Mediterranean routes.To date, 19,200 children ha…
Troops and rebels traded heavy fire in eastern DR Congo on Monday, a military source and local inhabitants said, as an envoy from the East African bloc pursued efforts to hold a “peace dialogue” on the region’s troubles.Government forces and the M23 mi…
OUAGADOUGOU— Burkina Faso junta chief Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, who took power in a January coup, has sacked his defence minister and assumed the role himself after a series of jihadist attacks, according to decrees published Monda…
