Forty people, including infants, died when a boat carrying migrants seeking to reach Europe sank Wednesday off the coast of Tunisia, according to local judicial authorities. Around 30 others were rescued.

Residents of Casablanca awoke on Wednesday to tragic news of a house collapse in the “Old Medina,” resulting in the deaths of two people and ongoing efforts to rescue a third individual.

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) published its list of candidates for the player of the year award on Wednesday. While the date of the ceremony is not yet known, the event already promises quite some suspense.

An American missionary has been kidnapped in Niger’s capital, Niamey, according to security sources and local media.

The summit comes amid the European Union’s broader effort to strengthen partnerships across the Mediterranean — a move seen as crucial for managing migration, securing trade routes, and maintaining regional stability.

The reopening comes as the Sudanese military continues to battle the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in a months-long fight to stabilize a country already ravaged by years of political turmoil and conflict since the fall of former leader Omar al-Bashir in 2019.

Melissa was expected to strengthen into a hurricane by Friday and approach Jamaica and southwest Haiti later this week

The recent wave of arrests in Ivorz Coast is causing jitters in some neighbourhood of the capitla Abidjan

Haiti’s transitional presidential council is tasked with holding general elections before Feb. 7, 2026, when the nine-member council is supposed to step down

In Yopougon, a popular district of Abidjan, the former First Lady of the Ivory Coast, Simone Ehivet Gbagbo, held a campaign rally this Wednesday, October 22, focused on mobilizing women.

There’s been change at the top in Madagascar but old challenges remain. The country’s young people whose demonstrations paved the way for Andriy Rajoelina’s ousting see no immediate relief from unemployent and mismanagement

Cameroon’s top court on Wednesday dismissed all petitions against October’s presidential election, paving the way for the declaration of final results

A young teacher was shot and killed in Garoua on Tuesday during chaotic demonstrations. The bullet was reportedly fired by a police officer. The tensions between president Paul Biya and opposition candidate Issa Tchiroma are meanwhile reaching new levels.

The high-level meeting taking place on Wednesday is expected to enhance political and economic collaboration between the European Union and Egypt.

The Belgian said he was grateful and honoured by the trust the club was placing in him and was looking forward to continuing his journey with the team.

The International Court of Justice said on Wednesday that Israel must allow the UN aid agency in Gaza, known as UNRWA, to provide humanitarian assistance to the war-torn territory.

A domestic passenger flight landed at Khartoum International Airport in Sudan’s capital on Wednesday for the first time since the war broke out over two years ago, potentially marking the gradual reopening of air traffic.

On Wednesday, parents and political activists demonstrated outside the school, accusing it of failing to protect pupils. Police used tear gas and stun grenades to disperse the crowd after tensions flared.

Plastic pollution, discarded fishing nets, poaching, and coastal development are taking a heavy toll on the marine animals.

Crowds lined the streets of Matsue City in western Japan on Sunday to witness the traditional autumn parade known as dogyoretsu, a centuries-old celebration featuring giant drums.

Cristiano Ronaldo’s son has been called up to Portugal’s Under-16 squad for the first time.

A second night of unrest erupted in Dublin on Tuesday as protesters gathered near an asylum hotel, leading to clashes with police and six arrests.

Two buses and two other vehicles crashed early Wednesday on a highway in western Uganda, killing at least 46 people, police said, in one of the worst motor accidents in the East African country in recent years.

A group of Nubian women in Kenya’s largest informal settlement is using hydroponics and circular gardening to revive traditional vegetables.

Twangiza Mining says M23 rebels have been occupying its gold concession in South Kivu province since May.

A Cuban man deported by the United States to the African nation of Eswatini is on a hunger strike at a maximum-security prison, having been held there for more than three months without charge or access to legal counsel under the Trump administration’s third-country program.

“People can barely make ends meet,” Konan said. “You need a lot of luck, or maybe a bit of magic, to live comfortably,”

An overcrowded train full of merchants collided with a stationary train in a remote part of eastern Ethiopia, killing at least 14 people and injuring dozens, a local official said.

A tanker truck laden with gasoline exploded Tuesday in north-central Nigeria, killing at least 31 people, police said.

Born in Havana on Oct. 21, 1925, Celia Cruz, nicknamed the “Guarachera of Cuba” and the “Queen of Salsa,” built a solid career as a vocalist on the island before going into exile in 1960 and settling in the United States

Two buses and two other vehicles crashed early Wednesday on a highway in western Uganda, killing at least 46 people, police said.

Russia launched a large-scale drone and missile assault across Ukraine early Wednesday, killing at least six people and causing widespread damage to residential areas and energy infrastructure.

It’s the first coordinated effort on the continent aimed at disrupting the money networks that fund terrorist activities.

A three-month-old snow leopard cub at Michigan’s John Ball Zoo has been delighting staff and visitors alike after playing with her first pumpkin as part of seasonal enrichment activities.

Today, most Palestinians in Gaza either have worn-out bank notes that merchants refuse, or go to the commission traders who have charged up to 50% since the war

The Louvre reopened Wednesday morning to crowds under its glass pyramid — even as France reeled from one of the highest-profile museum thefts in living memory just days earlier at the famed museum.

Reaction by Paris Saint-Germain head coach Luis Enrique after the French Club beat Bayer Leverkusen 7-2 in the Champions League on Tuesday.

The decision to hold off on the meeting which Trump had announced last week, was made following a call Monday between Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov

On Tuesday, office and shops remained shuttered thousands of workers declared a general strike, demanding the closure of a government-owned phosphate processing plant which they accuse of emitting poisonous gas

In a statement, Gen Z leaders said the appointment of Herintsalama Rajaonarivelo “runs contrary to the spirit of change and renewal” demanded by the Malagasy people.