African Unionis urging member states and the international community not to recognize the rival government, warning that the RSF’s move could further fragment Sudan and derail fragile peace efforts.

Ethiopia embarked on an unprecedented environmental endeavor Thursday as millions of citizens participated in a nationwide effort to plant 700 million trees in a single day.

Airdrops of international aid continued over Gaza on Thursday, landing in areas where civilians have been told to evacuate, as food insecurity in the territory grows increasingly severe.

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”The Mahama administration is determined to make the Ghanaian passport one of the most valuable and respected travel documents in the world,”.

For nearly 30 years, Tracee Ellis Ross has been carving out her own path—literally. The Emmy-winning actor and producer is now sharing her unique approach to solo travel in a new Roku Channel docuseries, “Solo Traveling with Tracee Ellis Ross.”

Scientists have confirmed a real and record-breaking lightning flash that stretched across the central United States. The single, continuous bolt extended 829 kilometers from eastern Texas to near Kansas City, Missouri.

An adult loggerhead sea turtle weighing 137 kilograms has been released into the Atlantic Ocean after recovering from injuries sustained in a boat strike off Florida’s coast.

President Donald Trump also unveiled sanctions on the Brazilian Supreme Court judge who is overseeing the trial of his ideological ally, former President Jair Bolsonaro.

In Springfield, Ohio, around 100 residents gathered at a local church to show support for their Haitian neighbors. The meeting followed the Trump administration’s decision to end Temporary Protected Status for hundreds of thousands of Haitians in the US.

An estimated 80,000 children are at severe risk of cholera as heavy rains sweep across West and Central Africa, exacerbating outbreaks in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Nigeria and raising fears of cross-border spread.

The central bank says the move reflects growing confidence in the disinflation trend, which has seen consumer prices fall faster than ever before.

“It’s really been a dream start to the Tour. The stage win, the yellow jersey,” Le Court said, “I wasn’t even thinking about it when we started in Brittany”.

US is set to impose a 25 percent tariff on Indian goods, along with additional import taxes, citing India’s continued purchase of Russian oil and military equipment. President Donald Trump announced the decision on Wednesday, framing it as a response to India’s economic ties with Moscow.

A combined missile and drone attack by Russia on Kyiv overnight killed at least six people, including a six-year-old boy, and injured more than 80, Ukrainian officials said.

Large crowds of Palestinians carried sacks of flour through Gaza City’s Zikim area as growing hunger and blocked aid deliveries deepened the humanitarian crisis in the territory.

Tanzania is cracking down on foreign participation in key sectors of its economy. Under a new directive, foreigners are now prohibited from engaging in 15 business areas considered essential to grassroots economic empowerment.

Tsunami alerts were issued across the Pacific after waves followed a powerful 8.8-magnitude earthquake off Russia’s remote Kamchatka Peninsula on Wednesday.

Over 140 countries already recognize Palestine, but Canada’s decision would signal a notable policy shift, reinforcing calls for a two-state solution grounded in peace and democratic principles.

The National Authority for the Campaign Against Alcohol and Drug Abuse has just announced a sweeping crackdown on where and how alcohol can be sold across the country. In a report released July 30, the authority banned alcohol sales in ten types of locations, including supermarkets.

Thousands lined the streets of Birmingham on Wednesday as a hearse carrying the body of Ozzy Osbourne made its way through the city where Black Sabbath was born.

While minor clashes have occurred in the past, such deadly confrontations between the two allied forces remain rare.

Hundreds of protesters clad in white flooded the streets of Ouagadougou on Tuesday, demanding justice for Alain Traoré, a prominent social media activist known as Alino Faso, whose death in an Ivorian prison has sparked outrage and diplomatic tensions.

At least 22 people have been killed in violent protests across Angola following a sharp fuel price hike, authorities said Wednesday, marking a dramatic escalation from the previous day’s death toll of four.

Tunisia’s Ahmed Jaouadi clinched his first significant title by winning the 800m freestyle at the world swimming championships on Wednesday, executing a perfectly timed strategy.

Both the GAZAP and the Hayalet bombs can be dropped from a US F-16 fighter jet and weigh nearly a tonne each.

Thirteen-year-old Ahmad Zayed breaks down in Gaza City as he mourns his father, one of dozens killed in Israeli strikes and gunfire in the Gaza Strip.

While filming the “Pickup” movie, Eddie Murphy said he doesn’t feel the need to guide co-stars Keke Palmer and Pete Davidson.

Morocco’s King Mohammed VI extended an olive branch to Algeria on Wednesday, calling for a “fraternal and sincere dialogue” over the “various outstanding issues” between the two-North African neighbours.

On Tuesday, the 83-year-old president announced he would stand for a fourth term in office in the October polls.

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One of the strongest earthquakes in decades struck Russia’s Far East on Wednesday, sending tsunami waves across the Pacific and forcing evacuations in several affected regions.

Pope Leo XIV has expressed his sorrow at Sunday’s attack on Christian worshippers in the DRC by an affiliate of the so-called Islamic State.

It aimed at compelling the Nigerian authorities to nullify fuel import licences issued by the regulatory authority.

Healthcare workers across Nigeria walked out for a 7-day strike at midnight on Tuesday after the government failed to respond to a 15-day ultimatum issued by the National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives.

Officials and workers fear this may be a sign of what’s to come for other factories in Lesotho, where poverty is widespread and upwards of 30,000 people are employed in the textile industry.

The foreign minister says there have been 15 incident this years in the north of the country.

More than 2,500 people have been affected by severe flash floods in Suceava county, northern Romania, where three people were confirmed dead and hundreds of homes damaged.

A diplomatic showdown may be brewing as U.S. President Donald Trump signals he could skip this year’s G20 summit in South Africa. Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One, Trump said he might send someone else in his place, citing what he called “very bad policies” by the South African government.

Despite its relative stability, Somaliland, which declared independence from Somalia in 1991, is yet to be recognised as a sovereign state.