Iran and Oman have reached an agreement over new entry and exit routes for the Strait of Hormuz, Tehran said on Saturday.

The BRICS group of emerging economies on Saturday expressed concern over rising tensions in the Middle East and condemned the use of sanctions not authorised by the UN, as the leaders met in New Delhi to strengthen their position in global affairs seen as dominated by the West.

A fire and stampede at a school in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo killed at least 26 children, the UN children's agency said on Friday, with some pupils leaping from windows on high floors to escape the carnage.

Tens of thousands of people have been displaced across Yemen in recent days, fleeing the advance of Iran-backed Houthi rebels. Some 1,400 people escaped across the Gulf of Aden to Djibouti, in the Horn of Africa.

Twelve people have died after a fire ripped through a wedding party in the capital of Democratic Republic of Congo, the government said on Sunday.

In Beni, eastern DRC, families from the Indigenous Pygmee community are living in extreme hardship after fleeing violence attributed to the ADF. Since May 2026, they have found refuge in Boikene, far from their forests and traditional means of subsistence.

African women and young women are demanding a stronger role in shaping the peace and security decisions that affect their

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Uganda’s Tooro kingdom has named television news anchor  Prince Edward Rukidi Kijanangoma as its new king, but the succession has been challenged by the mother of the late King Oyo Nyimba, just days before his burial.

The spectacle has been normalized at traffic stops in and around Nairobi, with acrobats taking advantage of gridlocks to perform for acknowledgement with cash tips. It is how they earn a living