Victor Wembanyama has been named captain of France for four games in August, marking a new leadership role for the NBA star as he returns to the national team. The 22-year-old will lead a squad featuring veterans Rudy Gobert and Evan Fournier in World Cup qualifying.
READ MORECampaigning for Nigeria’s general election got underway on Wednesday and voters are already making one thing clear: they want straight answers from the candidates about how they’ll improve the lives of citizens.
Sudan’s army says 318 Rapid Support Forces fighters, including four commanders, have defected and joined its ranks in the latest apparent surrender by paramilitary personnel. The move comes as defections increase and fighting continues to devastate the country more than three years into the war.
Haiti has launched voter registration ahead of December's elections, the country's first in a decade. Ten registration centres have opened across generally secure areas of Port au Prince, as hopeful voters begin signing up in a key step toward restoring democratic rule.
Holding photographs of sons who vanished during the war, mothers in Gaza wait for answers while forensic workers document unidentified remains without access to DNA testing.
Tired and disappointed, migrants pushed back from the Spanish enclave of Ceuta returned to Morocco on Saturday, eager to get home. A sudden surge of some 60,000 migrants over the course of a few days, triggered an international crisis and saw Spain deploy armed forces to the tiny territory.
Authorities in Ethiopia’s Tigray region accused the federal government of launching a military offensive on Saturday, reigniting fears of a return to war.
Benin’s National Assembly has temporarily eliminated the Autonomous National Electoral Commission, or CENA, responsible for organizing the country’s elections.
AmaZulu King Misuzulu kaZwelithini and the leader of the Nazareth Baptist (Shembe) Church, Prophet Mduduzi Shembe, also known as Unyazi Lwezulu, have reconciled after a public fallout sparked by the king’s leaked tirade against his second wife.
Morocco’s Royal Armed Forces and U.S. Africa Command signed on Monday a Headquarters Memorandum of Understanding (HQ MoU) of the Africa Multidomain Training and Experimentation Center to be establis
Head of Government Aziz Akhannouch represented King Mohammed VI in Doha in offering condolences following the passing of Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani.
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