Myanmar’s military seized power on Monday in a coup against the democratically elected government of Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, who was detained...
Every year the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) ranks countries through its Human Development Index (HDI) project.
The Human Development Report (HDR) by the UNDP...
Militants have attacked a hotel in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, killing nine people including a former military general, Mohamed Nur Galal.
Security forces engaged the...
Gambia's President Adama Barrow has officially launched his National People's Party (NPP) as he presses on for his re-election bid this year.
The party was...
Manchester United forward Marcus Rashford says he was subjected to "humanity and social media at its worst" after receiving racist abuse on Saturday.
The 22-year-old,...
The movement for racial justice and equality #Black Lives Matter — which was revived May last year by the violent death of African-American George...
DR Congo’s prime minister, Sylvestre Ilunga Ilunkamba, resigned on Friday, the presidency said, a move enabling President Felix Tshisekedi to appoint his own premier...
Authorities in Zimbabwe have arrested and detained a Zimbabwean couple reported to have sent a message on WhatsApp claiming that President Emmerson Mnangagwa had...
Nigeria on Thursday repatriated nearly 400 of its citizens stranded by the Covid-19Â pandemic for months in Saudi Arabia, flying them back to the capital,...