Nigerian real estate CEO Edwin Omokhuale was arrested at Dublin Airport over alleged $23m fraud targeting an Australian mining company as UK extradition begins.
At least 24 schoolchildren are feared dead after a stampede broke out as they tried to escape a fire at two schools in Bukavu, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
As fertiliser prices shot up following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Ugandan villager Peter Wakisi fretted for the future of his small farm and his young family.
Authorities in New York announced Wednesday the return of 16 antiquities to Egypt, including five works that were seized from the Metropolitan Museum of Art as part of a probe into international art trafficking.
South Africa captain Dean Elgar is treating the Test series decider against England at the Oval "like a World Cup final" as the Proteas seek to recover from a heavy defeat. It's pretty much like a World Cup final for us, that's the way I'm viewing it."
England captain Ben Stokes said he was excited by the prospect of Harry Brook's Test debut after confirming the Yorkshire batsman would replace the injured Jonny Bairstow in the series finale against South Africa. It's obviously devastating to not have Jonny but I'm very excited we get a replacement with the skill Jonny possesses."
Burundi's President Evariste Ndayishimiye has faced a tricky balancing act to bring change to the troubled nation while accommodating the elites who helped put him in power, even as activists warn that his government's human rights record remains dire.
Burundi's President Evariste Ndayishimiye sacked his prime minister and a top aide in a high-level purge Wednesday after warning of a "coup" plot against him. Bunyoni's departure came after Ndayishimiye, who has been in power for just over two years, last week warned of a coup plot against him.
Around the corner from a congested Luanda street, partially covered by a thick row of little shops and food stalls, stands a dilapidated concrete bullring -- the vestige of Angola's colonial past. Numbers for the stands can still be seen on the worn-out walls, half-covered by graffiti.
A tower bristling with sensors juts above the canopy in northern Democratic Republic of Congo, measuring carbon dioxide emitted from the world's second-largest tropical rainforest. Sibret said more time is required to draw definitive conclusions from the data gathered by DRC's flux tower, but one thing is certain: The rainforest sequesters more greenhouse gases than it emits.
South Africa's Keegan Petersen has no doubt first-innings runs hold the key to the outcome of the third and deciding Test against England at The Oval starting Thursday. - 'Step up' - Petersen made a gutsy 42 in South Africa's second innings at Old Trafford but knows such scores rarely win matches.
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