Amanda Agyapong, daughter of Kennedy Agyapong, celebrated completing dual master's degrees from Ivy League UPenn, marking a significant academic milestone.
Tunisian President Kais Saied confirmed Tuesday that a draft constitution to be put to a referendum on July 25 will not enshrine Islam as the "religion of the state". "The next constitution of Tunisia won't mention a state with Islam as its religion, but of belonging to an umma (community) which has Islam as its religion," he told journalists at Tunis airport.
Senegalese President Macky Sall's coalition has lost its absolute majority in parliament but finished first by a narrow margin in parliamentary polls, provisional results showed Thursday. They won 56 and 24 seats respectively, the results Thursday showed.
Morocco on Thursday sentenced 14 migrants to eight months' jail following their arrest a day before a deadly mass crossing into the Spanish enclave of Melilla in June, their lawyer said. A Moroccan court last month sentenced 33 migrants to 11 months in jail for illegal entry, while a separate trial of 29 migrants including a minor continues.
South Sudan's leaders announced Thursday that the country's post-war transitional government would remain in power two years beyond an agreed deadline, in a move foreign partners warned lacked legitimacy.
Award-winning Zimbabwean author and filmmaker Tsitsi Dangarembga will go on trial next week for inciting violence after staging a street protest, a court ruled on Thursday.
Morocco's Prime Minister Aziz Akhannouch, a billionaire petrol baron, is facing a growing online campaign demanding he step down as fuel prices -- and energy firms' profits -- surge. Many are calling on the government to halve fuel prices and impose a cap on the profits of petrol retailers -- including the dominant player Afriquia, of which Akhannouch is the majority owner.
Italian anti-immigrant leader Matteo Salvini on Thursday takes his campaign for September elections to the tiny island of Lampedusa, the landing point for thousands of migrants trying to reach Europe. - Desperation - Tiny Lampedusa is known for its gorgeous beaches, but its location closer to Tunisia than Sicily has put it on the front line of migration into Europe.
Day and night, Komlatse Koto watches over the forest near his village in southern Togo, hoping to prevent the diminishing patch of woodland from being turned bit by bit into a treeless clearing. "The development committee keeps a close watch," said Koto, who for two years has guarded the forest surrounding his village of around 500 people.
Voting technology was introduced in Kenya to build trust and credibility around elections -- but has sometimes had the opposite effect. The fiasco damaged public trust in electoral technology.
Kenya is an East African political and economic powerhouse, renowned for its iconic wildlife and stunning tropical beaches. - 'Cradle of Mankind' - Kenya attracted about 1.5 million visitors last year to its wildlife parks and idyllic Indian Ocean beaches.
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