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East Africa is accelerating its push for greater energy independence with a new $16 billion refinery in Kenya – but the project is raising fears over the environmental cost of an expanding oil economy.

The Nuremberg trials, held by the Allied powers after the Second World War to prosecute prominent Nazis for war crimes, came to an end on 1 October, 1946.

Journalist Moussa Kaka has been missing since 31 August, when he left the offices of radio and television station Saraounia in the capital, Niamey, to return home.

Gianni Infantino's drive to remain boss at world football's governing body Fifa was under threat on Thursday after his own country's football association withdrew its support.

A court in Singapore is preparing to decide who controls the Castel Group, a family-run French beverage business that has grown to be one of the largest drinks companies in Europe and Africa – and is currently the subject of a power struggle between two of

High school protests in France spread to universities on Thursday as students demanding more funding, smaller classes and the replacement of absent teachers continued blockades across the country.

A Paris court has found six men guilty of manslaughter over the deaths of 27 people in the Channel in 2021 – the worst mass drowning on record involving migrants in the narrow seaway separating France and Britain.

As part of a four-day visit aimed at promoting investment opportunities in Argentina, where the economy is flailing, the country's President Javier Milei will address the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development on Thursday and meet with Fren…

Switzerland's glaciers, which are disproportionately impacted by climate change, have lost nearly 20 percent of their mass in five years, experts said Thursday, with 2026 registering the second-biggest melt on record.

France has announced plans to borrow a record amount on the bond market next year, days before the government unveils its 2027 budget this Thursday.

Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri has been named Morocco’s first female prime minister – another first for the 50-year-old lawyer, who became the first female mayor of Marrakesh 17 years ago.

Organisers of the 2027 Rugby World Cup on Wednesday promised a massive party during the first 24-team tournament, which starts next October in Perth, Western Australia.

A year-old deal between France and Britain to return migrants crossing the Channel illegally on small boats has come to an end, the UK interior ministry said Wednesday.

Eiffel Tower director Patrick Branco Ruivo will step down at the end of the year, the tower’s operator has announced, after female staff were excluded during a visit by a Hindu religious group – an incident that triggered a strike that closed the Paris la…

French President Emmanuel Macron has welcomed British Prime Minister Andy Burnham's reopening of the debate over the United Kingdom's relationship with the European Union, responding to the possibility of the UK eventually rejoining the bloc with a simple…

Ghana head coach Carlos Queiroz on Wednesday refused to resign after his side's calamitous 4-2 defeat at home to Gambia in qualifiers for next year's Africa Cup of Nations in Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda.

Burkina Faso on Wednesday marks four years since military strongman Captain Ibrahim Traoré took over in a coup.

Iraq is closing a major chapter in its post-2003 history as the US-led coalition against Islamic State ends its mission – more than two decades after France opposed the invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein.

Heatwaves, wildfires and human-caused emissions exposed a third of the world’s population to extremely high ozone pollution in 2026, with Asia worst hit and wildfire smoke crossing oceans, an EU report said on Wednesday.

Mali’s armed forces and Russian Wagner Group personnel committed war crimes including killings and torture of civilians during joint operations between 2023 and 2025, Amnesty International has said in a new report documenting abuses across several regions…

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday lifted restrictions on the deportations of immigrants to countries that are not their own, while agreeing to hear the issue on its merits in December.

Jordan Bardella, a key ally of French far-right presidential frontrunner Marine Le Pen, on Tuesday said allegations he made antisemitic comments in 2013 marked part of a "total war" against their National Rally party ahead of the 2027 polls.

Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger are stepping up their joint media push with Tafouk TV, a new television channel aimed at challenging Western coverage and promoting the three military-led Sahel states’ own account of events.

France prosecutors on Monday sought two years with an electronic tag and a five-year ban on public office for ex-culture minister Rachida Dati in a trial on corruption charges linked to dealings with the Renault-Nissan group.

French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu has warned against an escalation of the demonstrations in secondary schools, which have broken out ahead of a nationwide strike by public-sector workers.

Continental powerhouses Egypt, Ghana and Senegal will attempt to get their 2027 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying campaigns back on track on Tuesday after opening round setbacks last week.

Teachers, healthcare workers, local government staff, tax officials and firefighters in France are on strike Tuesday to pressure the government ahead of the 2027 budget debates which could see public sector salaries frozen for a fourth straight year.

Michael Olise came off the substitutes bench on Monday night to score a sensational late goal for France against Belgium to give new boss Zinedine Zidane his second victory in two matches.

Sudan's army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan has vowed to push on with his fight against the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, despite a US visa snub to attend the UN General Assembly and mounting pressure for a ceasefire.

Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh was awarded the Council of Europe’s Vaclav Havel Human Rights Prize on Monday for her work defending activists, journalists, minorities and opponents of the death penalty.

Attacks by Yemen's Houthi rebels on Saudi Arabia are putting Turkey's new defence pact with the kingdom to its first major test – forcing Ankara to weigh support for its ally against the risk of being drawn deeper into the conflict.

The right to terminate a pregnancy was formally enshrined in the French Constitution in 2024, but women are finding it harder to gain access due to geographical inequalities and lack of information but also rising prejudice, France's family planning movem…

Addis Ababa has accused Sudan and Eritrea of backing armed groups fighting its federal forces in the north, claims Khartoum has rejected as renewed clashes raise fears of a return to full-scale conflict.

An association founded by the daughter of Gisèle Pelicot, who was drugged by her ex-husband and raped by him and dozens of other men, has launched an awareness campaign on chemical submission.

French firefighters, who have been on strike since 8 September, set up camp at the foot of the Eiffel Tower in Paris on Sunday to draw the government’s attention to a lack of resources following a scorching summer marked by a surge in wildfires.

French victims of clerical abuse called their meeting with Pope Leo XIV on Sunday "extraordinary", praising him for listening deeply to their experiences.

Swiss voters have rejected a proposal to adopt a more restrictive form of neutrality, championed by the hard right, which would have blocked their country from cooperating with NATO or impose sanctions.

Pope Leo XIV will use the final day of his visit to France on Monday to pay tribute to Robert Schuman – a devout Catholic, former French foreign minister and one of the architects of European integration – in a message expected to focus on peace, unity and

France's far-right National Rally (RN) party and its allies emerged from Sunday polls with a record 14 seats in the right-wing dominated Senate, effectively quadrupling its number in the 348-seat chamber just months before a presidential election.

Go anywhere in Madagascar and you'll find gony – large woven polypropylene sacks used to transport and store everything from vanilla to cement.

President Donald Trump said on Sunday that the five people arrested on terrorism-related charges in the United Kingdom were aiming to do significant damage to the UK base that houses US troops and aircraft.

A €800 million facelift of the Montparnasse Tower has been shelved, reviving a decades-old debate over the future of one of Paris’s most divisive landmarks.

A collection of art built up inside a Paris psychiatric hospital is challenging one of the most persistent myths about mental illness – that it fuels creative genius.

The European Union is making a new move to tackle the continent's housing crisis, with the European Commission’s Affordable Housing Act designed to authorise cities to curb soaring housing costs.

Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye has thrown his weight behind his predecessor and former political rival Macky Sall to become the next United Nations secretary-general.

Pope Leo XIV will on Saturday visit Maison Bakhita, a church-run centre for migrants and other marginalised groups in the north of Paris, bearing a message of charity and acceptance.

Seven-time champions Egypt and heavyweight outfits Nigeria, Morocco and Senegal begin their qualifying campaigns on Friday for next year's Africa Cup of Nations.

Authorities are investigating online racial abuse and harassment targeting French judo star Teddy Riner, after he expressed his concern over the rise of the far right in the country.

Hervé Renard launched his second spell as Côte d’Ivoire head coach with a 2-0 victory over Ghana in the first qualifying game for next year's Africa Cup of Nations in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania.

France's new head coach Zinedine Zidane has played down his own star status and put the focus firmly on his players as they prepare for his first match in charge against Turkey in Izmit on Friday night.