World Cotton Day should measure more than output. It should ask how much manufacturing, employment and African-owned value the continent creates from every bale it grows.

Forced closure marks low point in UK-Israeli relations, with reports UK is considering retaliatory expulsion of Israeli diplomats from London

Jaafar Ashtiyeh was covering violence against olive farmers when settlers set upon him with the butts of their rifles

THE government is advancing plans to transform the Ghana Space Science and Technology Institute (GSSTI) into a fully-fledged Ghana Space Agency to strengthen the country's participation in the emergin...

Suspected political assassinations in South Africa have claimed at least 43 lives this year to September, with local government elections still one month away, a report said Friday

Britain’s nursing union axes Teva UK as commercial partner over links to Israel’s military and corporate track record

Settler violence in West Bank makes everyday life ‘untenable’ for Palestinians, says ICRC after assault on family trying to return home in Jalud

Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri has been the mayor of Marrakesh for a number of years and also served as a minister in the previous coalition government.

This report documents violations of international law and Malian law committed by members of the Malian armed forces and of the private military security company Wagner during joint military operation...

This paper provides statistics on household food insecurity, food bank usage and free school meals in the UK, and tracks the impact of rising living costs.

PPH, or excessive bleeding after childbirth, is one of the leading causes of maternal deaths worldwide, including in Kaduna and other parts of Nigeria.

To safeguard Jerusalem and save its options for peace, international law must be upheld and the occupation must end.

The Mahama government accepts symbolic changes to the 1992 charter while rejecting curbs on presidential patronage

About 130 Heads of State and government from across the world will gather in New York, USA, from September 22 to 28 to discuss major global issues and set out their positions on matters ranging from p...

Scale of deportations made public for first time amid criticism of hardline approach to UK citizens

Charles lands at Heathrow with just two bags and nowhere to go as a result of Brexit and Stockholm’s hardline immigration position

When Andy Burnham was quizzed at PMQs last week about his and Ed Miliband’s decision to sanction the Israeli government over its handling of Gaza, the Prime Minister was surprisingly frank about the t...

Donald Trump reverses two-year ban on heavy munitions in $2.8bn deal funded by taxpayers

I’m writing this in a hotel lobby in Addis Ababa, trying to fit in a quick missive in the downtime after a workshop on how Africa can achieve better electrification outcomes from its relationship…

In 2026, more intensive fighting has resumed within Yemen after a four-year pause. Houthi-Saudi conflict has also become grown since July.

In 2026 the UK announced new measures in response to Israeli settlement construction and violent settlers in the occupied West Bank.

Major General Ajose inherits Operation Hadin Kai amid reports of a clandestine truce with a Boko Haram faction

The film won the Special Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival on Saturday. It reveals 'in detail the systems behind Israel's calculated mass killing of Palestinian civilians in Gaza' following the e...

From Elizabeth I’s backing of early voyages to royal investment in trafficking companies, generations of monarchs were central to Britain’s slave trade

Three years of research has uncovered 13,000 people who invested in Britain’s trafficking of enslaved Africans

Exclusive: New research identifies thousands who profited from trafficking enslaved Africans and traces some financial links to institutions still operating today

Analysis - The UN has passed a non-binding resolution to endorse the Equal Earth Projection, a map which more fairly represents the true size of the Earth's landmasses. The current commonly used proje...

Rachel Szor and Yuval Abraham collected the testimony of 24 insiders who helped remotely target Gazans’ homes. They explain how they got these self-professed ‘small cogs’ to talk about the killing

Five years after the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan, armed resistance against their rule is growing

Africa is sufficiently large that the US, China, India, Japan and much of western Europe could all fit

In September '23, UAE President bin Zayed called Netanyahu to deliver a harsh warning. Netanyahu did nothing. An extensive investigation, conducted for a new book, reveals the PM's failures surroundin...

Exclusive: UN special rapporteur on occupied territories says ban on goods from settlements ‘important’ but must go further if it is to amount to more than a ‘press release’

Mr Lawan succeeds his late father, Ahmed Muhammad-Sani, who passed away on Thursday, 3 September after a 46-year reign on the throne.

Outrage grows over US strike that killed four people and wounded 67 at a wedding party in Kuhestak.

Before deputy leader Richard Tice told MPs not to talk about Israeli influence

A Westminster Hall debate has been scheduled for 8 September 2026 on the conflict in Sudan. The debate will be opened by Naushabah Khan MP.

Itamar Ben-Gvir claims proposal for illegal forced displacement of 2 million people is ‘realistic’ and ‘concrete’

Undercover footage verified by Channel 4 News reveals a secret plot by senior Reform UK figures to break the law on party donations. A leading legal expert is now calling for a criminal investigation.

BBC presenter Katty Kay has caused outrage by referring to the skirmish in Gaza as a “genocide”, just because that’s what it is, according to both the dictionary and international law.

A single unnamed official can order anonymous judges, prosecutors and witnesses in terrorism cases, with no time limit.

Madagascar's former Senate president Richard Ravalomanana was sentenced to 10 years of hard labour on Tuesday after being convicted of complicity in murder over his alleged role in a deadly crackdown on youth-led protests last year.

Nigeria on Tuesday confirmed the planned withdrawal of around 200 U.S. troops sent to help the West African country tackle its complex security crisis.

The Nigerian Army has reported an attempted unauthorised access to its official X account, marking the second reported cyber breach involving a Nigerian military social media account in about two week...

Libya’s rival administrations agreed on Sunday to hold elections within the next two years with a view to reunifying the country.