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The world's longest-serving president is seeking re-election to continue his 43-year rule in Equatorial Guinea. President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo,...

U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland on Friday named Jack Smith, a war crimes prosecutor, to serve as special counsel to...

The Biden administration has determined that Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman, should be granted immunity in a case...

A Nigerian soldier has opened fire at a military base in the north-eastern state of Borno, killing a fellow trooper...

Kenya’s biggest media group has apologised for a “false death announcement” of a woman published on its flagship newspaper, the...

The Nigerian authorities say that 133 million people in the country are living in poverty - that is more than...

South African police have arrested an Israeli fugitive, who they describe as Israel's most-wanted gang leader. He was picked up...

Russia has pounded Ukraine with a fresh missile barrage, hitting more energy installations and other civilian buildings less than two...

Nancy Pelosi, who has led Democrats in the US House of Representatives for almost two decades, has announced she is...

The UK is withdrawing troops from Mali earlier than planned due to political instability in the country, Defence Minister James...