In the democratic capital of West Africa, Dakar, a roundtable on democratic values in Senegal took place between July 1 and 2, 2024. Representatives from civil society and civic associations funded by
(FILES) Ambassador to the Vatican Carlo Maria Vigano (L) listens to Pope Francis speaking at Independence Hall in Philadelphia on September 26, 2015. - The Vatican has excommunicated Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, a virulent critic of Pope Francis, after finding him guilty of splitting the Church, the dicastery in charge of doctrine said on July 5, 2024. (Photo by Vincenzo PINTO / AFP)
The Vatican has excommunicated Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, one of Pope Francis’s most virulent critics, after judging him guilty of splitting the Church, the dicastery in charge of doctrine said Friday. The
Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro is facing possible money laundering and other charges related to undeclared diamond jewelry gifted by Saudi Arabia, local media reported Thursday. Federal police accused Bolsonaro, who led
A Palestinian man cycles past open sewage and buildings destroyed in past Israeli bombardment, in the Sheikh Radwan neighbourhood, north of Gaza City on July 3, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the militant Hamas group. - Israel's military said on July 3, it was conducting raids backed by air strikes in northern Gaza, killing "dozens" of militants in an area where it had declared the command structure of Hamas dismantled months ago. (Photo by Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP)
The World Health Organization chief has warned that a dire lack of fuel in the Gaza Strip could have a “catastrophic” impact on already devastated health services in the war-ravaged Palestinian territory.
A woman looks at a beach littered with trash at Bull Bay, Jamaica, in the aftermath of Hurricane Beryl on July 4, 2024. - Beryl powered towards Mexico and the Cayman Islands early on July 4, threatening strong winds and a storm surge after battering Jamaica's southern coast. Beryl weakened to a Category 3 storm overnight, sustaining winds of 125 miles (200kms) an hour, but is forecast to be "at or near major hurricane intensity" while it passes by the Caymans, according to the US National Hurricane Center (NHC). (Photo by Ricardo Makyn / AFP)
The World Meteorological Organization, which is tracking Hurricane Beryl’s deadly course through the Caribbean, told AFP that more storms with its hallmarks could be expected in the future. The WMO, the United
The logo of Reporter Without Borders (RSF) organisation displayed on a screen before the start of a video conference call online for the launch of the 2020 Press Freedom Index, in Paris, France, 21 April 2020. EPA-EFE/CHRISTOPHE PETIT TESSON
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) on Thursday accused a PR firm with links to French billionaire conservative Vincent Bollore of orchestrating a “vast disinformation campaign” against it. The Paris-based NGO, known for its
View of a campaign banner of Venezuela's presidential candidate Luis Eduardo of the Democratic Action party in Caracas on June 30, 2024. - Venezuela will hold general eletion next July 28. (Photo by Juan BARRETO / AFP)
Campaigning for July 28 presidential elections officially opened in Venezuela amid great uncertainty Thursday, with incumbent Nicolas Maduro accused of political persecution. Maduro and opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia have both called
Georgian student Elene Deisadze was browsing TikTok in 2022 when she stumbled across the profile of a girl, Anna Panchulidze, who looked exactly like her. Months later, after chatting and becoming friends,
Around 235 million Pounds (298 million dollars) is expected to be withdrawn from ATMs on Thursday as people fit trips to cash machines around casting their general election votes. This is according
Somali men carry the body of a victim who died in the explosion of a truck bomb in the centre of Mogadishu, on October 15, 2017. A truck bomb exploded outside a hotel at a busy junction in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on October 14, 2017 causing widespread devastation that left at least 20 dead, with the toll likely to rise. / AFP PHOTO
An attack blamed on jihadists in central Mali killed more than 20 civilians on Monday, two officials from the provincial authority said, in the latest killings in the troubled Sahel region. “At
Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid speaks during a press conference in Kabul on July 3, 2024, following the third Doha meeting. (Photo by Wakil KOHSAR / AFP)
Two American prisoners were being held in custody in Afghanistan, a Taliban government spokesman said Wednesday, and an “exchange” for Afghans held in Guantanamo Bay had been discussed with the United States.