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South Africa’s embattled former president Jacob Zuma failed to appear on Monday before a judicial panel probing corruption during his nine-year tenure, again defying a…

The UK Supreme Court has ruled that oil-polluted Nigerian communities can sue Shell in English courts. The decision is a victory for the communities after a five-year…

Donald Trump's insurrection incitement charge is a "monstrous lie", defence lawyers said as they presented evidence in the US Senate. Lawyer Michael van der Veen called…

A civilian plane was engulfed in flames in an attack Wednesday by Yemen’s Huthi rebels on an airport in southern Saudi Arabia, the Riyadh-led coalition battling the…

The Ugandan government has announced the full restoration of internet and social media services. "We apologise for the inconveniences caused, but it was for the security of…

South Africa is considering swapping or selling the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine against coronavirus, the health minister says. Plans to use it to vaccinate health workers…

Around 20 United Nations peacekeepers were injured in an attack on their base in central Mali on Wednesday, a UN spokesperson said, offering a provisional toll. Militants…

Russian security services raided the homes of several Jehovah’s Witnesses in Moscow on Wednesday, in an ongoing crackdown on the US-based religious movement. Moscow…

Ghana’s parliament on Tuesday shut down for at least three weeks over a surge in cases of Covid-19 among lawmakers and parliamentary staff. The speaker of the house, Alban…

The second impeachment trial of Donald Trump begins on Tuesday as Senate leaders agreed a rapid timetable. The former president is charged with "inciting insurrection" in…