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Since the start of 2024, a total of 3,344 foreign nationals who went to fight in Ukraine have received Russian citizenship, according to the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs.

The African Union (AU) warned that corruption is among the biggest barriers to the “full realization of children’s rights” with at least 25 million primary school children across the continent affected by corrupt practices.

An NGO claims that African states may be paying billions more each year in higher interest rates than other countries with similar risk profiles due to how global media coverage—particularly during elections—shapes their international perception, driving up sovereign bond yields and increasing loan costs.

In early November, Sochi will host the inaugural Ministerial Conference of the Russia-Africa Partnership Forum.

Local volunteers who have helped to feed Sudan’s most destitute during 17 months of war say attacks against them by the opposing sides are making it difficult to provide life-saving aid amid the world’s biggest hunger crisis.

Nigerian authorities have apprehended 13 students of Usmanu Danfodio University, located in the northwestern city of Sokoto, in the latest round of raids targeting internet fraud and other cyber-related offenses.

Tigo’s former investigator claims he was unfairly dismissed for raising concerns over 2017 attack on Tundu Lissu

Son of opposition figure who led botched attempt in May is among three Americans sentenced to death

Among the dozens of Wagner mercenaries presumed dead after a lethal battle with Tuareg rebels during a desert sandstorm in Mali in July were Russian war veterans who survived tours in Ukraine, Libya and Syria, according to interviews with relatives and a review of social media data.

Downing Street said it would not comment on the discussions between two foreign governments.

The 2024 African Youth Survey shows that 80% of young people in Africa see corruption as an obstacle to progress, pushing three-in-five to consider emigration to the Global North, according to a survey conducted by a non-government organization.

Abd al-Rahman Milad was member of Libyan Coast Guard also considered to be the leader of a criminal organisation

Cameron Hopkins shamelessly posted images of the three dead big cats despite there being just 7,000 of the animals left in the African wild - and campaigners have responded calling for an ’immediate ban’

The new variant of the mpox virus is spreading rapidly worldwide, prompting Asian nations to strengthen border controls, while the UK and EU borders remain lax.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared Mpox a global health emergency as scientists say they are alarmed by a new strain that is spreading.

Amid rising medicine prices, low health insurance coverage, and stagnant household incomes, alarming reports reveal that nearly a fifth of the drugs circulating in Africa are counterfeit, frequently slipping through regulatory cracks.

Credit ratings were meant to help sub-Saharan countries tap global investors to fund much-needed development. But low scores, heavy borrowing and bad luck have left many struggling with crushing bond debt.

Nigerian authorities announced on Tuesday that they have dismantled a major drug cartel responsible for producing and distributing methamphetamine///

UK accused of trying to head off condemnation of Gulf ally over alleged aid to forces accused of genocide in Darfur

Zambia’s Mubita Nawa, who is on shortlist for top job, is accused of involvement in an attempted extortion in 2022

Sierra Leone and Guinea-Bissau have authorized a Swiss-based civil society organization to facilitate chemical testing of a drug that is wreaking havoc in West Africa and has prompted the president of Sierra Leone to declare a national emergency.

Beny Steinmetz likes to do things his own way.

A secret recording obtained by OCCRP shows how Safy Mokoko Sow, a well-connected middleman claiming to represent Burkinabe tobacco magnate Apollinaire Compaoré, offered money to the head of Mali’s national tobacco company to smuggle contraband cigarettes.