South African police arrested more than 900 people during nationwide anti-immigration protests on Tuesday, with most demonstrations remaining peaceful despite isolated incidents of violence and looting, authorities said on Wednesday.

Outgoing British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Thursday formally apologized for the state's role in historic forced adoptions that separated unmarried mothers from their babies.

Artificial intelligence, youth employment, and institutional governance reform will define the next phase of La Francophonie if Louise Mushikiwabo secures another term as Secretary-General of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF).

AFC-M23 rebel alliance has criticized sanctions imposed by the United States, arguing that the measures risk undermining ongoing efforts to achieve a negotiated settlement to the conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

Uganda’s Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) and Senior Presidential Advisor for Special Operations, Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba, has held a meeting with the leadership of Nation Media Group (NMG) Uganda to discuss the continued closure of its media outlets, including NTV Uganda and the Daily Monitor.

Chinese President Xi Jinping and Seychelles' President Patrick Herminie on Tuesday exchanged congratulations on the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two countries.

Rwanda's Cabinet has approved a package of measures aimed at strengthening tax administration, enhancing local governance and supporting key development priorities, including stronger incentives for reporting tax evasion, a revised framework for local leadership elections and the ratification of four international financing agreements.

The International Organisation of La Francophonie (OIF) has entered a new chapter in its 56-year history as four candidates officially launched their bids to become the organisation's next Secretary-General in what is expected to be its first genuinely competitive leadership election.

The UN Security Council on Monday adopted a resolution to extend the sanctions regime on the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) for a year, until July 1, 2027.

Iran and Oman have authority over the Strait of Hormuz's management, which will not return to what it was before the U.S. and Israeli war against Iran, Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs Kazem Gharibabadi said Monday.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected a Republican National Committee challenge to restrict mail-in voting grace periods, ruling that elections officials may continue to count mail-in ballots that arrive after election day if they were mailed by deadline.

Rwanda’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Ambassador Olivier Nduhungirehe, has dismissed a case filed by the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), calling it a politically driven move rooted in “pure cynicism and political manoeuvre”.

Rwanda has expressed disappointment over what it describes as increasingly biased U.S. mediation in efforts to resolve the conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Foreign Affairs Minister Olivier Nduhungirehe has said.

The Democratic Republic of the Congo's Minister of Interior, Jacquemain Shabani Lukoo, has warned that opposition politicians calling for President Félix Tshisekedi to step down could face prosecution on charges of high treason.

The United States and Iran have agreed to pause mutual attacks "for now" and hold talks on Tuesday in Doha, the capital of Qatar, to work out their dispute over the Strait of Hormuz, U.S. media outlet Axios reported Sunday.

Colonel (Rtd) Augustin Nshimiyimana, also known as “Bora,” a former FDLR officer responsible for external intelligence, has claimed that the militia group FDLR backed by authorities in Kinshasa and Burundi, has a long-term objective of targeting Tutsi populations, starting in Rwanda and extending to Burundi, Uganda, Kenya, and even Somalia. He further stated that the group cannot be dismantled by the FARDC due to deep integration between the two.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić announced on Saturday that he will remain in office for only a few more weeks before submitting his resignation, cutting his final presidential term short by nearly a year.

The United States launched a fresh round of heavy airstrikes against multiple military targets inside Iran on Saturday, dramatically escalating regional tensions just two weeks after a fragile peace agreement was signed.

President Paul Kagame has said that Rwanda cannot be held hostage by individuals who seek to distort its history or interpret it in ways that suit their own interests, rather than basing it on truth, evidence, and lessons that the country must draw from it.

France has denounced Burkina Faso's decision to sever diplomatic relations as "hostile and baseless," saying that it "illustrated the troubling drift of the Burkinabe authorities" and that Paris was considering necessary reciprocal measures.