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A sudden fire broke out inside one of the main pavilions at the COP30 climate summit in Belém, Brazil, forcing delegates to evacuate and briefly halting negotiations during a crucial stage of the global talks. The incident occurred on Thursday afternoon inside

Amnesty International has revealed that Kenyan authorities allegedly used digital tools and online networks to intimidate and suppress young activists, particularly members of [Generation Z], who led mass protests between 2024 and 2025. The protests, which initially opposed a controversial [Finance Bill],

Kenya’s Cabinet Secretary for Foreign and Diaspora Affairs, [Musalia Mudavadi], has strongly dismissed claims that President William Ruto’s family benefits financially from the government’s labour export scheme to Saudi Arabia. Speaking before Parliament on Wednesday, Mudavadi addressed allegations stemming from a report

Members of the African Union Advisory Board Against Corruption (AUABC) have begun a six-day strategy retreat in Arusha, gathering to reassess how the continent can confront corruption at a time when financial losses continue to rise sharply. According to new estimates, Africa

A renewed sense of cautious hope is emerging in Central Africa after the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the M23 rebel movement signed a fresh framework agreement in Qatar, aimed at easing one of the region’s most protracted conflicts. The

US President Donald Trump has made an unexpected and forceful appeal to Republican lawmakers, urging them to support the release of all remaining files connected to the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The President said transparency is essential at

Bangladesh’s former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been sentenced to death after a tribunal found her guilty of authorising a violent crackdown on a student-led uprising that convulsed the country last year. The verdict, delivered in a tightly secured courtroom in Dhaka,

The Commonwealth has appointed former Malawi president Dr Lazarus Chakwera as its Special Envoy to Tanzania, assigning him the task of helping ease political tension and supporting the start of a national dialogue after the country’s disputed electoral period. Announced by Commonwealth