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Dozens of people died in airstrikes in Nigeria's northeastern Yobe state as military aircraft hunted Boko Haram jihadists, local residents and Amnesty International said on Sunday.

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Pope Leo XIV called for an immediate ceasefire on Sunday as fighting between Israel and Hezbollah continues, urging all parties to respect international law and protect civilians.

At the annual festival, the archipelago's brightest musical talents not only showcase their art, but also perform an essential service to Cape Verde's culture and identity by keeping traditional music alive.

South Africa's second-largest party, the Democratic Alliance, elected Cape Town's mayor Sunday to lead it into the 2029 national polls, stepping up a drive to take votes away from the faltering ANC.

Benin's president Patrice Talon said "the best is yet to come for Benin" before casting his vote in Sunday's presidential election that will decide who will be his successor.

Despite a relative decline in international attention, the humanitarian situation in the Central African Republic (CAR) remains severe and largely ignored. 2.3 million people – 35 percent of the population - live in extreme vulnerability.

The news agency Reuters said on Sunday that Iran's new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei was recovering from severe and disfiguring wounds from the airstrike that killed his father, Ali Khamenei. Iran's leader has not been seen in public since his appointment.

Benin will vote for a new president on Sunday, with Finance Minister Romuald Wadagni a shoo-in after overseeing a decade of economic growth in the west African country despite jihadist attacks in the north.

Marathon negotiations between the United States and Iran in the Pakistani capital ended early Sunday without a breakthrough, with both sides failing to bridge deep differences over nuclear issues, the Strait of Hormuz, and sanctions relief, officials said.

Libya's rival eastern and western legislative bodies have signed a US-mediated agreement to unify public spending across the divided country for the first time in over a decade, the central bank said Saturday.

As millions of Ethiopians marked Good Friday in the capital, Addis Ababa on Friday, many were continuing to suffer the impacts of the Middle East crisis, which has sparked chronic fuel shortages and rising costs of basic commodities.

A court in the Nigerian capital of Abuja on Friday convicted more than 300 terrorism suspects in a mass trial that spanned four days.

US and Iranian officials held separate talks with Pakistan’s prime minister on Saturday amid a ceasefire made fragile by deep disagreements and unabated fighting in Lebanon. International media reported that the two countries had also started direct talks in the afternoon.

A Turkish drilling ship docked at the port of Mogadishu on Friday ahead of Somalia's first offshore oil drilling project, the two countries announced.

In Iseyin, a quiet town in southwestern Nigeria, shaded corners and narrow alleys have become busy hubs for weaving aso-oke, a traditional Yoruba fabric. Long produced by hand, the thick, often brightly colored textile is deeply rooted in cultural heritage and identity.

An elated NASA late Friday was celebrating its successful voyage around the Moon, after four astronauts safely returned to Earth having completed the first lunar flyby in more than 50 years.

A charity co-founded by Prince Harry in Africa to honor his late mother, Princess Diana, has sued him for defamation after he stepped down as a patron last year.

Djibouti's veteran leader Ismail Omar Guelleh won the country's presidential election with 97.8 percent of the vote, according to official results on Saturday.

Benin Finance Minister Romuald Wadagni, who is the favourite in this weekend's presidential election, tells supporters he will do "even better" than the government already has done if elected