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Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has resigned as MP for Clacton, triggering a by-election he says will allow voters—not political opponents—to judge him. The move comes as he faces investigations into high-value financial donations that he insists were lawful.

French far-right chief Marine Le Pen's political future remained uncertain Tuesday after a court cleared her to run but wearing an ankle tag, potentially hampering a campaign for next year's presidential elections when her party has its strongest chance yet of winning power.

A Zimbabwean football star is safe after bullets tore into his car during a tense encounter on the streets of Johannesburg

Large parts of Mali's capital have been left without electricity and running water after suspected sabotage damaged a key power transmission line. The disruption has deepened hardship for residents as insecurity and jihadist attacks continue to strain the country's fragile infrastructure.

Morocco's counterterrorism agency on Monday said it had foiled several attack plots by a cell linked to the Islamic State affiliate in the Sahel.

A 23-year-old Nigerian medical student has died after a Russian airstrike hit Kharkiv, Ukraine, just days before she was due to graduate.

Hundreds of thousands of mourners have gathered in Iran for the funeral ceremonies of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Zimbabwe restored electricity to most of the country after a nationwide blackout triggered by a grid failure, with engineers still reconnecting parts of Harare. The outage once again exposed the fragility of the country's ageing power infrastructure and chronic energy shortages.

Ghana has turned down a state visit request from South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, as tensions rise over a wave of xenophobic violence that has targeted Ghanaian nationals living in South Africa.

Kenyan police blocked a planned Saba Saba Day march in Nairobi on Tuesday, detaining protesters and sealing off the capital as President William Ruto's government intensified its crackdown on dissent amid lingering anger over police violence, economic hardship and shrinking civic freedoms.

Jihadists and their separatist Tuareg allies fought on Monday to control a key camp in northern Mali where Russian paramilitaries and forces from the country's military junta have been holed up.

Four Ugandan farmers are taking on French energy giant TotalEnergies in what campaigners are calling a landmark legal challenge over East Africa's controversial crude oil pipeline.

FIFA’s decision to lift United States striker Folarin Balogun's red-card ban after an intervention from US President Donald Trump has reignited a global debate over political influence in sport and the independence of football's governing bodies.

The top United Nations human rights body, on Monday, approved without a vote a measure that condemns the escalating violence by Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and its allies in and around the city of el-Obeid in the North Kordofan region.

Cape Verde’s World Cup journey has come to an end, but the island nation leaves the tournament with valuable memories and a new level of recognition.

Spain and Belgium have booked their places in the FIFA World Cup quarter-finals after dramatic victories that ended the tournament hopes of Portugal and the United States.

Military-run Guinea-Bissau will hold a referendum later this year on whether to approve a constitutional change giving the president more powers, according to a government decree published on Monday.

France star Kylian Mbappé on Monday condemned a Paraguayan senator over racist remarks she made following Paraguay’s loss to France in the round of 16 at the World Cup.

More than 300 children have been killed or injured in the last six months in the war in Sudan, mostly from drone strikes, the UN's children's agency said on Monday.