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The campus in Chicago opens officially on 19 June, coinciding with Juneteenth, a federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the US.

Kenya's health minister said on Wednesday that the US-funded quarantine centre would proceed, days after deadly protests erupted over the project

Israeli drone strikes on different parts of southern Lebanon killed at least one person and wounded four on Thursday, state-run National News Agency (NNA) reported

Uganda's Ghetto Kids dance troupe are getting ready to take the stage at the World Cup half-time show in the US: "We can't wait to show the world what we are!"

Mali's military-led government has announced sweeping restrictions on motorcycles as it battles a worsening jihadist insurgency.

FIFA has banned fans from bringing reusable water bottles into stadiums at the 2026 World Cup, despite growing warnings that extreme heat could put supporters at risk.

Samia Suluhu Hassan's three-day state visit to Moscow is her first official trip abroad since she won last year’s disputed election.

Benin's new leader on Tuesday visited neighbouring Niger and Burkina Faso, in a sign of easing tensions between his country and the military-led west African states.

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France witnessed renewed debate over foreign influence in the media on 3 June as dozens of protesters gathered outside CNews headquarters in Paris to denounce Ksenia Fedorova, the former head of RT France.

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Cuba is facing a mounting waste management crisis as fuel shortages continue to disrupt rubbish collection across Havana, the country's capital.

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On the fourth consecutive day of protests, demonstrators clashed with police in central Tirana on 3 June over a luxury resort project linked to the Trump family.

Zimbabwe was elected unopposed for the African Group and will be joined by Austria, Kyrgyzstan, Portugal, and Trinidad and Tobago.

A court in Naivasha has ruled they will be remanded at a children’s home to allow detectives to complete their investigations.

Residents of Mogadishu’s Howl Wadaag district fled in panic as gunfire broke out near the house of former Somali Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khaire. Khaire said he was attacked by government forces ahead of planned protests.

Ituri, the epicenter of ebola, is one of the most severely food insecure hotspots in DRC in 2026, with an estimated 1,7 million people – more than a third of the population -facing crisis or worse levels of hunger

Traffic has resumed at Bunia airport in DR Congo’s Ituri province - the epicenter of the country’s latest Ebola outbreak - after the World Health Organization reported a sharp decline in the number of suspected cases from 906 to 116.

The risk of Ebola infection for the wider public in the European Union remains "very low," according to health officials. But a worsening outbreak involving a rare strain of the virus in Congo and Uganda is raising concern due to the lack of a licensed vaccine or treatment.

At least two people died after anti-immigrant protests in South Africa's Western Cape this weekend turned violent. Now foreign nationals in the country are seeking shelter in community centres, while others are leaving the country.

The former schoolteacher was born on 29 May 1926 in Saint-Louis in the country's north and served as president from 2000 to 2012