Africa

Torrential rains sweep through West and Central Africa, worsening humanitarian crises

Islamists storm Mali’s capital in twin attacks on airport and academy

Slain Ugandan Olympian Rebecca Cheptegei buried with full military honours

Congo court sentences Canadian, 3 Americans and 33 others to death over coup attempt

Canada to donate up to 200,000 vaccine doses to combat mpox outbreaks in Africa

WHO clears Bavarian Nordic’s vaccine for mpox, sets up access scheme

Alarming surge of mpox deaths reported by Africa Centres for Disease Control

Alleged killer of Ugandan Olympian dies from burns, hospital says

African countries will rely on mpox vaccine donations as prices remain high

Algeria’s 78-year-old president is expected to breeze to a second term in Saturday’s election

Fire at boarding school dormitory in Kenya kills at least 17 boys

UN mission says both Sudan sides committed abuses, peacekeepers needed

Canada won’t follow other countries in closing embassies in Sahel, Mélanie Joly says

First 100,000 doses of mpox vaccine arrive in Congo, but more still needed

Ugandan Olympic athlete dies after being severely burned by her partner over land dispute

Democratic Republic of Congo expects first delivery of mpox vaccine doses on Thursday

The world creates 57 million tons of plastic pollution a year, study finds

As Zimbabwe’s rail system collapses, vice thrives in the trains left behind

What’s happening in Sudan? A country torn by civil war is facing famine and the world’s worst displacement crisis