Haiti's Prime Minister Ariel Henry has agreed to resign following weeks of mounting pressure and increasing violence in the country.
It comes after regional leaders met in Jamaica on Monday to discuss a political transition in Haiti.
Henry is (...)
To the casual observer, it seemed like the long-cherished dream of a new single currency for East Africa had come to fruition.
An account on X, called "Government of East Africa", complete with a grey tick suggesting it was the real deal, released (...)
The gang leader behind the violence blighting the Haitian capital has warned there will be a "civil war" if Haiti's prime minister, Ariel Henry, does not step down.
Jimmy "Barbecue" Chérizier made the threat as members of his gang tried to seize the (...)
From above, Haiti's capital city Port-au-Prince still looks serene, its white-washed homes climbing steep green hills that encircle a glittering bay. But to step onto its cracked streets requires a careful calculation of risk and reward.
Ruthless (...)
Haiti's government declared a state of emergency on Sunday after thousands of inmates apparently escaped from its largest prison during a surge of gang violence that has upended the Caribbean nation for months.
The government cited the (...)
Hundreds of prisoners have escaped from Haiti's National Penitentiary in the capital, Port-au-Prince, after fighting broke out on Saturday, according to a law enforcement source.
In a post on X, one of Haiti's Police Unions pleaded for all officers (...)
Every two years, all 193 UN Member States have an opportunity to collectively address critical environmental issues facing the planet.
This moment is the United Nations Environment Assembly, or UNEA, the sixth edition of which will be held from Feb. (...)
MIAMI — Yasir Al-Rumayyan, Governor of the Public Investment Fund (PIF) and Chairman of the FII Institute, said the US market accounts for 40% of the PIF's total international investments, which have surpassed $100 billion between 2017 and the end (...)
RIYADH — The Saudi Council of Ministers on Tuesday approved the Law for the Protection of Whistleblowers, Witnesses, Experts and Victims.
The Weekly session of the Cabinet, chaired by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman in Riyadh, also (...)
The 24-year-old and his coach were killed after their car veered off the road between the towns of Eldoret and Kaptagat in western Kenya
Marathon world record-holder Kelvin Kiptum, who was poised to be a superstar of long-distance running, was (...)
RIYADH — Saudi non-oil exports to the African continent surpassed SR128 billion over the last five years (2019-2023), marking a significant milestone in the Kingdom's trade expansion, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported.
The chemicals and polymers (...)
Kenyan Christian cult leader Paul Nthenge Mackenzie and 29 other suspects were charged with the murder of 191 children on Tuesday morning by the Malindi High Court.
The children's bodies were exhumed from Shakahola forest in eastern Kenya last year (...)
The Kenyan High Court has blocked the government from deploying police officers to fight gangs in Haiti.
The judge argued that the deployment would be illegal as the National Security Council lacks the legal authority to send police outside (...)
The world's first routine vaccine program against malaria has started in Cameroon, in a move projected to save thousands of children's lives across Africa.
The symbolic first jab was given to a baby girl named Daniella at a health facility near (...)
RIYADH — The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development (MHRSD) announced that it has cut the upper limit of fee for recruiting domestic workers from a number of countries. These countries include the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, (...)
A United States court on Tuesday sentenced a former Haitian senator to life in federal prison over his role in the 2021 assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise.
Joseph Joel John was sentenced by the Miami federal court after he pleaded (...)
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman has sent a cable of congratulations to President of the Republic of Kenya William Ruto on the anniversary of his country's Independence Day.
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques wished Ruto continued good (...)
Kenyans are demanding answers after a nationwide power blackout plunged the country into darkness late on Sunday.
It hit at about 20:00 local time (17:00 GMT) - Kenya's third countrywide blackout in the past four months.
The outage disrupted several (...)
A British soldier has died while off duty in Kenya, the Ministry of Defense (MoD) has said.
The BBC understands 32-year-old Maj Kevin McCool was on a motorcycle trip off base when he was attacked.
MoD officials confirmed the soldier's next of kin (...)
Delegates at COP28 in Dubai on Saturday called for stronger and more resilient global health systems, which are indispensable to protecting populations from the negative impacts of climate change on health.
Ahead of the first ever 'Health Day' at a (...)
A former child refugee born in Somalia, who dedicated himself to changing lives through education, has been named as this year's winner of the prestigious UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award.
Abdullahi Mire grew up in the sprawling Dadaab refugee complex in (...)
The number of people killed by floods from heavy rains in Somalia has risen to 96, state news agency SONNA said on Saturday.
"Somalia's flood death toll climbs to 96," SONNA said in a post on X, formerly Twitter, adding the figure had been confirmed (...)
The Cabinet, chaired by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman on Tuesday, applauded the new discoveries of natural gas in the Eastern Region and the Empty Quarter by the Saudi Arabian Oil Group (Aramco), which will contribute to boosting the (...)
Severe floods in the Horn of Africa have affected tens of thousands of displaced families in Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia, putting lives and livelihoods at risk, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Friday.
The floods were caused by ongoing heavy (...)
The Cabinet, chaired by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman Tuesday in Riyadh, approved a model of a memorandum of understanding between Saudi Arabia and the governments of countries and international organizations to cooperate in (...)