US President Donald Trump said Iran wouldn't be 'charging' for the use of the Strait of Hormuz – and that he wouldn't let them 'take charge' – as he spoke from the White House in DC on Monday.

The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention and the African Union are stepping up efforts to eliminate preventable maternal and newborn deaths.

This will be done by strengthening health systems, improving domestic health financing and enhancing accountability across Africa.

Visually impaired students returned to their specialist school in Khartoum following three years of civil war despite the center sustained damages.

A number of students were seen inside the institute receiving lessons in Braille and in the institute's corridors and courtyard.

Anti-migration protesters gathered outside the Moroccan consulate in the southern Spanish port city of Algeciras on Sunday, before marching towards the port.

Activists called for Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez to resign and demanded the deportation of migrants from Spain.

The importance of social protection, gender equality, disability inclusion and gender-responsive policies were among the issues highlighted during the just-concluded Sixth Ordinary Session of the African Union Specialised Technical Committee on Social Development, Labour and Employment expert meeting.

Zambia's Police Service Commissioner and a magistrate are among six people charged and arrested in connection with the alleged theft of copper cathodes worth roughly N$ 7 million, police said Thursday.

South African Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Ronald Lamola has rejected allegations by Ghanaian nationals over South Africa's treatment of foreign migrants, saying the country has the "sovereign right to enforce its immigration laws" while condemning isolated acts of violence.

South African workers have launched a sit-in over 'broken promises', demanding permanent jobs.

Trade unions and workers marched through Johannesburg on Wednesday to demand permanent jobs, the insourcing of outsourced workers, and the reinstatement of dismissed employees.

The African Presidency Accountability Council (APAC) released its 2026 Mid-Year Report on governance, human rights, and political stability in Addis Ababa, ranking Malawi's President Arthur Peter Mutharika as the best-performing African president.

Botswana's Minister of International Affairs, Phenyo Butale, has said the continued conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is fuelling the proliferation of armed groups.