Ethiopia’s two houses of parliament elected Taye Atske Selassie, the country’s top diplomat, president on Monday (Oct. 7). Taye Atske Selassie was sworn in on the same day. He handed over the Constitution by the country’s outgoing president. Taye succeeds…

Speculation is rife that the top commander of Iran’s elite Quds unit is injured or dead. Unconfirmed reports claim Esmail Ghaani was killed in in Beirut last Friday On Monday (Oct. 7), the host of a Palestine-themed conference in Tehran…

Three suspects accused of stealing millions of dollars in cash from President Cyril Ramaphosa’s game farm in 2020 appeared in a South African court on Monday. The case, linked to a scandal that nearly toppled the president, has been dubbed…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said India will offer financial support to the cash-strapped Maldives in form of a $100-million treasury bills rollover. The countries also signed a $400-million currency swap agreement. India stepped up its development assistance to the Maldives…

2023 was a record-hot year and stood out with a drying up of water flows and contributed to prolonged droughts in some places. The World Meteorological Organization WMO released the latest “State of Global Water Resources” report on Monday (Oct.…

Kenyan athlete Kipyegon Bett, who won a bronze medal in the 800m at the 2017 World Championships in London, has passed away at the age of 26 due to renal and hepatic failure. Bett first gained recognition as a champion…

Nearly 6,300 people have fled their homes in the aftermath of an attack in central Haiti by heavily armed gang members that killed at least 70 people, according to the U.N.’s migration agency. Nearly 90% of the displaced are staying…

Performances spanned genres and generations during the American Music Awards 50th anniversary special which aired Sunday on CBS. Green Day kicked off the show with their recent song, “Dilemma.” Jennifer Hudson performed a tribute to Whitney Houston while Mariah Carey…

Rwandan health authorities have begun a vaccine study against Marburg. The U.S. non profit Sabin Vaccine Institute said it had “entered into a clinical trial agreement with the Rwanda Biomedical Centre. The east african country declared an outbreak of Marburg…

Mozambicans will vote this week for a new president who many hope will bring peace to an oil- and gas-rich northern province that has been ravaged by a jihadist insurgency for nearly seven years. Close to 17 million voters will…

In September, the U.S. Department of Labor added the Democratic Republic of Congo’s cobalt to its list of goods that may be produced using forced or child labor. This action has prompted responses from both authorities and civil society in…

According to exit polls, Kais Saied is on track to win the election with 89.2% support, despite a low turnout. Rights groups worry that his re-election, following a power grab three years ago, will only reinforce his authority in the…

Farmers in a remote part of Burundi know to look for a truck parked by a highway when they want to sell their avocados. They materialize from villages and form a crowd, watching closely as crews working for export companies…

The conflict between Israel and Hamas in Gaza has reached its one-year mark. On the morning of October 7, Hamas initiated an unexpected attack, launching thousands of rockets and sending fighters into Israeli towns adjacent to the Gaza Strip during…

Tunisians headed to the polls to cast their ballots in the country’s presidential election, which analysts say President Kais Saied looks set to win. With most of his challengers in prison or barred from running, Saied is accused of suppressing…