Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said his soldiers would “destroy” rebels from the northern Tigray region, in the latest instalment of state media footage purportedly showing him at the war front.

The UN’s World Food Programme (WFP) said Friday that the number of people requiring food aid in war-torn northern Ethiopia had surged to more than nine million.

South Africa complained yesterday that it is being “punished” for detecting a new Covid-19 variant Omicron which the World Health Organization has termed a “variant of concern” and is more transmissible than the dominant Delta strain.

Recurring drought, regular power outages and a devastated farming industry - these are the problems scientists say Brazil could face as research suggests the rainforest-rich country is drying out at an alarming rate.

Australia rushed peacekeepers to the Solomon Islands yesterday hoping to quell riots that threatened to topple the Pacific nation’s government and left its capital ablaze.

Australia yesterday listed all of Hezbollah as a “terrorist organisation”, extending an existing ban on armed units to the entire

Sudan’s military reinstated Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok yesterday and announced the release of all political detainees after weeks of deadly unrest triggered by a coup.

Sudan's military reinstated Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok on Sunday and announced the release of all political detainees after weeks of deadly unrest triggered by a coup.

An al Shabaab suicide bomber in the Somali capital killed himself and a well-known Somali journalist on Saturday, al Shabaab and the journalist's family told Reuters.

Archaeologists in Morocco have unveiled what they said was the oldest jewelry in the world, perforated seashells dating back as much as 150,000 years.

The Canadian Pacific coast province of British Columbia declared a state of emergency Wednesday following floods and mudslides caused by extremely heavy rainfall, and officials said they expected to find more dead.

The United States yesterday threw its support behind negotiations on a treaty to curb plastic pollution, ending a key holdup in international efforts to clean up the planet’s oceans and save marine life.

Street clashes again shook Sudan’s capital yesterday a day after security forces shot dead 15 protesters in the bloodiest day since the military’s October 25 takeover.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken yesterday urged Africans to watch out for rising threats to democracy as he began a three-nation tour of the continent where he is also seeking momentum to end Ethiopia’s year-long war.

The UN voiced alarm on Tuesday at surging arrests in Ethiopia since the country introduced a state of emergency on November 2.

Armed police and soldiers patrolled the Ugandan capital yesterday as security was stepped up following twin suicide bombings claimed by the Islamic State that killed three people in the heart of Kampala.

Australia yesterday announced measures to ring-fence dozens of sensitive technologies from foreign interference, stepping up efforts to safeguard against “national security risks” from China and others.

Security forces shot dead at least 15 people and wounded dozens as thousands of Sudanese took to the streets on Wednesday on the deadliest day in a month of demonstrations against military rule, medics said.

Two blasts in the center of Uganda’s capital killed at least two people and set several cars on fire on Tuesday, local television reported.

Deforestation of the Amazon rainforest hit a new record in October, a Brazilian government agency said Friday, just days after President Jair Bolsonaro announced ambitious environmental goals at the COP26 climate summit.