Former banker Guillermo Lasso has declared victory in the Ecuadorean presidential election, after his challenger, left-wing economist Andres Arauz, conceded defeat . Guillermo Lasso, 65 years old, received...

The United Kingdom’s Prince Philip, husband of Queen Elizabeth II, has died aged 99, Buckingham Palace said on Friday. Buckingham Palace said: “It is with deep sorrow that Her Majesty The...

The West Darfur Doctors’ Committee said Wednesday that 87 people have died in five days of fighting between Massalit and Arab communities in Sudan. The violence was a new round in a conflict that...

A German government spokeswoman has said the chancellor of Germany, Angela Merkel, was in favor of a short nationwide lockdown to help stem rising coronavirus figures. As Germany struggles to tackle...

Brazil has recorded more than 4,000 Covid-related deaths in 24 hours for the first time, as a more contagious variant fuels a surge in cases. The coronavirus claimed 4,195 lives in the deadliest day of...

The Constitutional Court of the Republic of Congo on Tuesday endorsed the re-election of President Denis Sassou Nguesso in the March 21 vote, after rejecting the opposition’s appeal. “On...

Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Tuesday tested positive for COVID-19. Garibashvili is in self-isolation at home and continues to work remotely, the prime minister’s office said, adding...

More than 40 jihadists, including a senior commander, were killed last week after they attacked United Nations peacekeepers in northern Mali, the UN force MINUSMA said on Monday. A UN source previously...

North Korea said it will not participate in the Tokyo Olympics because of the coronavirus pandemic. A website run by the North’s sports ministry said the decision was made during a national Olympic Committee...

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday signed a law allowing him to potentially hold onto power until 2036, a move that formalizes constitutional changes endorsed in a vote last year. The 68-year-old...

France will widen strict lockdown restrictions – which have already been in place in several areas including Paris – to the whole country to combat a third wave of coronavirus sweeping Europe. In...

The International Criminal Court on Wednesday upheld the 2019 acquittal of former Cote D’Ivoire, President Laurent Gbagbo and ordered all conditions of his release removed. Prosecutors had argued...

The Tanzanian Police on Tuesday said that 45 people lost their lives in Dar es Salaam during a stampede on March 21 when mourners paid their last respects to the late President John Magufuli. The stampede...

A joint World Health Organisation (WHO)-China study researching the origins of COVID-19 in Wuhan has concluded that a laboratory leak is “extremely unlikely”, the Associated Press reported...

US President Joe Biden expects to run for reelection in 2024, signaling for the first time that he will seek a second term in the White House. “My plan is to run for reelection. That’s my expectation,”...

Google announced on March 24 it has signed licensing deals with numerous Italian media publishers to pay for news content, in the U.S. tech giant’s latest move to tamp down media anger over lost advertising...

The White House on Wednesday announced that President Biden has assigned Vice President Harris the task of overseeing the administration’s efforts to stem the flow of migrants at the Mexican border,...

Brazil’s death toll from COVID-19 passed the 300,000 mark on Wednesday, according to its Health Ministry. A total of 300,685 people in Brazil have now died of Covid-19, the health ministry said, as...

Lawmakers in the Gambia, on Monday rejected government’s proposal to lift a ban on skin-lightening products, citing health or religious reasons. Yahya Jammeh, who ruled the tiny West African state...

Tanzania’s vice president, Samia Suluhu Hassan has been sworn in, Friday, as the country’s president after the sudden death of John Magufuli from an undisclosed ailment. Hassan, 61, a soft-spoken Muslim...