Ethiopia unveils record 2 trillion birr budget amid sweeping IMF-backed reforms, prioritizing national security, economic recovery, and social protection.
Pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong faces new national security charge as Beijing intensifies crackdown on dissent in Hong Kong; global condemnation grows.
Government's media blackout on former president Joseph Kabila sparks outcry from rights groups amid accusations of rebel ties and calls for treason charges.
Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan and Senate President Akpabio face off in court over mutual contempt claims stemming from a Senate dispute and suspension controversy.
Nathaniel Ezekiel set a new 400m indoor record at the 2025 Big 12 Championship, also leading his team to a 4x400m relay victory. Nigeria’s Temitope Adeshina defended her high jump title, while Kenya’s Laban Kipkemboi won gold in the mile race.
Rose Girone, the oldest known Holocaust survivor, passed away at 112. A resilient witness to Nazi atrocities, she later built a new life in the U.S. Following her death, Mirjam Bolle, 107, is now the oldest known survivor.
The M23 rebels have been attempting to gain a foothold in the mineral-rich eastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo, which lies along the border with Rwanda. This is part of a long-standing conflict that has spanned decades and contributed to one of the largest humanitarian crises in the world.
Amanda Knox had implicated barman Patrick Lumumba in the 2007 murder of her flatmate, Meredith Kercher, in Italy. Reacting to the ruling on Thursday, she described it as "surreal."
The Sudanese army has accused the RSF paramilitary group of attacking a power station in northern Sudan, which led to a power outage in Dongola city.
Nigeria has officially been accepted as a “partner country” of the BRICS group of developing economies. This announcement was made by Brazil, the current chair of the BRICS bloc.