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Africa

Nigerians’ cost of living pain deepens as election looms

11th August 2026

Grace Adama puts her earrings on in her two-room flat before grabbing her handbag and leaving for work in Abuja, Nigeria's capital.

Africa

Nairobi submits bid to host 2029 World Championships

10th August 2026

Nairobi has formally submitted its bid to host the 2029 World Athletics Championships, seeking to become the first African city to stage...

Big Reads

Oil rises nearly 2% as Iran tempers hopes of Hormuz reopening

10th August 2026

Oil prices jumped almost 2% on Monday after Iran insisted that the United States must satisfy several demands before the Strait of...

News

Spain plans burials, seeks identities of those killed in Ceuta migrant rush

9th August 2026

Police and forensic scientists have drafted in extra staff to try to identify the bodies of 80 migrants found after last week’s...

World

Spain plans burials, seeks identities of those killed in Ceuta migrant rush

9th August 2026

BARCELONA/CEUTA/RABAT – Police and forensic scientists have drafted in extra staff to try to identify the bodies of 80 migrants found after...

Soccer

Soccer-Algeria, Morocco seal Women’s World Cup qualification

9th August 2026

Algeria secured a first-ever qualification for the Women’s World Cup and will be joined at next year’s finals in Brazil by North...

Big Reads

Oil prices firm on concerns over Strait of Hormuz plans

7th August 2026

Oil prices edged higher on Friday on further concerns surrounding the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and potential Iranian bans and...

Big Reads

South African clothing factories struggle after migrant workers flee

7th August 2026

By Nellie Peyton and Thando Hlophe NEWCASTLE, South Africa, Aug 6 (Reuters) - Weeks after xenophobic protests drove thousands of migrant workers...

Sports

FIFA apologises to members as Infantino holds crisis meeting amid stake sale fallout

6th August 2026

FIFA said on Wednesday it had apologised to its member associations for mistakes made over its abandoned proposal to sell commercial rights...

Africa

Nigerian forces rescue 308 kidnap victims, presidency says

6th August 2026

Nigerian security forces have rescued 308 people abducted in separate attacks in northern Niger and Kwara states, in what President Bola Tinubu...