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Geordin Hill-Lewis says he wants to "build a relationship of trust" to draw more voters to the Democratic Alliance (DA), the second-largest party in the country's ruling coalition

Mohamed Ali Nafti, Tunisian Foreign Minister, doubled down on Wednesday on his country's voluntary return policy. He said the country supports the process of voluntary returns "as a mechanism for safekeeping irregular migrants on Tunisian land" rather than forced removals of Tunisian nationals.

The World Trade Organization’s 166 members opened a key ministerial conference in Cameroon’s capital on Thursday, sharply divided over the future of the institution as geopolitical tensions, protectionism and the fallout fromthe Middle East war cast a shadow over global trade.

Medics rushed to a blasted residential area in Kafr Qasim, central Israel, as Iran launched further projectiles, injuring five people and heightening fears of more strikes.

Fresh from high-profile receptions in Moscow and Paris, Madagascar's transitional president is pursuing a diplomatic balancing act, writes Adam Saïdane.

Lansana Kouyaté, a former Guinean prime minister, has been tasked with re-establishing dialogue with Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso after their withdrawal from the regional bloc last year.

One of the principal figures convicted in an infamous 2009 stadium massacre in Guinea died in custody Wednesday in the capital Conakry, the west African country's prison service said.

Video from the scene shows a blast landing close to the camp, sending smoke into the air and triggering a fire as residents and medics rushed to carry away the wounded.

The Central Bank of Nigeria requires money transfer operators to open naira settlement accounts locally from May 1. Authorities aim to improve transparency and curb parallel foreign exchange market activity. The reform targets billions of dollars in remittances, a of Nigeria’s external liquidity. The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has tightened regulations for international money transfer operators. The new rules will require companies such as Western Union and MoneyGram to open naira-denominated settlement accounts with licensed banks in Nigeria. The measure will take effect on May 1. The decision directly affects millions of Nigerians living abroad and their families at home. The CBN issued a circular on Tuesday, March 24, mandating all international money transfer operators to route transactions through local banking channels. In practice, every transfer sent from cities such as London, New York, or Dubai must pass through these designated accounts before reaching the final beneficiary. Previously, a portion of these flows bypassed official oversight and fed into the parallel foreign exchange market, which authorities have sought to curb for several years.

Cleanup crews and navy personnel remained deployed along Mexico’s Gulf coast on 26 March after crude oil polluted beaches in Veracruz and Tabasco. Authorities said 128 tonnes of contaminated waste had been removed, while the source remains under investigation.