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FIFA chief Gianni Infantino justified awarding U.S. President Donald Trump the organization's inaugural Peace Prize last year, saying that he was "instrumental" in saving lives in conflicts including the war in Gaza.

The presidents of Botswana, Sierra Leone and Zimbabwe, among others, are at the World Governments Summit in Dubai to answer the question of whether the next decade will belong to Africa - or at least how to turn this promise into reality.

Expanding access matters, but countries industrialise by electrifying factories, not just households, writes Teta Mukulira.

Domingos Simões Pereira and Fernando Dias were liberated last Friday after having been respectively detained and blocked in the Nigerian embassy for the past months. Now, the military authorities offered their movements seats in the government, but both opposition leaders refused.

Iran saw a major fire break out on Tuesday at the Jannat bazaar in western Tehran, sending thick black smoke across a busy road and visible from several parts of the city.

His name is synonymous with haute couture fashion but Yves Saint Laurent also had a lifelong love of theater and performance. Now a new exhibition in Marrakesh shows how the stage influenced his work.

Thousands of people gathered on a beach in Rio de Janeiro to honour Yemanjá. The Afro-Brazilian goddess of the sea is celebrated every year on 2 February, drawing devotees from across the city and beyond.

Emotional reunions in Gaza as Rafah crossing partially reopens, allowing limited medical evacuations and family returns after months of pressure.

“Nigeria has completed its final obligations for the launch of the Africa Energy Bank, paving the way for the institution to begin operations,” the statement said. The post Nigerian gov’t completes obligations for Africa Energy Bank take-off appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria.

Eight months after the death of former Zambian president Edgar Lungu, on 5 June 2025 in South Africa, the question of where he will be buried remains unresolved, despite clear court rulings and growing public interest.