A handout photo made available by the World Health Organization shows temperature screening at Mpondwe border point with the Democratic Republic of Congo, near Bwera, Uganda, in May 2019. The Democratic Republic of Congo declared an Ebola outbreak on Friday as 65 people have died from the disease i»»»

Kinshasa: Health authorities confirmed a new outbreak of Ebola virus disease in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on Friday. Hundreds of suspected cases have been reported in Ituri Province, according to the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC). Preliminary te»»»

Dubai: Four expatriates from Sudan, India, and the Philippines have won a combined Dh560,000 in Big Ticket series 286 Big Win Contest, with winners planning to use the money to support their families, pay tuition fees, and settle debts. One winner is Abdel Rahman Ali Ahmed Mohamed, a 49-year-old bu»»»

New outbreak of Ebola kills 65 in eastern DR Congo 7 minutes agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on Google AFP via Getty ImagesNearly 2,300 people died between 2018 and 2020 in DR Congo's deadliest outbreak Africa's top health agency has declared an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo's eas»»»

Minister of Communications and Information Technology H E Mohammed bin Ali Al Mannai received Minister of Digital Transformation and Communications of the Republic of the Sudan H E Eng. Ahmed Al-Dirdiri Ghandour and the accompanying delegation, in the presence of Ambassador of the Republic of the S»»»

A deadly outbreak of the Ebola virus has been confirmed in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, African health authorities said Friday. Some 246 suspected cases and 65 deaths have been reported and "four deaths have been reported among laboratory-confirmed cases," the Africa Centers for Disease Co»»»

QNA Doha Minister of Communications and Information Technology HE Mohammed bin Ali bin Mohammed Al Mannai on Thursday met with Minister of Communications and Digital Transformation of Sudan Engineer Ahmed Al Dirdiri Ghandour and his accompanying delegation, in the presence of Ambassador of Sudan to»»»

JEDDAH: In response to the growing humanitarian needs in Sudan, the International Committee of the Red Cross has begun operating its RED aircraft from King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah to facilitate the rapid movement of humanitarian personnel supporting its operations in the African s»»»

Relations between Sudan and Ethiopia are experiencing an unprecedented escalation after the two countries exchanged political and military accusations over support for armed groups and drone attacks, amid military movements along their shared border and growing fears that the crisis could slide int»»»

CAIRO: Some 19.5 million Sudanese people, or more than 40 percent of the population, are facing acute hunger, according to a report by a global hunger monitor, as the contours of a war that has created the world’s worst hunger crisis shift. The spread of hunger and famine has become a hallmark of t»»»

RIYADH: Officials and institutions continued their extensive preparations on Thursday for the upcoming Hajj season which is expected to host more than 1.5 million pilgrims from abroad. Prince Saud bin Mishaal, the deputy governor of the Makkah Region, and Gov. of Jeddah Prince Saud bin Abdullah bin»»»

Ukraine is working closely with international terrorist groups to prepare a fight against legitimate governments, including in Africa, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Dmitry Lyubinsky said on Thursday. "The Kiev regime is working closely with international terrorist groups and transnational crimina»»»

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni discussed Nile water issues and regional security during talks in Entebbe on Wednesday, as Cairo steps up coordination with Nile Basin countries amid ongoing tensions with Ethiopia over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam»»»

From the heart of Sudan’s war and its tangled complexities, Minni Minnawi, head of the Sudan Liberation Movement and governor of Darfur, justified his forces’ participation in the conflict alongside the Sudanese army as “a necessity imposed by the nature of the targeting of the Sudanese people, the»»»

As the Africa Forward summit concluded in Nairobi, FRANCE 24 sat down with Kenya's President William Ruto. For him, the summit was "significant" after French President Emmanuel Macron announced investments in Africa in areas such as the energy transition, digital and AI. Ruto also discussed th»»»

CAIRO: Two weeks of intense clashes in southern Sudan have killed over 61 people, including nine children, a local medical group said Wednesday, fighting that is part of the larger war that has gripped the African country since 2023. According to the Sudan Doctors Network, which monitors casualty t»»»

Doha, Qatar: Assistant Secretary-General for Relief and International Development at the Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS), Mohammed Badr Al Sada, said the 2026 Adahi campaign, launched under the slogan "Make Their Eid," has received strong engagement from the Qatari community, reflecting deeply ro»»»

A surge in migration across the Mediterranean Sea from Libya has seen another 134 people being rescued off inflatable dinghies south of Crete Monday, the Coast Guard said Wednesday, revising up the number of arrivals for that day to 257. No information was provided for potential arrivals on Tuesday»»»

Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) are facing a growing wave of defections, raising questions over the future of the paramilitary group’s military cohesion and tribal alliances as the conflict with the Sudanese army enters its fourth year and turns into a prolonged war of attrition. The latest and »»»

Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote, president of the conglomerate Dangote Industries, said he is considering Kenya as the preferred location for a proposed 650,000 barrels-per-day (bpd) refinery in East Africa, shifting focus away from an earlier plan centred on Tanzania. »»»

Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote, president of the conglomerate Dangote Industries, said he is considering Kenya as the preferred location for a proposed 650,000 barrels-per-day (bpd) refinery in East Africa, shifting focus away from an earlier plan centred on Tanzania. »»»

Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote, president of the conglomerate Dangote Industries, said he is considering Kenya as the preferred location for a proposed 650,000 barrels-per-day (bpd) refinery in East Africa, shifting focus away from an earlier plan centred on Tanzania. »»»

Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote, president of the conglomerate Dangote Industries, said he is considering Kenya as the preferred location for a proposed 650,000 barrels-per-day (bpd) refinery in East Africa, shifting focus away from an earlier plan centred on Tanzania. »»»

South Africa's top court bars repeat asylum applications 7 minutes agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleNomsa MasekoBBC Africa, Johannesburg Getty ImagesHome Affairs Minister Leon Schreiber says the refugee system is being abused South Africa's highest court has ruled that foreign nationals cannot»»»

KHARTOUM: A drone attack killed six people on Tuesday in the paramilitary-controlled city of Al-Daein in Sudan’s Darfur region, a medical source and two residents told AFP, as the Rapid Support Forces face a wave of defections. Drone strikes by both Sudan’s army and the paramilitary RSF have intens»»»

GENEVA: Conflict and violence drove more people to flee within their own countries last year than natural and manmade disasters for the first time on record, monitors said on Tuesday. The Internal Displacement Monitoring Center and the Norwegian Refugee Council said in their annual report on the su»»»

RIYADH: Dr. Abdullah Al-Moallem, head of the health and environmental aid department at Saudi Arabia’s humanitarian agency KSrelief, recently met with the personal envoy of the UN secretary-general for Sudan, Pekka Haavisto, in Riyadh. During the meeting, the officials discussed ways to strengthen »»»

Yasser Arafat was the first foreign leader to visit Iran after Khomeini’s 1979 Iranian Revolution. At the time, he believed the Palestinian cause was gaining a powerful new ally in revolutionary Iran, which immediately closed the Israeli embassy and handed it over to the Palestine Liberation Organi»»»

India’s passport has slipped to 78th position in the latest Henley Passport Index (May update), marking a minor shift in global mobility rankings even as access to visa-friendly destinations remains largely stable. In the latest standings, India shares the 78th rank with Burkina Faso, Cuba and Sene»»»

Doha, Qatar: Doha Metro has announced new route to metrolink and metroexpress services operating on the Gold Line between Sport City and Al Sudan metro stations. The new routes took effect from Sunday, May 10, 2026 with metrolink service M307 operating from Al Sudan station Exit 1 to Sport City sta»»»

More than 600 migrants have arrived on Crete and Gavdos in recent days, as boats carrying them were either found adrift by the Greek Coast Guard or managed to reach beaches on the two islands and disembark passengers. Local authorities have expressed concern about the increase in arrivals, which th»»»

Thousands of Colombian veterans are fighting in Ukraine's armed forces, drawn by salaries up to eight times their domestic military pensions, a flow of combat labour that has made Colombia the single largest source of foreign fighters on Kyiv's front lines. They account for an estimated 40% of all »»»

Thousands of Colombian veterans are fighting in Ukraine's armed forces, drawn by salaries up to eight times their domestic military pensions, a flow of combat labour that has made Colombia the single largest source of foreign fighters on Kyiv's front lines. They account for an estimated 40% of all »»»

On May 1, the United Arab Emirates left OPEC. Nearly 59 years of membership ended in a single Tuesday statement carried by state media: "The time has come to focus our efforts on what our national interest dictates." There was no farewell tour, no negotiated transition, no diplomatic cushioning of »»»

On May 1, the United Arab Emirates left OPEC. Nearly 59 years of membership ended in a single Tuesday statement carried by state media: "The time has come to focus our efforts on what our national interest dictates." There was no farewell tour, no negotiated transition, no diplomatic cushioning of »»»

On May 1, the United Arab Emirates left OPEC. Nearly 59 years of membership ended in a single Tuesday statement carried by state media: "The time has come to focus our efforts on what our national interest dictates." There was no farewell tour, no negotiated transition, no diplomatic cushioning of »»»

On May 1, the United Arab Emirates left OPEC. Nearly 59 years of membership ended in a single Tuesday statement carried by state media: "The time has come to focus our efforts on what our national interest dictates." There was no farewell tour, no negotiated transition, no diplomatic cushioning of »»»

On May 1, the United Arab Emirates left OPEC. Nearly 59 years of membership ended in a single Tuesday statement carried by state media: "The time has come to focus our efforts on what our national interest dictates." There was no farewell tour, no negotiated transition, no diplomatic cushioning of »»»

On May 1, the United Arab Emirates left OPEC. Nearly 59 years of membership ended in a single Tuesday statement carried by state media: "The time has come to focus our efforts on what our national interest dictates." There was no farewell tour, no negotiated transition, no diplomatic cushioning of »»»

On May 1, the United Arab Emirates left OPEC. Nearly 59 years of membership ended in a single Tuesday statement carried by state media: "The time has come to focus our efforts on what our national interest dictates." There was no farewell tour, no negotiated transition, no diplomatic cushioning of »»»

On May 1, the United Arab Emirates left OPEC. Nearly 59 years of membership ended in a single Tuesday statement carried by state media: "The time has come to focus our efforts on what our national interest dictates." There was no farewell tour, no negotiated transition, no diplomatic cushioning of »»»

Thousands of Colombian veterans are fighting in Ukraine's armed forces, drawn by salaries up to eight times their domestic military pensions, a flow of combat labour that has made Colombia the single largest source of foreign fighters on Kyiv's front lines. They account for an estimated 40% of all »»»

Thousands of Colombian veterans are fighting in Ukraine's armed forces, drawn by salaries up to eight times their domestic military pensions, a flow of combat labour that has made Colombia the single largest source of foreign fighters on Kyiv's front lines. They account for an estimated 40% of all »»»

Pakistan’s passport ranking has fallen to 100th place in the latest Henley Passport Index May 2026 update, after improving earlier this year to 97th in February from 98th in January and 103rd in 2025, reflecting a year marked by fluctuating mobility performance. Despite the latest decline, Pakistan»»»

Tribune News Network Doha Qatar Charity (QC) has implemented a new humanitarian intervention for internally displaced persons (IDPs) from El Fasher and Greater Darfur in Sudan’s Khartoum State. Supported by a Qatari donor, the organisation’s field teams in Omdurman delivered food, shelter, and non-»»»

DUBAI: The last message Deyaa’s family received came through a borrowed satellite phone as he crossed the Mediterranean Sea. “Mama, I am Deyaa. I am fine.” It was Aug. 24, 2014. Two days later, the boat he was on sank off the Libyan coast. He was never found. Deyaa, a Syrian photographer and father»»»

On April 28, 2026, the United Arab Emirates quietly detonated one of the last credible institutions of collective Arab economic power. Its withdrawal from OPEC — framed in the careful, bloodless language of a corporate press release as a matter of “national interests” and “long-term strategic visio»»»

At least 880 civilians were killed in drone strikes in Sudan between January and April this year, the UN said Monday, warning such strikes were pushing the conflict towards a "new, even deadlier phase". Drone attacks by both Sudan's army and paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which have»»»

GENEVA: At least 880 civilians were killed in drone strikes in Sudan between January and April this year, the UN said Monday, warning such strikes were pushing the conflict toward a “new, even deadlier phase.”The United Nations rights office said in a statement that its Sudan team had determined th»»»

A Frontier Airlines flight from Denver International Airport had to be aborted after the jet struck and killed an unknown person on the runway during takeoff, local officials have said. The trespasser was hit by the plane two minutes after jumping the perimeter fence late on Friday, according to th»»»