A former French serviceman has been detained in Madagascar over an alleged plot to destabilise the country. The French national had been charged with multiple offences, including criminal conspiracy and plotting to sabotage infrastructure such as power lines and thermal plants.

Several other suspects, including a Malagasy army officer, were charged with the alleged plot. The coup was planned for April 18. Prosecutors say the

UNICEF has warned that children in Darfur are facing a new humanitarian catastrophe, two decades after the region first drew global attention, but with far less international focus and support. The agency said violence has devastated communities and displaced millions across Sudan, leaving children once again trapped in an acute crisis. 

In its latest Child Alert report titled Darfur: 20 Years On, Children Under

The World Health Organization (WHO) has approved the first malaria treatment developed exclusively for newborns and very young infants. The approval, announced on April 24, confirms that the treatment meets international standards for safety and effectiveness.

WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus hailed the progress being made in the fight against the disease: "For centuries, malaria has

Princess Kasune Zulu, a former child bride and HIV activist who publicly disclosed her status in the late 1990s, is now at the centre of a major legal reform in Zambia after her ministry introduced a law making sexual offences non-bailable.

The ministry has now rendered all sexual offences non-bailable. The enactment of the Criminal Procedure Code (Amendment) Act No. 4 of 2026 now means that suspects

Four young children, aged about two and three, have been stabbed and killed at a nursery school in Kampala. The three boys and one girl died instantly.

Kampala Metropolitan Police spokesperson Racheal Kawala said the suspect, identified as Christopher Okello Anyu, has since been arrested following the incident. The 39-year-old suspect first came to the school posing as a parent seeking to enrol a child. He was

At least 200 people have been reported killed after a landslide triggered by heavy rains struck the Rubaya coltan mine in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.

The country's Ministry of Mines said around 70 of the victims were children, and several injured people were taken to medical facilities in Goma, the capital of North Kivu province. However, Fanny Kaj, a senior official in the M23 rebel group,

Over the past four decades, HIV's ability to mutate and hide in viral reservoirs has made finding a cure difficult. Discussions on paediatric HIV cure research have revealed how early treatment can lead to ART-free remission, though not full viral eradication, as researchers stressed the ethical challenges of involving

The government has rejected a media report alleging it paid a large ransom to Islamist group Boko Haram to secure the release of more than 200 pupils and staff abducted from St Mary's School in Papiri in November 2024. Information Minister Mohammed Idris dismissed the claims, reported by AFP and citing unnamed intelligence

The US Justice Department has released a new tranche of Epstein Files that includes the name of former president Jacob Zuma. The documents contain a series of emails referring to dinner arranged at London's Ritz Hotel on March 5th, 2010, while Zuma was on a state visit to the United Kingdom.

Mark Lloyd, who calls himself Epstein's friend,

The Supreme Court is set to decide whether the country's 2015 ban on female genital mutilation (FGM) is constitutional, following attempts by religious leaders and a parliamentarian to overturn it.

Since 2015, the ban has resulted in a significant decline in FGM prevalence, but supporters of its reversal argue that it is