France Tuesday banned Israel's far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich from entering the country, as part of coordinated sanctions with other countries over settler violence against Palestinians

Victims of alleged atrocities linked to the war in Sudan on Tuesday asked prosecutors in Kenya to investigate allegations of torture and sexual violence by members of a notorious paramilitary group

Infographic/AEN By PATRICK MAYOYO The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) will launch its flagship report on The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture on 16 June during the Our Ocean Conference, hosted by the Government of Kenya in Mombasa. The official press conference on the SOFIA launch is scheduled to take place at 1pm EAT (10am GMT) online. Journalists can follow the press conference via Zoom here and ask questions remotely. This year’s edition presents tangible progress in implementing the FAO’s Blue Transformation roadmap highlighting how countries are advancing fisheries and aquaculture through innovation, science, responsible management and community engagement. Published every two years since 1994, SOFIA provides the most up-to-date information on trends, challenges, opportunities and innovations from the sector and offers a global perspective on the role of aquatic food systems in food security, nutrition, livelihoods and sustaina...

Lagos city is among African cities in the 50@50 initiative. PHOTO/UGC. By SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT More than 50 cities across the world have joined UNEP’s new 50@50 activation to confront one of the world’s fastest-growing and deadliest climate risks: extreme heat. Launched on Heat Action Day, ahead of tomorrow’s World Environment Day, 50@50 brings together cities to strengthen heat preparedness, stress-test systems, share practical solutions, and accelerate action to both protect communities and cut emissions driving rising temperatures. Diverse cities like Antalya, Lagos, Melbourne, Mendoza, Paris and Yangzhou, are coming together through “50@50” to learn from each other’s experiences, share tested approaches to extreme heat adaptation and preparedness. Initiated by UNEP and the City of Paris, this activation contributes to the Beat the Heat implementation drive, launched at the UN Climate Change Conference in Belém (COP30) to accelerate local action on extreme heat and...

Demonstrators continue to take to the streets in Kenya, as frustrations mount with authorities who granted the US permission to open an Ebola quarantine centre dedicated to US citizens suspected of having been in contact with the virus. While construction of the facility is under a pause order from a high court order, the President is vowing to press ahead, saying Nairobi owes Washington for years of aid support.

Nearly three years after a catastrophic storm tore through eastern Libya's port city of Derna the city is getting back on its feet. But the trauma persists: the flood killed nearly 4,000 people. Reconstruction provides a glimmer of hope here, where some residents said it helps them cope with the tragedy they lived through.

Many founders believe a failed virtual assistant hire means delegation does not work. In this article, Daniella Bown explains why the real issue is often hiring the wrong type of support. As African businesses scale, founders need strategic executive assistance that can manage complexity, reduce bottlenecks, and create the operational capacity needed for sustainable growth.

Sumsub has launched its Adaptive Deepfake Detector, a real-time AI fraud prevention system that uses continuous online learning to identify emerging deepfake attacks instantly. The solution improves identity verification accuracy across fintech, crypto, and other high-risk digital sectors by combining multi-layered fraud signals and adaptive machine learning.

The legal architecture that governed nuclear weapons reduction between the United States and Russia for three decades is gone. New START, the last standing arms control treaty between the two countries that together hold the vast majority of the world’s warheads, expired in February. No replacement has been negotiated. Nothing is on the table. Into […]

The Ebola strain spreading through eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has killed 101 people and infected 550 since it emerged in mid-May — and unlike the variants the world has learned to fight, this one has no approved vaccine and no approved treatment. Two candidate vaccines exist on paper. Neither is ready for human trials. […]