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Ugandan opposition leader Kizza Besigye refused to accept the lawyers being forced upon him for his treason trial on Wednesday after his chosen advocates were arrested or barred from the country.
Zambia's former vice president Guy Scott, who briefly became Africa's only white head of state since the end of apartheid, died on Wednesday at the age of 82, the government said.
Italy is stepping up efforts to clear thick algae from the River Po in Turin after weeks of high temperatures accelerated its spread along the country’s longest river.
Emergency crews battled fires and searched damaged buildings across Ukraine on Tuesday 15 July after Russian strikes on the cities of Sumy and Odesa killed six people and injured at least 20 others, according to regional authorities.
More health workers went on strike in Bunia in eastern Congo on Wednesday, becoming the latest group to walk off the job over unpaid salaries at the center of the country's Ebola outbreak.
Rastafarians in Kenya express disappointment and a determination to appeal, after a court refused to grant them the right to smoke weed on religious grounds on Wednesday
Days of back-and-forth strikes by the US and Iran have shaken the Middle East. The interim deal to end the conflict is in tatters. Now there are fears the region could tip back into all-out war.
This comes as Iran's supreme leader on Saturday vowed revenge for the US-Israeli killing of his father and predecessor, hours after President Donald Trump warned against any attempt to assassinate him.
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The March and March provincial leader died of his injuries in hospital several days after being shot.
Nigerian police have arrested the man behind a fake government agency that operated out of the presidency's office for nearly two years.
Greenpeace Italy and the CGIL union melted ice statues outside Rome's Colosseum on 15 July 2026. The protest highlighted the impact of heatwaves on outdoor workers and called for a fossil fuel phase-out.
Hundreds of Malawi nationals gathered outside their country's embassy in Johannesburg on Tuesday as the forced return of migrants continued.
In Mali, six men linked to former transitional president Bah N'Daw are on trial over an alleged coup plot. The case is before the Bamako Court of Appeal on Tuesday, July 14.
A Kenyan court refused to grant Rastafarians the right to smoke weed on religious grounds in a ruling Wednesday.
Health workers fighting the Ebola outbreak in the DRC are threatening to go on "a full-scale strike" over unpaid wages.
Ernest Bai Koroma was arrested in 2023 after gunmen broke into an armoury and some jails, freeing inmates.
As tensions are escalating following Senegal's exit from the World Cup, the Senegalese government has stepped in and ordered the country's Football Federation to refrain from giving interviews or making public statements until further notice.
The case has gripped Nigeria since President Bola Tinubu ordered a corruption investigation last week.
Sixteen faces from Roman Aquincum have been brought back to life in a new exhibition, where DNA analysis and forensic anthropology reveal the diverse backgrounds of the ancient city's inhabitants.
Spain and the British territory of Gibraltar removed their border fence on 15 July 2026 under a landmark EU-UK treaty. Residents celebrated as passport checks moved to the airport and port.
The court acknowledged the need for a broader national debate on cannabis policy in Kenya.
