Schoolchildren in the South African city of Durban have been telling the BBC how they feel about the recent wave of xenophobic attacks in the country. The students, some of whom are from Zimbabwe and Ethiopia, told BBC What’s New? about the importance of accepting people from other countries as a way of learning about different […]

G5 Sahel Heads of State have expressed their support for “Desert to Power’’, an Africa Development Bank (AfDB) initiative designed to harness solar energy for socio-economic development of member countries. They gave the support at the G5 Sahel Heads of State Summit in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. NAN reports that in 2014, Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, […]

UN Secretary-General António Guterres has called for inclusion in the democratic process of all member states. In a message to mark the 2019 International Day of Democracy, Guterres noted that democracy was about the people. He urged every government to respect their citizens’ right to “meaningful participation” in the political process. The International Day of Democracy […]

Saudi de facto ruler Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman told United States (US) president, Donald Trump by telephone that Riyadh had the will and capability “to confront and deal with this terrorist aggression,” according to Saudi state news agency SPA. The United States condemned the attacks and Trump told the crown prince that Washington was […]

Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi group said it attacked two plants at the heart of Saudi Arabia’s oil industry on Saturday, knocking out more than half the kingdom’s output, in a move expected to send oil prices soaring and increase tension in the Middle East. The attacks will cut the kingdom’s output by 5.7 million barrels per […]