United States President Donald Trump and the state of California went to war on Wednesday over who should set the standards in the United States for vehicle emissions and electric cars, foreshadowing a legal battle over environmental policy issues that will affect the auto industry and consumers. Trump confirmed he would revoke California’s authority to […]

A Rwandan Hutu militia commander who was wanted for war crimes has been killed in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo), the country’s military says. Sylvestre Mudacumura, who was wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC), led the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR). He was killed in Rutshuru in the east […]

Zimbabwe’s government has deployed military doctors to state hospitals after medical workers went on strike across the country, local media report. On Tuesday, doctors boycotted work in protest at the alleged abduction of their union leader, Peter Magombeyi, BBC Africa reported. Dr Magombeyi had organised a series of strikes over poor pay and working conditions […]

A school fire believed to have broken out in the early hours of the morning when school students were sleeping in a building attached to a mosque near Monrovia, Liberia. Police have told the BBC that they are still looking for bodies in the ruins of the building. Mr George Weah, the president of Liberia […]

South Africa’s Constitutional Court has ruled that the use of corporal punishment at home violates children’s rights. It ruled that the “reasonable and moderate chastisement” of children as a form of physical discipline is unconstitutional. The court said there were effective ways to discipline a child without the use of corporal punishment, BBC Africa reported. […]