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In the Americas, Peruvian lawmakers elected Jose Balcazar as the country’s new interim president on Wednesday ahead of general elections in April, making him the country’s eighth president in as many years. Since 2018, Peru has cycled through a rapid…

Eleven people, including two aides to a French far-left lawmaker, were arrested in France overnight and early on Wednesday on suspicion of involvement in the killing of a far-right activist last weekend in Lyon, according to the Lyon prosecutor’s office,…

Health authorities in Malawi vaccinated approximately 1.3 million children in four days in the southern region, following the detection of a new case of polio in late January 2026, the first since 2022. The campaign, conducted with the new type…

Gabon’s media regulator, the High Authority for Communication, has ordered the suspension of social media platforms across Gabon until further notice. Officials say the move is aimed at curbing the spread of false information, hate speech, cyberbullying, and the unauthorized…

Libyan prosecutors are investigating the killing of Seif al-Islam Gadhafi, the son of the late Libyan leader Muammar Gadhafi. On Wednesday, the public prosecutor’s office said forensic experts had been dispatched to Zintan in northwest Libya, where he was shot…

Kenya’s President William Ruto has announced new tax relief measures for low- and middle-income earners to ease the cost of living. People earning KSh30,000 and below per month (approximately $233) will be exempt from income tax, while those earning up…

Telecom operators in Ethiopia, Djibouti and Sudan have signed a tripartite agreement under the Horizon Fibre Initiative, aimed at developing a high-capacity cross-border fibre optic corridor. According to a statement from Ethio Telecom, a tripartite agreement provides for the establishment…

Pope Leo says he is deeply concerned about rising tensions between the United States and Cuba, and he called for “sincere and effective dialogue” to prevent violence and further suffering for the Cuban people. U.S. President Donald Trump said last…

Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico’s national security adviser has resigned after new files related to Jeffrey Epstein showed the pair had exchanged emails talking about young women. National security adviser Miroslav Lajcak issued a statement denying any wrongdoing and condemning…

Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte faced another round of impeachment complaints on Monday after surviving attempts to remove her last year, with rights groups and activists accusing her of betraying the public’s trust, corruption and other crimes. The daughter of…

Madagascar has been hit by tropical cyclone Fytia, leaving at least three people dead and more than 28,000 affected. According to the National Office for Risk and Disaster Management (BNGRC), Fytia made landfall on Saturday morning in the western part…

Morocco has deployed army rescue units to help evacuate thousands of people after floods triggered by torrential rains and rising river levels hit parts of the country’s northwest. Weeks of heavy rainfall, combined with water releases from a nearly full…