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Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni, a US ally on regional security, is often credited with presiding over relative peace and stability. Photo: AP
Africa

Ugandan president, 81, sworn in for new term after 40 years at the helm

The five-year term might be his last, with his son and presumptive heir emerging as de facto ruler.

South Africa

South Africa’s Ramaphosa defies calls to resign over ‘cash-in-sofa’ scandal

Spain

Spain to repatriate guests as hantavirus-hit cruise ship heads for Canaries

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Disease

Nations race to trace passengers of hantavirus-hit cruise ship

Cruise operator says 29 passengers left the MV Hondius in St Helena on April 24, after the first death.

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A person in a white hazmat suit disembarks a medical aircraft in Amsterdam on Wednesday. Photo: ANP via AFP
A person in a white hazmat suit disembarks a medical aircraft in Amsterdam on Wednesday. Photo: ANP via AFP
Disease

Passengers on virus-hit cruise ship sway between fear and boredom

As the MV Hondius sails towards Spain, passengers describe a bizarre daily existence of high-end luxury and strict isolation.

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Disease

Spain opens port to virus-hit cruise ship as rare Andes strain confirmed

Madrid steps in to help the MV Hondius, a luxury cruise ship at the centre of an international health scare.

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Disease

Deadly hantavirus may have spread between humans on cruise, but risk low: WHO

The MV Hondius will be sailing to Spain’s Canary Islands, where the 150 people on board will be examined, cared for and sent home.

Health workers get off the MV Hondius as it remains off Cabo Verde on Monday. Photo: Qasem Elhato via AP
Health workers get off the MV Hondius as it remains off Cabo Verde on Monday. Photo: Qasem Elhato via AP
Disease

Deadly virus traps 150 on cruise ship as WHO identifies more cases

Passengers and crew hunker down in isolation on a ship stuck off Cabo Verde following a hantavirus outbreak.

Africa

Drones shatter months of relative calm in Sudan’s capital as airport targeted

Khartoum rocked by new attacks as Sudan again alleges UAE and Ethiopia involvement in the civil war.

Diplomacy

Strait of Hormuz woes, US-Nato ‘crisis’: 7 global relations reads

From a possible Trump-Iran joint venture to Russia-China talks, here are highlights from the SCMP’s overseas correspondents in April 2026.

An Iranian Revolutionary Guard Navy speedboat approaches the cargo ship Epaminondas during what state media described as the seizure of one of two vessels accused of violations in the Strait of Hormuz on April 21. Photo: Tasnim News Agency via AP
Africa

Search launched for US soldiers missing during African Lion exercise

Pair went missing on a recreational hike after training had concluded, official says.

US and Moroccan military vehicles during the 2024 African Lion exercise. Photo: AP
US and Moroccan military vehicles during the 2024 African Lion exercise. Photo: AP
Disease

Suspected hantavirus outbreak on Atlantic cruise ship leaves 3 dead

The WHO is investigating a cluster of cases aboard the MV Hondius, a polar cruise ship now positioned off Cabo Verde.

Africa

Vigilantes in Nigeria kill herders amid jihadist tensions, kidnapping gangs

Central and northwestern Nigeria have for years been terrorised by cattle rustling and kidnapping-for-ransom gangs working with local jihadists.

Africa

Uganda kindergarten murderer sentenced to death

The Uganda-American man killed 4 children aged 15 months to two-and-a-half years in what he believed to be a ‘human sacrifice’.

Christopher Okello Onyum (middle) is escorted by Uganda prison guards during his trial at the Ggaba Community Church Grounds in Kampala on April 13, 2026. Photo: AFP
Africa

Mali turmoil tests Russia’s image as a security guarantor in Africa

Large-scale attacks targeting Mali’s military government pose a serious threat to Russian strategic and economic interests.

A monument for the Malian army in Bamako. Over the weekend, separatist rebels as well as jihadists launched the largest assault on the country in nearly 15 years. Photo: AFP
A monument for the Malian army in Bamako. Over the weekend, separatist rebels as well as jihadists launched the largest assault on the country in nearly 15 years. Photo: AFP
Climate change

Tropical forest loss still 11 football fields a minute – or Denmark per year

Researchers warn that fires fuelled by climate change are a dangerous new normal and could reverse gains made in tackling deforestation.

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Africa

‘A lot of suicide’: Sudan war’s sexual violence sparks mental health crisis

The horrific scenario includes the shooting and raping of a health worker - with a woman in labour dying - and many suicides to avoid rape.

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Africa

Mali’s junta leader says situation ‘under control’ in first appearance since attacks

Assimi Goita meets the Russian ambassador to reaffirm security ties after unprecedented attacks destabilised his ruling junta.

The leader of Mali’s military government, Assimi Goita, delivers a brief address on the evening news. Photo: ORTM via Reuters
The leader of Mali’s military government, Assimi Goita, delivers a brief address on the evening news. Photo: ORTM via Reuters
Africa

Plane crash in South Sudan kills 14

All 13 passengers and the pilot were killed.

Africa

Mali’s junta in crisis as defence minister is killed in massive coordinated attacks

Rebel-jihadist offensive leaves Bamako on edge as territory falls and junta leader Assimi Goita remains out of sight.

United States

Taliban, Congo? Afghans stuck in Qatar who helped US war face more stress

After reports the US could send 1,100 Afghans who assisted the US to the DRC, the Taliban urged them to instead head back to their homeland.

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A woman carries a child as they arrive in Qatar with other evacuees from Afghanistan in 2021, following the US withdrawal. Photo: AFP
Africa

Mali junta reports ‘terrorist’ attacks on several targets

The landlocked West African nation has been ruled by the military since a coup in 2020.

Armed members of an unidentified group gather in Kidal, Mali, in this screen grab obtained from social media released on Saturday. Photo: Mohamed Elmaouloud Ramadane via Reuters
Armed members of an unidentified group gather in Kidal, Mali, in this screen grab obtained from social media released on Saturday. Photo: Mohamed Elmaouloud Ramadane via Reuters
Africa

Pope Leo denounces ‘colonisation’ of minerals on final leg of Africa tour

The pontiff warns that a global lust for profit ‘kills’ as he meets with a government accused of widespread corruption and authoritarianism.

Religion

Pope Leo criticises exploitation by world’s ‘authoritarians’ during Angola trip

The US pope, who has drawn the ire of President Donald Trump, has repeatedly criticised world leaders, without naming individuals.

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Africa

In Angola, Pope Leo prays at shrine that was once a hub for slavery

First American pontiff recalls centuries of ‘suffering’ at site originally built by Portuguese colonisers.

Pope Leo amid faithful in Muxima, Angola on Sunday. Photo: Reuters
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