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France
France open to engaging on slavery reparations, says Ghana
The African nation says discussions with President Macron last week included economic inequities, structural racism and looted artefacts.
13 Apr 2026 - 6:50PM
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Africa
At least 200 feared dead after Nigerian air strike hits busy village market
13 Apr 2026 - 3:19PM
Africa
Benin election favours continuity amid al-Qaeda attacks, poverty
12 Apr 2026 - 5:35PM
China education
Vocational schools a new front as China backs businesses’ global expansion
Earlier programmes focused on infrastructure, but new wave is shaped by demand in e-commerce, digital services and advanced manufacturing.
11 Apr 2026 - 6:06AM
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Royalty
Prince Harry sued by African charity he set up to honour Princess Diana
The British royal, who faces a defamation suit, had stepped down as a patron of Sentebale last year after disagreements over fundraising.
11 Apr 2026 - 1:44AM
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Crime
Uganda man says he killed 4 children as human sacrifices in bid to get wealthy
Christopher Okello Onyum is thought to have posed as a parent to gain access to a kindergarten, where he stabbed his young victims.
9 Apr 2026 - 3:56AM
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Africa
DR Congo to receive third-country deportees from US under deal
Kinshasa to receive US-funded deportees as the Trump administration expands controversial migration agreements across Africa.
6 Apr 2026 - 11:21AM
A US Immigration and Customs Enforcement flight operating out Seattle. Photo: AP
US, Israel war on Iran
‘Restrict everything’: Senegal curbs ministers’ foreign trips amid Iran war
PM says budgets in one of the world’s poorest nations were based on an oil price of US$62 a barrel. However, that has almost doubled.
4 Apr 2026 - 9:45PM
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Africa
Man stabs 4 children to death at Uganda kindergarten
The male suspect, in his thirties, gained access by posing as a parent before attacking children aged around two and three with a knife.
3 Apr 2026 - 12:58AM
China-Middle East relations
China’s Iran war strategy, Trump’s Hormuz ask: 7 global relations reads
From a China-Israel call on Iran to an unlikely nuclear deal, here are highlights from the SCMP’s overseas correspondents in March 2026.
2 Apr 2026 - 11:00PM
Africa
Mob retaliates after gunmen kill 12 in Nigeria bar
27 people in total were killed between the shooting and the retaliatory violence.
30 Mar 2026 - 4:43PM
A person rides a bicycle in Jos, Plateau State in Nigeria. Jos has seen bouts of sectarian violence in the past, but deadly, mass casualty attacks in the crowded city have been rare in recent years. Photo: Reuters
United Nations
UN designates African slave trade as ‘gravest crime against humanity’
US, Israel and Argentina opposed the UN measure, while Britain and EU member states abstained.
26 Mar 2026 - 1:37PM
Extreme weather
‘Flashing red’: UN alarmed as heat trapped by Earth hits record high
UN chief warns of a state of emergency as 2015–2025 is confirmed as the hottest decade on record.
23 Mar 2026 - 9:42PM
US, Israel war on Iran
‘No immunity’: Iran war threatens energy crisis worse than 1970s oil shocks
The boss of the International Energy Agency, Fatih Birol, spoke out as the war grinds into its fourth week.
23 Mar 2026 - 6:59PM
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Africa
64 killed – including 13 children – in attack on Sudan hospital, WHO says
Healthcare facilities have been a regular target throughout the war between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces.
22 Mar 2026 - 7:03AM
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WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus looks on during a press conference in Geneva in December 2024. Photo: AFP
US, Israel war on Iran
Iran fires missiles at UK-US base in Indian Ocean, 4,000km away
The attack on the Diego Garcia facility is the first time in the war that Tehran has been reported to have used weapons with such a range.
22 Mar 2026 - 12:08AM
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Madagascar’s leader orders lie detector tests for prospective ministers
President Randrianirina orders polygraph screening, seeking people who are more than ‘60 per cent clean’.
20 Mar 2026 - 12:13PM
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European Union
Hundreds die crossing Mediterranean as 2026 already smashes records
At least 655 migrants died or went missing in January and February taking one of the deadliest migration routes in the world.
19 Mar 2026 - 3:07PM
Migrants from Syria and Libya call for help as they are assisted by Spanish NGO Open Arms south of the Italian island of Lampedusa in 2022. Photo: AP
Crime
Chinese and Kenyan charged after nearly 2,000 live ants seized
Pair appear in a Nairobi court, accused of supplying live ants to foreign traffickers.
18 Mar 2026 - 1:44PM
Africa
Suicide attacks in Nigeria kill 23, wound more than 100
Attacks in Maiduguri are among the deadliest in the conflict-battered city in recent history.
17 Mar 2026 - 3:12PM
Africa
Kenya floods death toll rises to 62, police say, including 8 children
The capital, Nairobi, was the worst hit, with 33 deaths. Dozens of people have also died in Ethiopia.
15 Mar 2026 - 8:48PM
Kenya
Kenya seizes 2,238 live garden ants from Chinese national at airport
The case has exposed a growing, organised ant-smuggling network threatening the African nation’s biodiversity.
12 Mar 2026 - 7:15PM
Kenya has seen a rise in ant smuggling and biopiracy. Photo: Reuters
US, Israel war on Iran
G7 to discuss possible emergency release of oil reserves: French president
Concern is rising about the war and Iran’s blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, through which much of the world’s energy supplies pass.
9 Mar 2026 - 8:27PM
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Africa
Military deployed in Kenya after at least 23 die in flash floods in capital
Police said some people drowned and some were electrocuted after heavy rain flooded homes and submerged vehicles.
7 Mar 2026 - 8:13PM
Africa
DR Congo says least 200 dead in coltan mine collapse
The collapse took place at the Rubaya mines, where rebels claim ‘bombings’ killed only five people.
5 Mar 2026 - 4:19PM
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