A boy plays with a ball in a street of Cidade de Deus (City of God) favela of Rio de Janeiro. Despondent residents of Brazil voted in the country's presidential election with little hope that either leftist incumbent Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva or right-wing challenger Flavio Bolsonaro will resolve…
On a street near the gate of Cairo Tower in Egypt's capital city, a large old tree rises from the middle of the roadway, with its thick, aged branches stretching above passing cars.
Christa Pike was rushed to hospital after authorities "failed" to carry out her execution. She was sentenced to death for a murder she committed when she was 18.
Members of the Ethiopian National Defence Force (ENDF) are seen on a truck in Shewa Robit, Ethiopia. Ethiopian federal forces have seized full control of the Tigray regional capital, Mekelle, while regional rivals Egypt, Somalia, Sudan, and Eritrea gather in Cairo to address the escalating conflict…
Mayor Cyril Xaba briefs the media on eThekwini’s water challenges and infrastructure projects, including funding for leak repairs, pipe replacement and efforts to reduce non-revenue water.
From alleged multimillion-rand extortion exposed at the Madlanga Commission to child kidnappings, protection rackets and attacks on businesses, a series of cases has put South Africa’s growing battle against extortion and kidnapping syndicates firmly in the spotlight.
Nine suspected illegal miners are arrested in Mashobodo, near Ngodwana, with police also recovering mining implements and chemicals suspected to have been used to refine gold-bearing material.