Officials from Armenia and Azerbaijan were meeting in Moscow on Friday to thrash out a possible ceasefire, and exchanging prisoners and casualties, after nearly two weeks of fierce fighting in the Nagorno-Karabakh...

Cameroon is still a deeply patriarchal society, with women largely expected to look after the home and children. But an increasing number of Cameroonian women are breaking out of the domestic sphere and forging...

IN THE PAPERS – Friday, October 9, 2020: We start by taking a look at reactions in the French and African press to the release of French aid worker Sophie Pétronin and Malian opposition leader Soumaïla Cissé, who had...

Madrid will be placed under new restrictions after the Spanish government imposed a state of alarm to prevent the further spread of coronavirus. Infections are far higher in the capital region than elsewhere in the...

The United Nations World Food Programme has won the Nobel Peace Prize for its efforts to end world hunger. The organisation has helped 97 million people in 88 countries over the last year alone. Contenders for the prize...