The Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola became a state-run prison in 1901 when Louisiana purchased the former slave ...

February 14, 2026 (ADDIS ABABA) – African leaders on Saturday called for immediate international intervention to halt the war in Sudan and resolve the conflict between the army and the Rapid Support ...

A team of prison reformists made their final push Tuesday to convince a federal judge to order an end to “degrading and dehiumanizing” labor for field workers on the so-called Farm Line at the state’s ...

The resource-rich eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has been mired in unabated violence for 30 years by scores of armed groups.

Blackwater founder Erik Prince deployed a private security force trained by Israelis to operate drones and help the ...

THE Confederation of African Football (CAF) will hold the draw for the quarter-finals CAF Champions League today, bringing the group stage to a close and setting the stage for the knockout rounds.

Portugal, at the southwestern tip of Europe, is perhaps best known to Americans as a delightful tourist destination. But this ...

Whoever was in his corner, and whatever the forces at play, Makasi Tshikeva – father of Jeamie Tshikeva, to give TKV his full surname – was a wrestler of high enough pedigree to turn pro in the UK and ...

The PLANMC, estimated to have approximately 30,000 marines, has six amphibious combined-arms brigades plus two other maneuver brigades: a naval shipborne aviation brigade and special operations ...

This week’s African Union Summit in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa saw Egypt promoting peace, security, and sustainable development across the continent ...

The DR Congo government said Friday it had accepted "the principle" of a ceasefire but its foes in the eastern conflict, the Rwanda-backed M23 militia, condemned "attempts at manipulation". "The ...

Acting head of MONUSCO, Vivian van de Perre, addresses the media upon her arrival in Goma, DRC, on February 12, 2026.