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Pope Leo speaks to members of the media on board a plane on Wednesday en route to Yaounde, Cameroon, amid his apostolic journey. Photo: Reuters
Pope Leo XIV

Pope Leo stresses message of peace and unity despite another Trump attack

US-born pontiff urges respect for all people, says his travels have shown importance of pursuing dialogue between different communities.

Africa

Sudan enters 4th year of war as ‘abandoned crisis’ grows

France

France open to engaging on slavery reparations, says Ghana

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Africa

At least 200 feared dead after Nigerian air strike hits busy village market

Nigerian Air Force launches investigation into civilian casualties at Jilli Market as it targeted jihadists.

Nigerian Air Force officers display ammunition next to a fighter jet in 2017. Photo: AP
Nigerian Air Force officers display ammunition next to a fighter jet in 2017. Photo: AP
Africa

Benin election favours continuity amid al-Qaeda attacks, poverty

Finance Minister Romuald Wadagni has overseen a decade of growth in the West African nation despite jihadist attacks and extreme poverty.

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.

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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.

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Britain’s Prince Harry leaves High Court in London, Britain in January. Photo: Reuters
Britain’s Prince Harry leaves High Court in London, Britain in January. Photo: Reuters
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.

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.

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.

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Senegal’s Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko. File photo: AFP
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.

Uganda police officers stand at the crime scene after a man killed four children in an attack at the Gaba Early Childhood Development Program nursery school in Kampala, Uganda on Thursday. Photo: AP
Uganda police officers stand at the crime scene after a man killed four children in an attack at the Gaba Early Childhood Development Program nursery school in Kampala, Uganda on Thursday. Photo: AP
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.

Africa

Mob retaliates after gunmen kill 12 in Nigeria bar

27 people in total were killed between the shooting and the retaliatory violence.

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.

An 1853 illustration depicting slaves and slave traders on the coast of Africa. Photo: Chicago History Museum via Getty Images
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.

A man shades himself from the searing sun in Melbourne, Australia in January. Photo: EPA
A man shades himself from the searing sun in Melbourne, Australia in January. Photo: EPA
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.

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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.

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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.

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A US bomber takes off from the Diego Garcia military base in 2001. Photo: Handout via AFP
A US bomber takes off from the Diego Garcia military base in 2001. Photo: Handout via AFP
Africa

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’.

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.

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.

Zhang Kequn and Charles Mwangi in court on Tuesday. Photo: AP
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.

An injured man looks out of an ambulance at a hospital in Maiduguri. Photo: AFP
An injured man looks out of an ambulance at a hospital in Maiduguri. Photo: AFP
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.

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.

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.

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Cars line up at a gas station in Seoul, South Korea, on Sunday as oil prices surge due to the intensifying conflict in the Middle East. Photo: EPA
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