He suffered a brain aneurysm in February and on Friday was removed from life support, days after doctors concluded no more could be done for him, Charles Lago said.

President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday said the era of French interference in Africa was "well over" as he began a four-nation tour of the continent to renew frayed ties.

Jean Bosco Nsengimana spent his teens working as a bike courier to take care of his struggling family, never imagining that he would one day win the Tour du Rwanda.

The fight is playing out on a loop on conservative TV chat shows, on the legislative front with several states taking up Republican bills seeking to curb drag events -- and in sometimes violent protests.

In a world soaked with pseudo-healing and self-help you would think everyone would seek out someone like Rebeka Pinaima. But they don’t. Because the reality is, people do not want to put in the work.

Indian director S.S. Rajamouli's films are all-singing, all-dancing spectacles -- and he is now a favourite to secure the first ever Oscar for an all-Indian film.

Thirty of the village's 40 stone houses, which are single or double storey and surrounded by orange and lemon orchards, are heavily damaged, and since a third huge earthquake hit, the 130 villagers are without power. They gather at the tea house for shelter and warmth.

Christine Hakim is one of Indonesia’s most well-known actors. Her latest major role in the HBO series The Last of Us has garnered her even more international recognition.

South Korea's most controversial talk show host had his hit programme taken off air, so now he's taken his massive following to YouTube.

Every few days, they leave home at dawn to row about two kilometers (1.2 miles) in a fishing boat to the mangroves, where they crawl through gnarly branches knee-deep in mud, digging for the delicacy by hand.

For the past decade, Belinda Tanoto has established herself as a leading figure in the philanthropic space, in both Indonesia and beyond. She’s the kind of philanthropist who constantly seeks to challenge her team and herself.

Britain's King Charles III on Monday went to view Ukrainian soldiers receiving training in trench warfare in southwest England.

The trove includes crowns, necklaces, amulets and other treasures from the Angkor period, which ran from the ninth to 14th centuries AD, when the Khmer empire was a dominant force in southeast Asia.

Some 700 tourists had visited by midday Wednesday, according to the Ministry of Culture, whose officials were present at the site. 

But she remains passionate about showing outsiders the beauty of her country, even if few tourists currently dare visit.

Al Jazeera’s Jessica Washington has reported everything from the measles outbreak in Samoa, the 2019 bushfires in Australia, the COVID-19 situation in Indonesia, and the Kanjuruhan stadium disaster.

But the industry fears the investigation into claims that Tate -- a notorious misogynist -- and his brother Tristan forced women into prostitution and sexcamming will tarnish their reputation.

The parents and sister of the cinematographer who was shot dead on the set of a low-budget western are suing star Alec Baldwin and the movie's producers.

Displaced by decades of war as well as commercial and cultural intrusions, the Siekopai eke out a living doing odd jobs in rural towns bordered by oil fields, palm plantations and a network of busy roads.

Germany's former chancellor Angela Merkel received a prestigious UN award for opening her country to refugees during her time in office.

Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters was denounced by Ukraine after he told the United Nations Security Council that Russia's invasion of its neighbor was "not unprovoked."

British author Salman Rushdie said he finds it "very difficult" to write after being stabbed last year.

Like much of the world, Nablus is attuned to digital music, but Hemmou told AFP working with vinyl was about preserving Palestinian "heritage".

Having spent most of his life housebound due to a medical condition, Jordanian Amer Abu Nawas's love of football has propelled him to social media stardom.

Composed of dancers driven into exile by the Russian invasion, the ballet company sees its mission as more than dance.

Inside, a poorly installed water heater was leaking carbon monoxide -- a colorless, odorless gas that can pose a lethal threat to human health.

Panahi was detained in July and told he would serve a six-year prison sentence originally issued by a Tehran court in 2010, amid a stepped-up crackdown on dissent in the Islamic Republic.

 Al-Fatah Waria Islamic Boarding School founder Shinta Ratri passes away following heart attack 

An Iranian journalist who was arrested after interviewing the father of Mahsa Amini, whose death in custody sparked protests, said she had been sentenced without a court hearing.

Pig-butchering crypto scams do not only take the victims’ money but turn them into human traffickers as well. This is part two of a two-part story.