Credit Photo Dr Josiah Sarpong/Unsplash By The African Exponent Key Facts Youngest in Africa — and the world: The Central African Republic tops the ranking with a median age of just 14.6 years — the lowest of any country on earth in the UN’s latest estimates. Africa holds the world’s ten youngest populations. The continent’s

By The Associated Press Hundreds of thousands of people in Alabama and the Florida Panhandle were without power early Saturday after Isaias crashed into the U.S. Gulf Coast as a dangerous hurricane and left flooded roads and downed trees in its wake as it moved inland. The storm made landfall Friday as a Category 2

Labour candidate Sagal Abdi-Wali reacts following her victory in the Holborn and St Pancras by-election, triggered by the resignation of former Prime Minister Keir Starmer as MP for Holborn and St Pancras, in London, Britain, October 9, 2026. Photographer Toby Shepheard By Reuters Andy ​Burnham’s Labour Party won an election for the parliamentary seat vacated

A pro-Palestine protest is held at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) campus in Los Angeles, California, the United States, Oct. 7, 2026. Photographer Zeng Hui By Xinhua News Agency U.S. universities on Wednesday saw pro-Palestinian protesters gather at campus gates for demonstrations marking three years since the war in Gaza began. Dozens of

By The Associated Press Eritrean soldiers have entered two towns in northern Ethiopia, a commander allied with Ethiopia’s government said, as residents reported that Tigrayan opposition forces had withdrawn from Shire, a major town in northwestern Tigray. Ermiyas Ababu, a Tigray Peace Force commander based in Mekelle, said Eritrean personnel entered Adigrat on Tuesday and

File Photo/Somali Times By The African Exponent Manu Chandaria and Mama Ngina Kenyatta are Kenya’s wealthiest people in 2026, each estimated at about $1 billion — though no Kenyan appears on Forbes Africa’s 2026 billionaires list. Key Facts Manu Chandaria and Mama Ngina Kenyatta top Kenya’s wealth ranking in 2026, each estimated at about $1

By Anadolu Agency Amnesty International has called on French authorities to stop the “disproportionate” police response to student protests across the country. “As children and young people prepare to take to the streets across France, authorities must ensure their safety and security and protect and facilitate the exercise of their right to demonstrate peacefully,” Anne

British Prime Minister Andy Burnham delivers a speech during the 2026 Labour Party Conference in Liverpool, Britain, on Sept. 29, 2026. By Xinhua News Agency French President Emmanuel Macron and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez welcomed the prospect of Britain’s return. But that political goodwill does not establish agreement across the bloc on the conditions

Photo credit: Associated Press, George Frey By Face2Face Africa 71-year-old man, Douglas Stewart Carter, was released on bail Monday after new DNA evidence cleared him of the 1985 murder of Eva Olesen, the aunt of a police chief. Despite objections from the victim’s family, a Utah judge granted his release, requiring him to wear a

File Photo/Somali Times Leaked documents reveal that a private Swiss-based intelligence firm, acting on behalf of the United Arab Emirates, commissioned an investigation to gather data on American Muslim organizations and individuals in an effort to link them to the Muslim Brotherhood. The report, prepared in 2018, was authored by Lorenzo Vidino—currently the director of