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Residents of the Haitian capital's Solino neighborhood congregated to improvise shelters in the neighboring Bourbon neighborhood. In a desperate effort to establish a camp where they can settle, the residents join forces with hammers, sticks, and machetes.

Prosecutors accused Al-Hassan, 47, of leading a "reign of terror" after the al-Qaeda-linked Ansar Dine group seized the historic city in 2012.

Authorities say the miners are not trapped but have refused to emerge, fearing arrest.

Vulnerable nations are seeking $1.3 trillion to deal with damage from climate change and to adapt to that change. Experts agree that at least $1 trillion is called for, this is far more than industrialized nations have so far pledged to the loss and damage fun.

As he did in his first term, US President-elect Donald Trump is likely in January to invoke the so-called global gag rule, a policy that bars US foreign aid from being used to perform abortions or provide abortion information

UNAIDS executive director, Winnie Byanyima, says her husband was taken in Kenya and is now in a military jail in Kampala.

Authorities are seeking over 30 million meticais (approximately 480,000 euros) in damages for destruction caused during protests in Maputo. Mondlane has been calling for demonstrations since mid-October, denouncing what he claims is widespread fraud in the recent presidential election.

President Ruto donated Sh600,000 to the church choir, Sh2 million for the construction of the parish priest's house, and pledged an additional Sh3 million for the same project.

More than 100 armed groups have been vying for a foothold in mineral-rich eastern Congo near the border with Rwanda.

Pastef’s victory in the legislative polls has redrawn the electoral map and given it unprecedented power to implement its programme.