Chinguetti, Mauritania is home to some of West Africa’s oldest Quranic texts and manuscripts. It could soon be swallowed by the sand.

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Nigeria, Africa’s largest economy, is facing one of the most severe energy access crises in the world. Over 85 million ...

Israel says it is scaling up a weekslong offensive in the occupied West Bank, sending in tanks to a militant stronghold and ...

Former Reserve Bank of India governor Shaktikanta Das was on Saturday appointed the second Principal Secretary to Prime ...

India on Saturday appointed its former central bank chief Shaktikanta Das as Prime Minister Narendra Modi's principal ...

Tunisian President Kais Saied on Saturday called for the law governing the central bank to be amended, raising concerns the lender will lose its independence and of direct government intervention in ...

Lloyds Bank has issued an update following reports from customers unable to access their account statements. One customer ...

A man waiting for the release of Palestinian prisoners sits on the ground and uses his mobile phone Sunday, Feb. 23, 2025, ...