A toddler has died after a boat ferrying more than 30 villagers across the Shire River in Malawi's Nsanje district in Africa was attacked by a hippo, causing it to overturn, authorities said.
A Nigerian senator, his wife and a doctor were on Friday jailed over an organ harvesting plot involving a young man who was trafficked to the UK for his kidney, Britain's Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said in a statement.
Assistant foreign affairs minister Tim Watts is urging Australian citizens to leave war-torn Sudan now, as "plenty of seats" have been secured on flights out of the country.
More than 100 citizens are stranded in the African nation, and relatives have been urging the government to do more as there is no Australian embassy in the country.
Sudan's warring generals have pledged to observe a new three-day truce brokered by the United States and Saudi Arabia in an attempt to pull Africa's third-largest nation back from the abyss.
Droughts, floods and record low ice levels - from the top of the world's mountains to the depths of the ocean, the climate crisis took a heavy toll in 2022.
The letter has been signed by 15 leading scientists around the world, from countries including South Africa, the United States, Canada, the UK, Kenya, and Australia.
From challenging investigations into civil war and environmental decline, to the inspiring and serene moments that can only be captured through a camera: these are the best photographs of the year, as chosen by Sony's judges.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a health advisory on Thursday about the Marburg virus outbreak in Equatorial Guinea and Tanzania.
TIME magazine has released its world's greatest places to visit in 2023 and the list may surprise you with some contenders from Australia's own backyard.
An "infamously" blood-thirsty pair of orcas who devoured a total of 17 sharks in a single day have baffled marine biologists with their insatiable appetite.
From far-flung tropical destinations, to war torn countries in the Middle East; the "worst" passports, from a visa-free travel perspective, to hold in the world have been revealed.
South Africa's coastal city of Durban has closed its North Beach after three people died when they were hit by a large wave, emergency officials said today.
A piece of debris recovered from a fisherman's wife in Madagascar - who'd been using it as a washing board - could help answer a great aviation mystery.
For over 50 years, ecologists have studied and debated the mystery of the Namib Desert's "fairy circles," circular patches in the arid grasslands of Southern Africa.
US climate envoy John Kerry has announced a new, controversial plan to raise cash for climate action in the developing world - by selling carbon credits to companies wishing to offset their polluting emissions.
The calculations emerged as the Albanese government made an otherwise positive start in its attempt to rehabilitate the country's climate image on the world stage.