Surge in Junior High Enrollment Drives Call for Government Action on Education Gap

9 Jan 2025 - Chad's government said security forces had foiled an attempt to destabilise the country on Wednesday evening, after bursts of gunfire rang out near the president's office in the capital N'Djamena and the military blocked the surrounding streets.

9 Jan 2025 - Raging wildfires surrounding Los Angeles spread to the Hollywood Hills on Wednesday, after five other fires in the area killed at least five people, destroyed hundreds of homes and stretched firefighting resources and water supplies to the limit.

9 Jan 2025 - South Korea's impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol faces a new and potentially more robust attempt to arrest him for insurrection after a top investigator vowed to do whatever it takes to break a security blockade and take in the embattled leader.

9 Jan 2025 - The sister of billionaire OpenAI Chief Executive Sam Altman filed a lawsuit accusing him of sexually abusing her regularly between 1997 and 2006, prompting him and other family members to deny her claims.

9 Jan 2025 - Lebanon's parliament will try to elect a president on Thursday, with officials seeing better chances of success in a political landscape shaken by Israel's war with Hezbollah and the toppling of the group's ally Bashar al-Assad in neighbouring Syria.

9 Jan 2025 - Loss stems from weak enforcement of levies, collusion between criminal networks and corrupt local officials.

9 Jan 2025 - State agencies responsible for funding education are embroiled in legal disputes.

9 Jan 2025 - Top officials join Ruto’s praise team, abandoning the party’s long-held position of fighting for democracy.

9 Jan 2025 - Kindiki admits public healthcare funding challenges amid grinding cash crunch

9 Jan 2025 - Impunity on display police chiefs skip court summons