Mali's interim President Assimi Goita was targeted in an attempted stabbing on Tuesday, the Mali presidency said in a statement.

Forces from Ethiopia's northern Tigray region have mounted attacks in neighboring Afar region, a spokesman for Afar said on Monday, marking an expansion of an eight-month-old conflict into a previously untouched area.

Nneka Ogwumike of the Los Angeles Sparks and Elizabeth Williams of the Atlanta Dream won't be able to play for Nigeria in the Tokyo Olympics after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) denied their appeal.

A South African court on Tuesday adjourned former president Jacob Zuma's arms deal corruption trial to August 10, after the former leader applied for a postponement to appear in person rather than virtually.