Zambia to vote as economic hardship tests government reforms

Dozens dead and missing after ferry capsizes in Zimbabwe

An overloaded ferry capsized on Zimbabwe’s Lake Kariba, killing at least 15 people and leaving 27 missing.

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Iran holds firm on Hormuz conditions as Pakistan’s Naqvi visits Tehran

Iran's top security official says the Strait of Hormuz will not reopen unless the US meets its conditions.

Stronghold of Syrian revolution celebrates Assad’s death sentence

Syrians in Idlib gathered in celebration after a court sentenced ousted President Bashar al-Assad

On the ground in Cali, Colombia’s worst-hit city after the quake

Reporting from the rubble of an apartment building, Al Jazeera’s Latin America Editor Lucia Newman describes the scene.

N Korea launches ballistic missile as S Korea, US plan military drills

Pyongyang conducts second weapons test in less than a week as Seoul, Washington gear up for annual military exercises.