Vodacom Group Ltd. has adjusted its dividend-payout plan and increased its revenue, earnings, and cash-flow targets as the wireless carrier aims to reinvest capital into its higher-growth businesses in eastern and northern Africa.

Western Europe is enduring another day of record-breaking temperatures as a heatwave, caused by a 'heat dome' of warm air from northern Africa, pushes mercury well above normal levels for May.

Last month was recorded as the second-hottest May globally, with Western Europe, including Britain, France, Ireland, and Portugal, experiencing record-breaking temperatures due to a heat dome from northern Africa.

The Global Sumud Land Convoy, attempting to deliver aid to Gaza, was forced to end its journey across northern Africa in Libya due to bureaucratic obstacles, violence, and the detention of ten activists at the Sirte crossing.