A court on Wednesday handed one of Central African Republic’s main opposition leaders a one-year suspended prison sentence for defamation and contempt of court.Crepin Mboli Goumba, a lawyer and coordinator for the leading opposition forum BRDC, was arrested March 3 after he accused some magistrates of corruption and said “justice is no longer being served …
A Tunisian court sentenced four people to death and two to life in prison on Wednesday over the jihadist-claimed killing of a secular politician more than a decade ago.The 2013 murder of then opposition leader Chokri Belaid was claimed at the time by militants loyal to the Islamic State group which would go on to …
The United States on Wednesday launched a new initiative to boost imports of African foods — specialties like seafood, nuts and herbs — seeing untapped potential in items that benefit small-scale farmers.The new Africa Trade Desk aims to increase imports of African specialty foods into the United States by $300 million over the next 18 …
US launches bid to increase African food importsWed, 27 Mar 2024 12:30:30 GMT Read More »
Four people were condemned to death and two sentenced to life in prison on Wednesday after a decade-long investigation into the 2013 killing of Tunisian secular opposition leader Chokri Belaid.Tunisia still hands down death sentences, particularly in “terrorism” cases, even though a de facto moratorium in effect since 1991 means they are effectively commuted to …
Kenyan authorities on Tuesday began releasing the bodies of victims of a doomsday starvation cult to distraught relatives, almost a year since the discovery of mass graves in a grisly case that shocked the world.One tearful family received four bodies that were loaded into a hearse from a morgue in the Indian Ocean town of …
Kenya’s troubled flag carrier Kenya Airways said Tuesday it had recorded an operating profit in 2023, its first in seven years.The figure of 10.5 billion Kenyan shillings (about $80 million) for the year ended December 31 represents a sharp turnaround from an operating loss of 5.6 billion shillings in 2022, with chairman Michael Joseph hailing …
Kenya Airways reports first operating profit in seven yearsTue, 26 Mar 2024 16:35:21 GMT Read More »
Drowning has been the biggest cause of recorded migrant deaths over the past 10 years, the UN’s migration agency said Tuesday, with victim numbers topping 36,000. Of the 64,000 migrant deaths recorded over the last decade, nearly 60 percent were linked to drowning, according to a report by the UN’s International Organization for Migration (IOM).Of those …
Hunched in his market workshop in a northern Dakar suburb, Cheikh Lo recounted why he had pinned all his hopes on Senegal’s anti-establishment president elect Bassirou Diomaye Faye.”We’ve suffered a lot, 12 years of suffering, that’s really enough,” said the 34-year-old tailor, a day after Faye swept to a first-round victory.”With Diomaye, we really want …
Planting trees in the wrong places can actually contribute to global warming, scientists said on Tuesday, but a new map identifies the best locations to regrow forests and cool the planet.Trees soak up carbon dioxide and restoring areas of degraded woodlands or planting saplings to boost forest cover is one tool in the fight against …
Planting trees in wrong places heats the planet: studyTue, 26 Mar 2024 12:20:47 GMT Read More »
Kenyan authorities on Tuesday began releasing the bodies of victims of a doomsday starvation cult, almost a year since the discovery of mass graves in a grisly case that shocked the world.One family received four bodies that were loaded into a hearse from a morgue in the Indian Ocean town of Malindi, as loved-ones wailed, …
Kenya releases first cult massacre bodies to familiesTue, 26 Mar 2024 09:59:11 GMT Read More »
