A US judge dropped criminal charges against Boeing on Thursday over deadly crashes of its 737 MAX 8 aircraft as part of an agreement between the company and prosecutors.The Texas judge’s decision stems from an agreement between the Department of Justice and the aircraft manufacturer to resolve the matter, announced on May 23, following the …
Ethiopia’s Afar region says it came under attack from forces of the neighbouring Tigray region, which seized control of villages and bombed civilians, in the latest sign of internal conflict in the fractured nation.Rebels in the northern Tigray region fought a devastating civil war against the central government from 2020 to 2022 in which an …
Ethiopia’s Afar region says attacked by Tigray forcesThu, 06 Nov 2025 15:24:53 GMT Read More »
South Africa head coach Rassie Erasmus said on Thursday iconic captain Siya Kolisi’s 100th Test will not “distract” the team before they face France in the Autumn Nations Series this weekend.Kolisi made his Springbok debut in 2013 before leading the side to back-to-back Webb Ellis trophies in 2019 and 2023. The 34-year-old Sharks flanker will skipper the side for …
Paul Biya, who has been president of Cameroon for 43 years, was sworn in on Thursday for an eighth term, after a contested election that sparked mass protests and subsequent repression in which several demonstrators died.The 92-year-old Biya, the world’s oldest head of state, won the October 12 with 53.7 percent of the vote, according …
France head coach Fabien Galthie said on Thursday South Africa are “perhaps the best team ever” as he named La Rochelle scrum-half Nolann Garrec as Antoine Dupont’s stand-in for this weekend’s Autumn Nations Series game in Paris.Le Garrec will make his 14th Test appearance against the four-time Rugby World Cup winners on Saturday with superstar …
Abdulhamid Mohammed fled his home in northeast Nigeria in 2015, chased into neighbouring Chad by jihadists who torched homes and shot civilians in his lakeside village.A decade later, little has changed in the fishing community of Doron Baga — though that didn’t stop the government from trying to send him back there earlier this year.As …
Home in Nigeria, ex-refugees find themselves in a war zoneThu, 06 Nov 2025 07:07:48 GMT Read More »
Boeing reached a last-minute settlement in one of two lawsuits in this week’s trial in Chicago over a 2019 737 MAX crash that killed 157 people, attorneys announced Wednesday.The agreement leaves a single plaintiff remaining in the first civil trial over the March 2019 Ethiopian Airlines crash, which began in earnest Wednesday after jury selection …
Boeing settles with one plaintiff in 737 MAX crash trialThu, 06 Nov 2025 00:37:40 GMT Read More »
An attack on a funeral in the strategic city of El-Obeid in Sudan’s central Kordofan region killed 40 people, the UN said Wednesday, as paramilitaries looked poised to launch an offensive there.The United Nations’ humanitarian office did not specify when the attack took place or who was behind it, but said that the situation in …
Attack on funeral in Sudan’s Kordofan region kills 40: UNWed, 05 Nov 2025 17:38:17 GMT Read More »
An attack on a funeral in the key city of El-Obeid in Sudan’s central Kordofan region killed 40 people, the UN said Wednesday, as paramilitaries looked poised to launch an offensive.The United Nations’ humanitarian office did not specify when the attack took place or who was behind it, but said that the situation in the …
Attack on key city in Sudan’s Kordofan region kills 40: UNWed, 05 Nov 2025 09:24:41 GMT Read More »
Sudanese mother Amira wakes up every day trembling, haunted by scenes of mass rapes she saw while fleeing the western city of El-Fasher after it was overrun by paramilitaries.Following an 18-month siege marked by starvation and bombardment, El-Fasher — the last army stronghold in the western Darfur region — fell on October 26 to the …
