Firebrand former Democratic Republic of Congo justice minister Constant Mutamba was sentenced on Tuesday to three years of forced labour for embezzling public funds, including reparations for war victims, an AFP journalist saw.Mutamba, who while in government proposed putting politicians who syphon off money from the public purse to death, was also barred from holding high …
The United Nations said Tuesday it is working to respond to a devastating landslide in Sudan’s Darfur region that buried an entire mountain village, killing as many as 1,000 people.Heavy rain triggered the disaster on Sunday, flattening the village of Tarasin in the remote Jebel Marra range, the rebel Sudan Liberation Movement/Army (SLM) faction which controls …
UN mobilises response after Sudan landslide kills hundredsTue, 02 Sep 2025 14:20:38 GMT Read More »
Madagascar marked at a ceremony Tuesday the return from France of the skulls of three men killed by French troops 128 years ago, including one believed to be that of a decapitated king.France handed over the skulls in Paris on August 27, in the first such restitution since it passed a law in 2023 facilitating the …
Madagascar receives skull of king beheaded by FranceTue, 02 Sep 2025 14:05:34 GMT Read More »
Rescue teams were struggling to reach a remote mountain village in Sudan’s Darfur region on Tuesday after a devastating landslide buried almost the entire community killing more than 1,000 people.Heavy rain triggered the disaster on Sunday, flattening the village of Tarasin in the Jebel Marra range, the rebel Sudan Liberation Movement/Army (SLM) faction which controls the …
Tears streamed down the faces of some of the hundreds of people gathered in a synagogue in Johannesburg as Or Levy described his release after 491 days as a hostage of Hamas.Levy was brought to South Africa, the country that filed a case of genocide against Israel at the International Court of Justice, by the …
Freed Hamas hostage Or Levy on a ‘mission’ in South AfricaTue, 02 Sep 2025 09:19:12 GMT Read More »
Madagascar held a ceremony Tuesday marking the return of three skulls kept by France for 128 years, including one believed to be that of a Malagasy king decapitated by French troops in the 19th century.France handed over the skulls in Paris on August 27 in the first such restitution since it passed a law in 2023 …
Newcastle signed DR Congo forward Yoane Wissa from Brentford in a £50 million ($67 million) deal after Alexander Isak left St James’ Park in a British record move to Liverpool on Monday.Wissa agreed a long-term contract with the Magpies, subject to Premier League approval, and will wear Newcastle’s famous number nine shirt.The 28-year-old’s eventual fee …
Newcastle splash out on Brentford’s Wissa after Isak exitMon, 01 Sep 2025 21:34:42 GMT Read More »
Nigeria striker Victor Boniface has joined Werder Bremen on a season-long loan from Bayer Leverkusen, the clubs announced on Monday. “I’m certain he can be a very important factor for us this season,” Bremen coach Horst Steffen said in a statement.The deadline-day signing came after several failed transfer moves for the 24-year-old.Boniface had been the subject …
Nigeria’s Boniface joins Bremen from Leverkusen on loanMon, 01 Sep 2025 18:04:55 GMT Read More »
The western Sudanese city of El-Fasher has been under siege for more than a year by paramilitary forces seeking to capture it amid a wider war with the army that began in April 2023.Gripped by brutal violence, the city has become the latest strategic front in the conflict as the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) …
Mauritania’s former economy minister Sidi Ould Tah took office Monday as head of the African Development Bank, vowing to build a “robust and prosperous” continent despite US aid cuts.The AfDB is one of the world’s largest multilateral development banks and is funded by member subscriptions, loans raised on global markets as well as repayments and …
Mauritania’s Tah takes over as Africa’s ‘super banker’Mon, 01 Sep 2025 12:25:39 GMT Read More »
