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Mozambique’s main opposition figure Venancio Mondlane said on Tuesday he was questioned for 10 hours by prosecutors without being informed of what accusation lay behind the interrogation.Speaking to the media in the capital Maputo, Mondlane, who claimed victory in October’s contested election, added that he had been placed under judicial supervision. “Unfortunately, we spent all those …

Mozambican opposition leader questioned for 10 hoursTue, 11 Mar 2025 18:53:57 GMT Read More »

Ghana’s new government on Tuesday announced it was scrapping several Covid-era taxes introduced in an effort to secure IMF financing, citing the economic hardship placed on ordinary citizens.Five taxes deemed “nuisance levies” by the current government — including a one-percent levy on mobile money transfers and a value-added tax on motor vehicle insurance — are …

Ghana scraps IMF-linked ‘nuisance’ taxesTue, 11 Mar 2025 16:18:55 GMT Read More »

The Trump administration’s sweeping foreign aid cuts will send tuberculosis cases and deaths soaring around the world, humanitarian workers have warned.One told AFP that people are already dying from a lack of treatment in the war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).The United States has long been the biggest funder for the global fight against tuberculosis …

‘Getting scary’: US aid cuts undermine global fight against TBTue, 11 Mar 2025 15:08:00 GMT Read More »

Pope Francis was reported to be in good spirits on Tuesday, a day after the Vatican indicated he was out of danger and could be discharged in the near future after almost one month in hospital with pneumonia.The 88-year-old head of the world Catholic Church has been in Rome’s Gemelli hospital since February 14 with …

Pope appears out of danger, talk turns to return homeTue, 11 Mar 2025 14:20:04 GMT Read More »

A bus overturned in an area of Johannesburg near South Africa’s main airport early on Tuesday, killing at least 16 people, city officials said, with dozens more injured.The bus was carrying more than 50 people to work when it crashed on a busy road near Johannesburg’s OR Tambo International Airport, officials said.The Road Traffic Management …

South Africa bus crash toll climbs to 16Tue, 11 Mar 2025 12:25:09 GMT Read More »

Nigerian authorities are warily moving to regulate Africa’s largest cryptocurrency market in long-delayed efforts to create legal certainty in a field still fraught with fraud and volatility.For years, regulators and government officials have viewed cryptocurrencies and other digital assets with suspicion despite their popularity in the country.Nigeria ranked second globally after India in 2023 and …

Nigeria moves gingerly to tame Africa’s biggest crypto marketTue, 11 Mar 2025 09:33:44 GMT Read More »

A bus overturned in an area of Johannesburg near South Africa’s main airport early Tuesday, killing at least 12 people, city officials said, with dozens more injured.The bus was carrying more than 50 people to work when it crashed on a busy road near Johannesburg’s OR Tambo International Airport, officials said.Twelve people were killed and …

South Africa bus crash kills 12, dozens hurtTue, 11 Mar 2025 09:21:34 GMT Read More »

The arrest on Tuesday of former Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte, by police acting on an International Criminal Court warrant tied to his deadly war on drugs, marks a success for the ICC, which has been struggling for almost 23 years against a lack of recognition and enforcement power.Backed by 125 member states, the jurisdiction seeks …

Catching the world’s most wanted: the ICC’s impossible taskTue, 11 Mar 2025 09:13:04 GMT Read More »

Three journalists have been remanded in custody pending trial in Chad after being accused of colluding with a Russian paramilitary group, the public prosecutor and one of their lawyers said Monday.”They are suspected of working with the Russian paramilitary group Wagner,” public prosecutor Omar Mahamat Kedelaye told AFP.One of their lawyers, Allahtaroum Amos, said the …

Three journalists remanded in Chad for collusion with RussiaMon, 10 Mar 2025 18:07:39 GMT Read More »

Twenty-five opposition parties in Ivory Coast announced Monday they had formed a coalition to push demands for electoral reform and political dialogue ahead of an October presidential ballot.The Coalition for Peaceful Alternation in Ivory Coast brings together parties with vastly different ideologies and agendas but the aim of the new grouping is to ensure lasting …

I.Coast opposition joins forces in reform demand before electionMon, 10 Mar 2025 15:47:11 GMT Read More »