Uganda on Saturday will lay to rest Olympian Rebecca Cheptegei, who died earlier this month after her partner set her on fire in the latest incident of horrific gender-based violence in Kenya.The 33-year-old, who debuted this summer in the women’s marathon at the Paris Olympics, succumbed to severe burns last week after being attacked by …
Uganda to bury murdered Olympian CheptegeiSat, 14 Sep 2024 02:06:01 GMT Read More »
A United Nations official returning from Sudan described on Friday how women and girls fleeing the civil war there had been “stripped bare of their basic necessities,” struggling for food, water and safety.”We all know that war is ugly, but this is one of the ugliest situations that I have ever witnessed in my entire …
South Sudan said Friday that long-awaited elections would be postponed for a further two years, once again extending a transitional period agreed in a peace deal.Citizens have waited to elect their leaders since the country achieved its hard-won independence from Sudan in 2011, with the world’s newest nation still dogged by violence, poverty and political …
Three Americans were among 37 people sentenced to death in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday over what the army says was a coup attempt.The court in Kinshasa remained silent as the verdicts were read, with defendants dressed in blue and yellow prison uniforms and seated on plastic chairs, their faces sombre.Death sentences were …
Senegal will vote in snap parliamentary elections in mid-November after President Bassirou Diomaye Faye dissolved the opposition-dominated chamber, a move he’s banking on to implement his policy agenda.Faye swept to presidential victory on March 24 with a promise of a radical change, following three years of turmoil and a political crisis.Along with his Prime Minister …
Senegal set for snap elections after parliament dissolvedFri, 13 Sep 2024 17:50:31 GMT Read More »
The US trial on torture charges of a Gambian man who was allegedly a member of a notorious death squad known as the “Junglers” has been postponed at the last minute.Michael Sang Correa, 45, a former captain in the Gambian military, was scheduled to go on trial in a federal court in Denver, Colorado, on …
US trial of alleged Gambian ‘death squad’ member postponedFri, 13 Sep 2024 17:36:17 GMT Read More »
Comoros President Azali Assoumani was slightly wounded in a knife attack Friday, the presidency said, adding that the attacker had been arrested.”The President of the Republic Azali Assoumani was slightly wounded by a knife while attending the funeral” of a well-known religious leader, it said in a statement.”His injuries are not serious, and he has …
Comoros president wounded in knife attack: presidencyFri, 13 Sep 2024 16:59:20 GMT Read More »
Germany and Kenya on Friday struck a labour and migration deal to allow skilled workers from the east African country to live and work in the biggest EU economy. The deal will help Germany as it struggles with an ageing and shrinking pool of workers, said Chancellor Olaf Scholz as he welcomed President William Ruto in …
Germany and Kenya strike labour migration dealFri, 13 Sep 2024 16:57:57 GMT Read More »
Pressure mounted on the European Union on Friday to delay a ban on imports of products driving deforestation, after Germany became the latest country to request the rules be postponed.Berlin urged the European Commission to delay implementation for six months to July 1, 2025, saying a lack of clarity on key aspects of the law …
Germany joins pushback to EU anti-deforestation lawFri, 13 Sep 2024 16:38:55 GMT Read More »
A military court hearing got under way in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday expected to deliver a verdict over what the army says was a coup attempt, with 50 defendants, including three Americans, facing the death penalty.The 51 people on trial were seated on rows of plastic chairs under a large tent for …
