Doctors in eastern Sudan say Mohammed al-Juneid’s wife, displaced and diagnosed with cancer, needs treatment elsewhere in the war-torn country. But the road is long and dangerous, and the journey expensive.”Even if we make it to Meroe in the north, who knows how long we’ll have to wait until it’s her turn,” the 65-year-old told …
Costly odyssey for cancer care in war-torn SudanWed, 26 Jun 2024 04:46:09 GMT Read More »
The International Criminal Court on Wednesday will issue a verdict in the case of a jihadist police chief accused of “unimaginable crimes” during an alleged reign of terror and sexual slavery in the fabled Malian city of Timbuktu.Al Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz Ag Mohamed Ag Mahmoud, 46, is accused of war crimes and crimes against …
ICC war crimes verdict for Timbuktu jihad police chiefWed, 26 Jun 2024 02:46:16 GMT Read More »
Kenyan police arrived in violence-ravaged Haiti on Tuesday on a long-awaited mission to help wrest the Caribbean nation from powerful gangs, just as Nairobi saw its own deadly turmoil during mass protests.Wearing camouflage uniforms, helmets and rifles, about 200 officers descended from a Kenya Airways plane on the tarmac in the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince. More …
Kenyan President William Ruto vowed to take a tough line against “violence and anarchy” on Tuesday, after protests against his government’s proposed tax hikes turned deadly and demonstrators ransacked parliament.Mainly youth-led demonstrations had been largely peaceful as they grew over the past week but chaos erupted in Nairobi on Tuesday, with crowds throwing stones at …
Five people were shot dead and dozens wounded in Kenya on Tuesday in mounting anti-tax hike protests, NGOs said, after police clashed with demonstrators who stormed the parliament compound in Nairobi.The military has been deployed to support police, who earlier fired tear gas, water cannon, rubber bullets and — according to a rights group — …
Five killed in clashes at Kenya anti-tax protests: NGOsTue, 25 Jun 2024 17:46:57 GMT Read More »
Kenyan police arrived in violence-ravaged Haiti on Tuesday on a UN-backed mission to help wrest the Caribbean nation from powerful gangs, just as deadly turmoil gripped Nairobi during mass protests.A Kenya Airways airplane landed in the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince’s airport after months of waiting for a security force in the Western Hemisphere’s poorest nation.An AFP …
Kenyan security force arrives in violence-ravaged HaitiTue, 25 Jun 2024 15:08:04 GMT Read More »
Kenyan police shot dead one protester near parliament Tuesday, a rights group said, with AFP journalists seeing three people lying motionless on the ground as crowds opposed to proposed tax hikes breached barricades to enter the parliamentary complex where a fire erupted.The mainly Gen-Z-led rallies, which began last week, have caught the government off guard, …
One killed in Kenya rallies as protesters breach parliamentTue, 25 Jun 2024 13:05:18 GMT Read More »
Stone-throwing demonstrators scuffled Tuesday with Kenyan police who fired tear gas, rubber bullets and water cannon to disperse thousands of mostly young people protesting proposed tax hikes in the capital Nairobi, AFP journalists saw.The mainly Gen-Z-led rallies, which began last week, have caught the government off guard, with President William Ruto saying over the weekend …
Kenyan police fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse young protesters in the capital Nairobi on Tuesday, AFP reporters saw, escalating tensions as demonstrators rallied across the country against proposed tax hikes.The mainly Gen-Z-led rallies, which began last week, have caught President William Ruto’s government off guard.The Kenyan leader said over the weekend he …
Ghanaian cocoa farmer Isaac Antwi says he has to smuggle his beans to Ivory Coast to sell them at a decent profit even as international prices for the commodity recently surged.He is not the only farmer to have turned to illicit trade in the world’s number two cocoa producer as the country’s currency, the cedi, …
Ghana’s cocoa farmers turn to smuggling as currency fallsTue, 25 Jun 2024 05:36:31 GMT Read More »
