Mauritania’s Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected former president Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz’s second appeal against his conviction for abusing his office to illegally amass a vast fortune, confirming his 15-year prison sentence.Aziz, who came to power in a 2008 coup, was originally sentenced to five years’ jail in December 2023 after being found to have …
The Nigerian government Tuesday said it does not tolerate religious persecution, responding to US President Donald Trump’s threats of military intervention over the killing of Christians by jihadists in the country.Trump said over the weekend that he had asked the Pentagon to map out a possible plan of attack in Africa’s most populous nation because …
Wealth inequality is a global emergency that threatens democracy and social cohesion, experts warned Tuesday, urging G20 leaders meeting in South Africa this month to establish a panel to tackle the crisis.The “inequality emergency” is leaving billions hungry and could worsen under the Trump administration’s “law of the jungle” approach to trade, a committee led …
Experts call for global panel to tackle ‘inequality crisis’Tue, 04 Nov 2025 15:14:37 GMT Read More »
Tanzanians expressed hope Tuesday that days of election violence, in which the opposition says hundreds were killed, was over, as police warned that sharing graphic images was a criminal offence.President Samia Suluhu Hassan won the October 29 poll with 98 percent of the vote, the electoral commission said, but the opposition has declared the election …
Tanzania’s recent foreign minister, Mahmoud Thabit Kombo, told AFP on Tuesday that the government still did not know how many were killed in protests, which he deemed illegal, around the election of President Samia Suluhu Hassan.Kombo relinquished his position as foreign minister on Monday when Hassan was sworn in for a second term after winning …
The years-long legal drama of Nigerian separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu appears to be heading towards a likely conviction after he declined again Tuesday to open his defence, to the exasperation of the judge.Kanu, leader of the banned group the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has long advocated for the independence of southeastern Nigeria, alleging the …
Nigerian separatist’s trial heads towards likely convictionTue, 04 Nov 2025 11:32:27 GMT Read More »
Sudan’s army-backed authorities will meet on Tuesday to discuss a US proposal for a ceasefire in the war with the paramilitary, a government source told AFP, as the UN chief called for an end to the “nightmare of violence”.The war, which has killed tens of thousands of people and displaced millions more over the past …
Mouhamadou Bamba tried to remain calm on a recent evening while stuck in traffic on Dakar’s famed oceanside highway, the Corniche, which becomes clogged with smog-belching taxis and other vehicles every rush hour.The 43-year-old glanced at the Yango ride-hailing app on his phone, noting that his customer’s destination was still far away.Two months ago, the …
Tanker driver Baba steeled himself for yet another perilous journey from Ivory Coast to Mali loaded up with desperately needed fuel — and fear.”You never know if you’ll come back alive,” he said.Even before they hit the road, the mere mention of a four-letter acronym is enough to scare Baba and his fellow drivers. JNIM, the …
Truckers defy death to supply jihadist-hit Mali with fuelTue, 04 Nov 2025 06:58:04 GMT Read More »
Lawyers for US aviation giant Boeing and the families of victims of a fatal Ethiopian Airlines crash will give opening statements Tuesday in the first civil trial stemming from the disaster.The legal proceedings began Monday with the selection of an eight-person jury who will hear the case concerning the March 10, 2019 flight that went …
