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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 police warn over graphic images as restrictions easeTue, 04 Nov 2025 15:10:32 GMT Read More »

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 …

Tanzania protests ‘not legal’, says ex-FM as hundreds feared deadTue, 04 Nov 2025 14:27:44 GMT Read More »

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 …

Sudan army-backed council to meet on US truce proposal: govt sourceTue, 04 Nov 2025 09:51:04 GMT Read More »

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 …

When construction stalls and crisis hits, ride-hail Yango recruits in SenegalTue, 04 Nov 2025 07:04:29 GMT Read More »

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 …

US civil trial to hear opening arguments on Boeing MAX crashTue, 04 Nov 2025 05:43:09 GMT Read More »

Relatives of victims in the fatal crash of a Boeing 737 MAX plane operated by Ethiopian Airlines headed to court Monday for the first civil trial relating to the 2019 calamity.The US aviation giant had come close to facing a jury on previous occasions in US District Judge Jorge Alonso’s Chicago courtroom where the cases …

Trial opens in 1st US civil case on 2019 Boeing MAX crashMon, 03 Nov 2025 21:39:01 GMT Read More »

Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan played down days of bloody protest as she was inaugurated on Monday, despite the opposition warning that hundreds were killed.The electoral commission said Hassan won 98 percent of the vote.The main opposition party, Chadema, which was barred from running, has rejected the results. It has called for fresh elections, saying …

Tanzania president sworn in as opposition says hundreds killed in protestsMon, 03 Nov 2025 20:10:40 GMT Read More »