Nigeria says 51 civilians, 18 security forces killed in unrest
Nigeria’s president announced 51 civilians were killed in unrest following days of peaceful protests over police abuses and blamed “hooliganism”[Read More…]
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Saad Hariri renamed as Lebanon PM a year after stepping down
Former Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri has been tasked with forming his fourth government, winning a slim majority of votes[Read More…]
Trump set to remove Sudan from state sponsors of terrorism list
US President Donald Trump has said Sudan will come off a list of state sponsors of terror if it pays[Read More…]
ICC prosecutor arrives in Sudan to discuss Bashir case
The International Criminal Court’s prosecutor arrived in Sudan late Saturday to discuss cooperation with local authorities over bringing to trial[Read More…]
White woman charged in racist NYC run-in made a second 911 call
Amy Cooper, the white woman charged with filing a false police report for calling 911 during a dispute with a[Read More…]
Saudi Arabia fails in bid for seat on UN Human Rights Council
Saudi Arabia failed in its attempt to become a member of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) for the[Read More…]
Two dead in Nigeria police brutality protests
A police officer and a civilian have been killed in the Nigerian city of Lagos as protests continue against police[Read More…]
Why Trump wants Sudan to befriend Israel
With Sudan in desperate straits – a collapsing economy, hyperinflation looming and a nationwide food crisis – the administration of[Read More…]
River Nile row: Ethiopia bans flights above Grand Renaissance Dam
Ethiopia’s civil aviation authority has banned all flights over a controversial mega dam being built on a tributary of the[Read More…]
Deaths at Saudi Arabia detention centre for Ethiopians – Amnesty
At least three people died in detention centres housing thousands of Ethiopian migrants in Saudi Arabia, rights group Amnesty International[Read More…]
EU breaks deadlock to impose Belarus sanctions, Turkey on notice
European Union leaders broke a diplomatic deadlock on Friday to impose sanctions on Belarus, after reassuring the Republic of Cyprus[Read More…]
Navalny: ‘I believe that Putin is behind the crime’
Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny told a German magazine he believed President Vladimir Putin was behind his suspected poisoning, but said[Read More…]
Azerbaijan, Armenia reject talks as Karabakh conflict widens
Armenia and Azerbaijan accused one another of firing directly into each other’s territory and rejected pressure to hold peace talks[Read More…]
Nigeria says ‘grey areas’ hinder lifting of Mali sanctions
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has said “grey areas” need to be resolved in Mali’s military handover of power to a[Read More…]
Former Mali Foreign Minister Moctar Ouane named transitional PM
Mali’s interim President Bah Ndaw has named former Malian Foreign Minister Moctar Ouane as prime minister. The appointment on Sunday[Read More…]
France’s Macron says Belarus leader Lukashenko ‘has to go’
French President Emmanuel Macron said Belarus’s leader Alexander Lukashenko has to step down, in comments to a French weekly published[Read More…]
3 Bollywood stars questioned in drug investigation
Three Bollywood actors, including top star Deepika Padukone, were questioned by India’s narcotics agency on Saturday as part of an[Read More…]
One ‘killed’ in Egypt as protesters demand el-Sisi resign
At least one protester was killed in Egypt on Friday, according to activists, after thousands of people defied a police[Read More…]
Bah Ndaw sworn in as Mali’s transitional president following coup
Retired colonel and former defence minister Bah Ndaw has been sworn in as Mali’s interim president, more than a month[Read More…]
Kim Jong-un ‘apologises for killing of South Korean official’
North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un has issued a rare personal apology for the killing of a South Korean official, Seoul[Read More…]
Lukashenko inaugurated secretly amid protests, sanctions threat
President Alexander Lukashenko of Belarus assumed his sixth term of office on Wednesday during an inauguration ceremony that officials did[Read More…]
World leaders who skipped past UN meetings get their moment
He’s not recognized as a head of state by the country he’d be visiting. His diplomatic immunity is granted by[Read More…]
‘It ruined my life’: School closures in Kenya lead to rise in FGM
Maikona, Marsabit County, Kenya – Thirteen-year-old Gumato* can finally walk again without feeling pain. The hot desert wind blows through her[Read More…]
Sudan to hold talks on removal from US terror list
Sudan has sent a high level delegation to the United Arab Emirates to negotiate with American officials as the country[Read More…]
US says all UN sanctions on Iran restored, but world yawns
The Trump administration declared Saturday that all U.N. sanctions against Iran have been restored, a move most of the rest[Read More…]
Ethiopia charges opposition figures with terrorism
Prominent opposition figures are among 24 people charged with terrorism in Ethiopia.The charges were laid in connection with a wave[Read More…]
Suspected arms dealers moved millions in somali money transfers
Somali money transfer companies moved more than $3.7 million in cash between suspected weapons traffickers in recent years, including to[Read More…]
Uganda jail break: More than 200 prisoners escape Moroto facility
More than 200 prisoners have escaped from a jail in north-east Uganda, officials say, bringing the local town to a[Read More…]
Louisville to pay $12m to Breonna Taylor’s mother, reform police
The city of Louisville, Kentucky, will pay $12 million to the family of Breonna Taylor, a Black woman shot dead by[Read More…]
British MPs back Brexit bill despite anger over treaty breach
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson secured initial backing for his controversial plan to breach the Brexit treaty agreed with the European Union[Read More…]
Bahrain opposition rejects Israel normalisation
Bahraini opposition groups have rejected a decision by the Gulf state to normalise relations with Israel with a leading Shia[Read More…]
Palestinians rally against Bahrain-Israel normalisation
Palestinians in Gaza burned pictures of Israeli, American, Bahraini, and United Arab Emirates leaders on Saturday in protest against the[Read More…]
Talks between Afghan government and Taliban open in Qatar
Doha, Qatar – After nearly two decades of war that has killed tens of thousands, peace talks between the Afghanistan government[Read More…]
China announces new restrictions on US diplomats’ activities
China has announced new restrictions on the activities of U.S. diplomats working in mainland China and Hong Kong, in what[Read More…]
India, China accuse each other of firing shots at tense border
China and India have accused each other of firing shots on their flashpoint Himalayan border in a further escalation of[Read More…]
Suspect in Minneapolis vehicular homicide arrested as he tries to flee country
A suspect in a vehicular homicide in Minneapolis was arrested Aug. 28 at Washington Dulles International Airport as he tried[Read More…]
Italy returns refugees to sea, to quarantine
It is Saturday morning and Ahmed is squeezed onto a small Italian coastguard boat docked at one of Lampedusa’s ports.[Read More…]
Turkey begins military exercises in Northern Cyprus
Turkey’s armed forces on Sunday began annual exercises in the breakaway republic of Northern Cyprus – an entity recognised only[Read More…]
‘Enough with you’: Israeli protesters keep pressure on Netanyahu
Thousands of Israelis protested outside the official residence of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday night and into early Sunday,[Read More…]
Deposed president evacuated from Mali for medical treatment
Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, the Malian president ousted by a military coup in August, was evacuated late Saturday to the United[Read More…]
