An appeals court in Ivory Coast on Friday confirmed the life jail terms for four accomplices of a 2016 jihadist attack at Grand-Bassam.The quartet’s lawyers said they would make a further appeal to the Court of Cassation after the verdicts were confirmed for aiding assailants in the March 13, 2016 massacre which left 19 dead, …
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The late Namibian president Sam Nujoma, who died last week aged 95, will be laid to rest in a state funeral in March, the government said on Friday. Nujoma, a guerrilla leader, was the country’s first president after it won independence from South Africa in 1990. He will be buried on Saturday March 1 at the National …
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Dozens of mpox patients being treated in hospital isolation units in Goma have fled for their lives as violence engulfs the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the WHO said Friday.Meanwhile the UN refugee agency warned that hundreds of thousands of civilians were fleeing to areas beyond the reach of humanitarian aid, after shelters for displaced …
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US President Donald Trump inked plans Thursday for sweeping “reciprocal tariffs” that could hit both allies and competitors, in a dramatic escalation of an international trade war that economists warn could fuel inflation at home.Since taking office, Trump has announced a broad range of tariffs targeting some of America’s biggest trading partners, arguing that they …
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Rwanda is set to stage cycling’s world championships in September, but fears over an escalation in the conflict with neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo have led to concerns that the showpiece may be shifted to Europe.Rwanda has a long tradition of cycling and the eight-day Tour of Rwanda has been contested over its gruelling hilly …
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Rape and other violence against children in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has soared to unprecedented levels, the head of the United Nations children’s agency warned Thursday.”In North and South Kivu provinces, we are receiving horrific reports of grave violations against children by parties to the conflict, including rape and other forms of sexual …
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Ugandan opposition figure Kizza Besigye is “critically ill” in jail three days after starting a hunger strike to protest his detention, one of his lawyers told AFP on Thursday.Besigye, 68, is a leading opponent of the country’s President Yoweri Museveni, whom he has challenged unsuccessfully in four elections.He was abducted in Kenya in November and …
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Jonas spent more than a year trying to reach Tunisia after escaping ethnic violence in his native Nigeria, but rising anti-migrant sentiment and a government crackdown in the North African country have left him without help.Speaking under a pseudonym for fear of expulsion, Jonas said he crossed through Niger and Libya to escape attacks on …
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The factory may be in East Africa, but the Wrangler and Levi’s jeans rolling off the production line are pure Americana, destined for US stores like Walmart and JCPenney.The United Aryan factory, on the outskirts of Kenya’s capital Nairobi, exists for one reason: the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), a 25-year-old US law that …
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South Africa exports vehicles worth about $1.9 billion every year, many to the United States under a trade deal now in jeopardy as President Donald Trump piles pressure on the country.”I don’t think that South Africa has got a chance of the renewal” of the African Growth and Opportunity Act, said Neil Diamond, president of …
