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London judge orders confiscation of $130 million from Nigerian ex-governor Ibori

21 Jul 2023

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will seek to confiscate 101.5 million pounds ($130 million) from James Ibori, a former Nigerian state governor who abused his office to get rich and laundered millions in Britain and elsewhere, under a court order issued in London on Friday. Judge David Tomlinson of Southwark Crown Court said Ibori should pay …

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WHO warns of dengue risk as global warming pushes cases near historic highs

21 Jul 2023

GENEVA (Reuters) – The World Health Organization warned on Friday that cases of dengue fever could reach close to record highs this year, partly due to global warming benefiting mosquitoes that spread it. Dengue rates are rising globally, with reported cases since 2000 up eight-fold to 4.2 million in 2022, WHO said. The disease was …

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Nigeria’s Tinubu approves new infrastructure fund to boost competitiveness

21 Jul 2023

By Felix Onuah ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu on Friday announced the creation of a new infrastructure fund, part of a series of measures to boost the economy and ease the inflationary impact of his decision to scrap an expensive petrol subsidy. The new Infrastructure Support Fund (ISF) will help Nigeria’s 36 states …

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Blind church band shows Nigeria there’s ‘ability in disability’

21 Jul 2023

By Seun Sanni LAGOS (Reuters) – Every Sunday, worshippers at Bethesda Home Church in Lagos sing and dance to popular hymns. But there’s a twist: the drummers, guitarists, keyboard player and choir are all visually impaired. Although attitudes are changing, the roughly 25 million Nigerians living with disabilities still face stigma and discrimination stemming from …

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Egyptian rights researcher and lawyer freed from detention

21 Jul 2023

By Aidan Lewis CAIRO (Reuters) – Egyptian rights researcher Patrick Zaki and lawyer Mohamed el-Baqer were freed on Thursday, a day after being pardoned by President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in cases that renewed attention to Egypt’s human rights record. Zaki had served 22 months in pre-trial detention before being sentenced to three years in prison …

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Kenyan anti tax hike protests subside as police clamp down

21 Jul 2023

By Jefferson Kahinju and Thomas Mukoya NAIROBI (Reuters) -Protests in Kenyan cities against tax hikes and high living costs largely subsided on Thursday amid a heavy police presence, after several people were reported shot in clashes between security forces and demonstrators a day earlier. At least 300 people were arrested, including several senior opposition leaders, …

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Guinea-Bissau suspends teachers’ salaries to root out fake staff

20 Jul 2023

BISSAU (Reuters) – Guinea-Bissau’s government has ordered the suspension of teachers’ salaries to weed out fraudulent claims on the payroll from fictitious workers, according to a statement released on Thursday. The tiny West African country that depends largely on external aid to meet salaries in the education sector, has declared a war on ghost civil …

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S.African inquest finds ‘negligence’ caused Astron refinery explosion

20 Jul 2023

CAPE TOWN (Reuters) -A South African inquest found preliminary evidence that five people, including unit operators and a shift team leader, were “negligent” and caused a deadly explosion at Astron Energy’s Cape Town refinery that killed two employees three years ago. According to findings by magistrate Ingrid Arntsen, dated June 14 but only released on …

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Britain sanctions Wagner-linked officials in three African countries

20 Jul 2023

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain on Thursday sanctioned 13 individuals and businesses in the Central African Republic, Mali and Sudan with links to Russia’s Wagner Group, including one it described as the “right hand man” of the group’s founder Yevgeny Prigozhin. The British government said it had added Wagner officials to its sanctions list, accusing them …

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