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BRICS ministers put on show of strength as Putin arrest warrant looms large

1 Jun 2023 1 Jun 2023

By Wendell Roelf CAPE TOWN (Reuters) -BRICS foreign ministers on Thursday asserted their bloc’s ambition to rival Western powers but their talks in South Africa were overshadowed by questions over whether Russia’s president would be arrested if he attended a summit in August. South Africa’s foreign minister Naledi Pandor said her country was mulling options …

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Sudan’s war scatters country’s emergent art scene

1 Jun 2023 1 Jun 2023

By Adam Makary CAIRO (Reuters) – Like many other residents of Sudan’s capital, painter Yasmeen Abdullah had to leave much behind when she fled the war erupting around her. As an artist, that included most of her work. “I had to abandon many things but also leave without knowing when I’d return, or if the …

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Congo woman saves young mothers from unpaid maternity bills

1 Jun 2023 1 Jun 2023

By Paul Lorgerie KINSHASA (Reuters) – Three weeks after giving birth to twins, 16-year-old Annaelle felt like a hostage: the hospital would not let her leave until she’d paid her medical bills, but she had no money. Her mother was doing shifts there as a cleaner to stump up the cash. Then a woman Annaelle …

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Tunisia’s financial crisis leaves the sick struggling to find medicine

1 Jun 2023 1 Jun 2023

By Tarek Amara and Angus McDowall TUNIS (Reuters) – Sick Tunisians face a frantic struggle to find some medicines because the cash-strapped state has reduced imports, leaving doctors unable to control debilitating health problems and patients turning to informal markets for their medication. Hundreds of medicines have been missing for months, pharmacies say, including important …

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Swiss court confirms historic war crimes ruling against Liberia warlord

1 Jun 2023 1 Jun 2023

By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) – A Swiss court on Thursday upheld a guilty verdict for war crimes in the case of a former Liberian rebel commander and convicted him of crimes against humanity in a landmark case. Alieu Kosiah, who fought in the 1990s against then-President Charles Taylor’s army, was sentenced to 20 years …

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US imposing sanctions against those perpetuating violence in Sudan

1 Jun 2023 1 Jun 2023

By Daphne Psaledakis and Nafisa Eltahir WASHINGTON/CAIRO (Reuters) – The United States on Thursday imposed sanctions on companies it accused of fueling the conflict in Sudan, stepping up pressure on the army and a rival paramilitary force to bring an end to the fighting as ceasefire talks are at risk of collapse. The U.S. Treasury …

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South Africa mulls options on ICC arrest warrant for potential visitor Putin

1 Jun 2023 1 Jun 2023

By Carien du Plessis JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -South Africa is mulling its options over an International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin should he accept an invitation to a BRICS summit in August, a South African government official said. A member of the ICC, South Africa would theoretically be required to arrest …

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Museveni says Uganda won’t be swayed after anti-LGBTQ law triggers aid cut threats

1 Jun 2023 1 Jun 2023

KAMPALA (Reuters) -Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has defended signing one of the world’s harshest anti-LGBTQ laws, with punishments up to and including the death penalty, saying it was needed to prevent LGBTQ community members he said were “disoriented” from “recruiting” others. His comments were the first since he signed the bill into law, triggering widespread …

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Sudanese army suspends ceasefire talks

1 Jun 2023 1 Jun 2023

KHARTOUM (Reuters) -Sudan’s army suspended talks with a rival paramilitary force on Wednesday over a ceasefire and aid access, raising fears the six-week-old conflict will push Africa’s third largest country deeper into a humanitarian crisis. The armed forces said in a statement it halted talks in the Saudi city of Jeddah, accusing the other side …

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Regional force tackling east Congo violence extended to September

31 May 2023 31 May 2023

(Reuters) – A regional force set up to tackle militia violence in east Democratic Republic of Congo has been extended to September, a minister and a spokesperson for the force said on Wednesday. The seven countries of the East African Community (EAC) set up the EACRF military force in April last year to try to …

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