Category: International

Romania on Wednesday thanked the Kingdom of Morocco for its "important support" for the release of Romanian hostage Iulian Gherguț, who had been held in ... Read More

Ghana approves ‘minerals of the future’ policy to develop lithium mining, production

Ghana’s government has given the nod to a pioneering green-minerals policy that is aimed at helping the West African country manage the exploitation and production ... Read More

Militant Islamist violence in Sahel surges, contradicting juntas’ security claims

The number of people killed in Africa’s central Sahel region by insurgents, armed groups, state forces and foreign mercenaries has surged this year, according to ... Read More

Rwanda genocide survivors slam UN judges’ call to halt trial of suspect Kabuga

Survivors of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda have criticized United Nations court’s call to halt the trial of the nearly 90-year-old Felicien Kabuga, an alleged ... Read More

Eritreans subject to torture, sexual violence during national service — UN investigator

Eritrean refugees and asylum-seekers have reported that they had experienced torture, inhumane or degrading treatment, sexual and gender-based violence, forced labor and abusive conditions during ... Read More

West African leaders to meet this August 10 for key Summit on Niger as Russia provides support

Leaders from West African bloc ECOWAS will meet on Thursday August 10 for an emergency Summit on the coup in Niger after the military intervention ... Read More

SAfrica: French President Emmanuel Macron not invited to BRICS Summit

French President Emmanuel Macron has not been invited to the BRICS summit - a group of five countries comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China and South ... Read More

CAR approves new constitution, as opposition slams Touadera for seeking to be ‘president for life’

Voters in the perennially restive Central African Republic (CAR) overwhelmingly approved a controversial draft constitution that could see President Faustin Archange Touadera seek a third, ... Read More

Kenya: Victims of 1998 bomb attack on US embassy renew demand for compensation

Kenyan survivors and victims of the 1998 bomb attack on the US embassy in Nairobi renewed calls for compensation from the US government on Monday ... Read More

CAR: Landslide “yes” in referendum on new constitution – Electoral commission