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DRC: Death sentence upheld for eight soldiers indicted for killing two Chinese nationals

A military court in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) confirmed the death sentence pressed against eight soldiers including two top commanders for the killing of two Chinese nationals in March this year, in Irumu territory, Ituri, northeast of the central African country. The ruling was announced by the military court of the Ituri after the […]

Kenya committed to balanced foreign policy amid US-China rivalry — president Ruto

Kenya’s president has reaffirmed his country’s commitment to a balanced foreign policy as the global power rivalry between the United States and China heats up and African nations are “bullied into taking sides.” “We’re neither facing East nor facing West; we’re facing forward,” Kenya’s President William Ruto said during an interview with Al Jazeera, to […]

France must address deep issues of racism in police, UN Says

France must address deep issues of racism and discrimination within its police, the spokeswoman for the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights said on Friday, commenting the death of a young minor shot by the police in Nanterre, a suburb of Paris. “We are concerned by the killing of a 17-year-old […]