Niger’s top court has lifted the immunity of the country’s democratically elected president, Mohamed Bazoum, thus opening door for the country’s junta-ruled government to prosecute him for alleged ‘high treason’. Abdou Dan Galadima, president of the State Court, Niger’s highest legal authority that had been created by the military government, announced the decision on Friday […]
The UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet has urged Libya and the European Union to step up efforts to protect migrants crossing the central Mediterranean and called for urgent reform of current policies and practices on search and rescue “that too often rob migrants of their lives, dignity and fundamental human rights.” The real tragedy is […]
Lekela Power, a pan-African renewable energy generation company, has sealed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with the Egyptian Electricity Transmission Co (EETC) for its 250-MW wind farm in the Gulf of Suez. The wind farm will be installed near Ras Ghareb and is slated for commissioning in 2021, reports indicated on Wednesday. Once operational, the […]
