El Salvador new president Nayib-Bukele

Arab League suspends summit over coronavirus fears

The Arab League said it will suspend its summit due late March in Algeria over fears of coronavirus.   The Arab Leagues’ secretary general Ahmed Abul Gheit said the meeting may be postponed to the end of June as the virus continues to spread to new countries.   Gheit said the exact date would be […]

Chad: Mass trial of anti-gov’t demonstrators starts, Lawyers stop work

Chadian prosecutors say the country is to try 401 people detained during and after deadly anti-government protests in October, during which, officially, around 50 people died when police opened fire on the demonstrators in the capital N’Djamena and several other cities Prosecutors said the 401 detainees would be tried from 29 November to 4 December […]

Sudan: UN chief warns of war crimes, as UK sanctions firms linked to warring military camps

The vicious fighting between two rival generals in Sudan may include “war crimes and crimes against humanity,” UN chief said on Monday (15 April), just as the United Kingdom on the same day announced sanctions against businesses linked to the warring parties in the north-east African country. “This is more than a conflict between two […]