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Rwanda’s fugitive ex-police chief arrested in South Africa over 1994 genocide

One of the last at-large suspects of the Rwandan genocide — a former police chief, Fulgence Kayishema — has been arrested in South Africa. He has allegedly orchestrated the killing of approximately 2,000 Tutsi refugees in 1994. The 62-year-old Kayishema was indicted by a UN tribunal on Rwanda in 2001 but has been on the […]

West Africa CFA franc zone members aim to issue $4.82 bln in debt in 2019

The eight countries of the West African CFA franc zone plan to issue 2.723 trillion CFA francs ($4.82 billion) in debt in 2019, Reuters reported. Member countries using the West African CFA franc – a currency pegged to the euro – include Ivory Coast, Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Togo and Benin. They share […]

Türkiye Earthquake: Number of Moroccan casualties rises to six

The number of Moroccan nationals who died in the devastating earthquake that struck southeastern Türkiye last Monday has now reached six victims, Morocco’s Embassy in Ankara announced on Saturday. An earlier assessment provided on Thursday by the Government Spokesman had reported four deaths. The death toll from the earthquakes in Türkiye and northwestern Syria has […]