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NAIROBI (Reuters) – A Kenyan court granted bail on Wednesday to the Nairobi County governor charged with multi-million dollar corruption in one of the most high profile cases in the government’s anti-graft push. Prison and police officers keep watch over … Continue reading Kenyan court grants bail to Nairobi governor charged with corruption
Myanmar’s leader Aung San Suu Kyi speaks on the second day of hearings in a case filed by Gambia against Myanmar alleging genocide against the minority Muslim Rohingya population, at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, Netherlands … Continue reading Myanmar’s Suu Kyi: Gambia’s genocide case at World Court misleading
CLAREMONT, Calif. (Reuters) – A Methodist church in Southern California has turned a classic Christmas tradition – the Nativity scene depicting the birth of Jesus – into a statement about immigration by putting the Holy Family in cages. The United … Continue reading Church nativity scene depicts Holy Family as caged refugees
ANTANANARIVO (Reuters) – Madagascar plans to increase its royalties on nickel and cobalt to 4% from 2% at present, a draft mining law said on Tuesday. The law, presented to reporters by Mines Minister Fidiniavo Ravokatra, showed that Madagascar also … Continue reading Madagascar plans higher royalties on nickel, cobalt, at least 20% stake in mining production
LONDON (Reuters) – The son of Angola’s veteran ex-president faced corruption charges before the country’s supreme court in a trial which opened on Monday, state news agency ANGOP said, the most high-profile case yet under the government’s anti-corruption drive. Jose … Continue reading Angolan ex-president’s son on trial in rare corruption case
Sudan’s former president Omar Hassan al-Bashir sits inside a cage at the courthouse where he is facing corruption charges, in Khartoum, Sudan August 31, 2019. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Sudan’s ousted long-time leader Omar al-Bashir was summoned for … Continue reading Sudan’s Bashir questioned over 1989 coup that brought him to power
Ethiopians stand next to a billboard congratulating Ethiopia’s Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed for winning the Nobel Peace Prize in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, December 10, 2019. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri OSLO (Reuters) – The world’s leading military powers and militant groups are both … Continue reading Nobel peace laureate Abiy to say militants, global powers threaten Horn of Africa
ALGIERS (Reuters) – Algeria holds a presidential election on Thursday which protesters say offers no real choice and will keep in power the ruling hierarchy they have been trying to oust in 10 months of demonstrations. Demonstrators take part in … Continue reading Algeria set for presidential election denounced by protesters as charade
OSLO (Reuters) – Militant groups and global military powers both pose a threat to peace and stability in the Horn of Africa, Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said on Tuesday after receiving the Nobel Peace Prize for forging a peace … Continue reading Nobel peace laureate Abiy says militants, global powers threaten Horn of Africa
ALGIERS (Reuters) – An Algerian court jailed two former prime ministers for corruption on Tuesday, two days before a presidential election which protesters want cancelled. Former Algerian Prime Minister Ahmed Ouyahia arrives at the official dinner at the Orsay Museum, … Continue reading Two days before election, Algeria jails two ex-prime ministers
THE HAGUE (Reuters) – Myanmar’s leader Aung San Suu Kyi arrived at the U.N.’s International Court of Justice on Tuesday to defend her country over charges of genocide against its Rohingya Muslim minority, as back home thousands of people rallied … Continue reading As Suu Kyi looks on, Gambia asks UN judges to stop genocide in Myanmar
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Power blackouts in South Africa caused by flash flooding have shut down mining operations across the country, several mining companies said on Tuesday. Mine workers employed at Sibanye Gold’s Masimthembe shaft operate a drill in Westonaria, South … Continue reading South Africa’s power crisis shuts down mines across country
