The UN Security Council voted Wednesday to renew for a year the sanctions regime that has hit Sudan since 2005 and the Darfur conflict, but Russia and China abstained.
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After interrogations which lasted about ten days, 17 men and seven women "were charged with homosexual practices and incitement to homosexual practices by the public prosecutor before being imprisoned in the central prison of Gitega"
A new attack on the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Wednesday night killed more than 40 people, according to local authorities. The attack was attributed to the ADF rebels, who are affiliated with the Islamic State group.
Four people were killed and several others injured Tuesday (Mar. 7) in a train accident north of Cairo, Egyptian authorities announced after the country's latest rail tragedy.
Thousands of Nigerian women marked International Women's Day in Lagos on Wednesday (Mar. 8). Some gathered at the city's Mobolaji Johnson Stadium, many wearing the internationally recognised Women's Day colour, purple.
In addition to thousands of migrants in official Libyan detention centres, others could be held in unofficial centres, the UN's migration agency chief feared Wednesday (Mar. 8). These have regularly been denounced by the UN for their poor conditions.
Tunisia's leader hosted Wednesday (Mar. 8) the Ecowas chairman amid racism accusations following Kaies Said's February 21st speech on undocumented migrants. From the Carthage palace, the one who'd linked migrants to violence and crimes denied racism; i...
Pope Francis met two Nigerian women, formerly held by Boko Haram militants, on International Women's Day.Pope Francis met two Nigerian women, formerly held by Boko Haram militants, on International Women's Day
Prosecutors in the trial of six people accused of murdering Italy's ambassador to DR Congo in 2021 request the death penalty, during an indictment hearing in the capital Kinshasa. Luca Attanasio, Italy's former ambassador to the DRC, was among three pe...
Tropical forest preservation and funding was central to discussions at the One Forest Summit, an international conference in Gabon’s capital Libreville.
