United Kingdom: nearly 200,000 euros per migrant sent to Rwanda/in /by
London's controversial plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda will cost nearly 200,000 euros per person, the British government acknowledged on Tuesday.
At least 3 dead in building collapse in Egypt’s coastal city of Alexandria, officials say/in /by
At least 3 people were killed when a 14-story apartment building collapsed in Egypt's northern coastal city of Alexandria, authorities said Tuesday.
In the Sahel, drug trafficking thrives thanks to armed groups/in /by
Drug trafficking continues to thrive in the Sahel thanks to non-state armed groups which are very active there, indicates the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), in its 2023 report published Monday in Niamey.
Ugandan NGOs launch new legal action against TotalEnergies/in /by
Ugandan human rights defender Maxwell Atuhura, five French and Ugandan NGO’s alongside 26 civilians, have launched a new legal action in France on Tuesday against oil giant TotalEnergies for the alleged damage caused by its controversial oil mega projects in Uganda.
“Wagner brings death and destruction to Africa”, according to the USA/in /by
The failed Wagner Group rebellion in Russia has shown the risk posed by organizing mercenaries in African states that partner with them, the US State Department said on Monday.
Gabon: elections to be held on August 26/in /by
Gabon will hold presidential, legislative and local elections on August 26, the country's government announced Tuesday.
Ethiopia: National Electoral Commission chairwoman resigns/in /by
The chairwoman of Ethiopia's National Election Commission (NEBE), Birtukan Mideksan, an imprisoned former opposition politician who had held the post since December 2018, announced on Monday that she had tendered her resignation for health reasons.
Rwandan ex-gendarme on trial in Paris for genocide faces life sentence/in /by
Life imprisonment was requested on Monday for former Rwandan policeman Philippe Hategekimana, naturalised as a French citizen under the name Philippe Manier, described by the public prosecutor as a "fundamental link in the implementation of the genocide" in Rwanda.
Pilgrims visit Mount Arafat on crucial day of Hajj/in /by
Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims moved through the Saudi Arabian valley of Mina to Mount Arafat at dawn on Tuesday for a crucial day of the Hajj - to engage in supplication and seeking forgiveness, as well as listening to sermons.
Sierra Leone president well ahead in vote count/in /by
Bio had garnered 55.86 percent of ballots cast, more than the 55 percent required for victory after Saturday's first round of voting.