A PARIS court has found French-Cameroonian author Charles Onana guilty of downplaying the 1994 Rwandan genocide, marking a pivotal moment in Europe’s fight against genocide denial. Onana, 60, and his publisher Damien Serieyx of Éditions du Toucan, were penalised under…
TURKEY is set to host talks this week between Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed in an effort to resolve a year-long dispute over Ethiopia’s desire for port access to the Horn of Africa,…
A Sudanese army air strike on a market in North Darfur on Monday has left more than 100 people dead, according to a legal group monitoring the war in Sudan. The Emergency Lawyers group said on Tuesday that strikes on a market in Kabkabiya,…
OVER four years after it began, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took the witness stand on Tuesday for the first time to give testimony in his long-running corruption trial. Netanyahu, 75, has been widely accused of using Israel’s various regional wars as…
GERMANY’s President Frank-Walter Steinmeier is set to begin a three-day official visit to Nigeria today, which will run until December 12, 2024. The German Embassy in Abuja announced the visit in a press release on Monday, highlighting key engagements during…
GHANA’S president-elect, John Dramani Mahama, is set to usher in a transformative era for the country with a bold 26-point plan for the first 120 days of his administration. As Mahama prepares to take office, his vision for governance, economic…
ZAMBIA is on edge as the Constitutional Court prepares to rule on whether former president Edgar Lungu can contest the 2026 presidential election. The impending judgement, due on Tuesday, has gripped the Southern African nation, sparking political and social tensions…
MAURITIUS’ new Prime Minister, Navin Ramgoolam, has painted a dire picture of the nation’s economy, describing it as ‘much worse than we imagined.’ The revelation follows a sweeping audit into public finances, launched after his coalition’s landslide victory in November. Ramgoolam accuses…
BURKINA FASO has appointed Rimtalba Jean Emmanuel Ouedraogo as its new prime minister following the dismissal of Apollinaire Joachim Kyelem de Tambela. Ouedraogo’s appointment, announced on Saturday, comes after President Capt. Ibrahim Traore issued a decree removing Kyelem de Tambela from office…
Ghana Vice-President Mahamudu Bawumia has conceded defeat in the country’s presidential election, marking a historic moment for the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) as its leader, former President John Mahama, returns to power. This defeat ends the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP)…
