Rwanda: Ex-doctor goes on trial in France over 1994 genocide

A Rwandan former gynaecologist went on trial in France on Tuesday on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity during the 1994 massacres in his home country, in an investigation stretching back nearly three decades. It is one of France’s longest-running cases, with Sosthene Munyemana appearing at the Assize Court in the French capital nearly…

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Israeli military launches ‘operation’ at al Shifa hospital

The IDF says its forces have launched an operation against Hamas at Gaza’s al Shifa hospital. It has described the operation as “precise and targeted” and within a “specified area” of the facility – the largest hospital in Gaza. The IDF has called on all members of the militant group present within the hospital to…

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World Health Organization says Gaza’s biggest hospital becoming a cemetery

Gaza’s biggest hospital, Al-Shifa, is “nearly a cemetery”, the World Health Organization warns, with bodies piling up inside and outside Dozens of premature babies and 45 kidney patients needing dialysis can’t be treated properly due to a lack of power, a UN spokesperson says Fighting has been raging close to the hospital in Gaza City…

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A new country is set to join the East African Community

Somalia is likely to be admitted to the EAC in November. Presidents of surrounding countries are anticipated to support Somalia’s admission. Standard gauge railway to link Dar es Salaam to Burundi and DR Congo. According to Secretary-General Peter Mathuki of the East African Community (EAC), Somalia may be granted membership in the group this month….

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Kenyan preacher at centre of deadly doomsday cult found guilty

The senior resident magistrate in the town of Malindi, Olga Onalo, instead found Mackenzie guilty of operating a TV studio and distributing films without a licence from the Kenya Film Classification Board. The preacher has been in police custody for more than six months now since he was arrested in April, following the discovery of hundreds…

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Komfo Anokye kola tree: Ghana outrage after 300-year-old tree felled

By Thomas Naadi Accra The authorities in Ghana have launched a manhunt for the people who cut down a famous 300-year-old kola tree, which was believed to have healing powers. The tree dates back to the Ashanti Kingdom, part of modern-day Ghana. Local people says the tree grew in the spot where renowned priest Komfo…

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