Trump pleads not guilty in Georgia election fraud case

Former US President Donald Trump has pleaded not guilty in his Georgia election fraud case, waiving the right to appear in court next week.  Mr Trump is among 19 people charged with a conspiracy to overturn the US state’s 2020 vote results.  He turned himself in at Fulton County Jail in Atlanta last week, where…

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Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Pays Congratulatory Visit to KPA Navy Command

Pyongyang, August 29 (KCNA) — The Juche-based naval force, which has won great fame, making the immortal history of heroic combats to defend the sea of the country along the immutable course of loyalty under the ever-victorious Workers’ Party of Korea, is significantly celebrating the day of its foundation. The Navy of the Korean People’s…

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More than 180 killed in clashes in Ethiopia’s Amhara region since July, says UN

At least 183 people have been killed since July in clashes in Ethiopia’s Amhara region, the United Nations said Tuesday as it appealed for the killings, violence and rights abuses to end. “We are very concerned by the deteriorating human rights situation in some regions of Ethiopia,” UN Human Rights Office spokeswoman Marta Hurtado told reporters in Geneva….

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Kabuleta’s NEED warns ban on used clothes could trigger insecurity in Uganda

The ban on the importation of used clothing by President Museveni is a direct attack on 16 million vulnerable Ugandans, according to the National Economic Empowerment Dialogue (NEED). The political party headed by Joseph Kabuleta stated that this move will cause high levels of unemployment leading to insecurity. NEED is appealing to every Ugandan who…

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Wagner Chief Yevger Prigozhin buried Privately in St Petersburg Cemetery.

Other cemeteries in the Russian city had previously been mentioned in media reports as likely sites for the burial. Wagner mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin has been buried privately in a “farewell ceremony” in a St Petersburg cemetery, according to his press team. Prigozhin was killed in a plane crash north of Moscow on 23 August, two months to…

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French President Macron addresses situation in Sahel

France refuses any “paternalism” but also any “weakness” in Africa, said Emmanuel Macron on Monday, as the Sahel faces an “epidemic of putsches”, most recently in Niger, where the French ambassador is still in post despite an ultimatum from the ruling military. “Neither paternalism, nor weakness, because otherwise we’re nowhere,” the French president told French…

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First Ugandan charged with ‘aggravated homosexuality’ punishable by death

A 20-year-old Ugandan man has become the first individual in the country to be indicted on charges of “aggravated homosexuality,” a criminal offense carrying the possibility of capital punishment as per the recently enacted anti-gay legislation, according to both prosecutors and the defendant’s legal counsel. Despite international pressure from Western governments and human rights organizations,…

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