In the aftermath of the September 11 attacks, the United States quickly deployed troops and military assistance to a large part of West Africa to support French forces in combatting the expansion of Al Qaeda and other terrorist organizations. More than a decade later, and with hundreds of millions of dollars in security assistance spent,…
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African court gives Tanzania ultimatum to scrap death penalty.
The African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights has reiterated its longstanding order to Tanzania to revoke the death penalty in line with the continental charter on the right to life. Delivering judgment on two separate cases, the court sitting in Arusha emphasised again that mandatory capital punishment was a violation of the African Charter…
South Africa’s political future in limbo as ANC struggles to form coalitions.
Soweto, South Africa, June 6 (Reuters) – Sinah Molokwane, a lifelong member of South Africa’s ruling African National Congress, is finding it difficult to come to terms with the fact that her party will be sharing power for the first time since it ended white minority rule 30 years ago. ANC leaders held talks on Thursday on…
“EU Mulls Imposing Fresh Sanctions on Sudanese Individuals”
Dr. Annette Weber, European Union Special Envoy to the Horn of Africa, said that 24 percent of the population in Sudan has entered the stage of famine, warning that the country will slide into a Syrian or Somali scenario if talks are not resumed.In an interview with Asharq Al-Awsat, Weber revealed that the European Union…
“Ukrainian PoW Resembles WWII Camp Victim After 2 Years in Putin’s Captivity”
Roman Gorilyk is now little more than a skeleton. His ribs and collarbones are protruding, his stomach is sunken, and his shoulder and hip joints are clearly visible beneath his pale skin. In a harrowing tale of survival and resilience, a Ukrainian Prisoner of War (PoW) was rescued from the clutches of Putin’s forces after…
Veronica Nduva set for swearing-in as EAC Secretary-General on Friday.
Veronica Nduva, President William Ruto’s nominee for the Secretary-General of the East African Community (EAC), will be inaugurated on Friday during the bloc’s Heads of State Summit. Kenya’s nominee judge for the East African Court of Justice Zablon Muruka Mokua will also be appointed to the First Instance Division on the same day. Mr Mokua,…
Behind the ‘Zuma tsunami’ in South Africa.
Elected, accused of corruption. Fired, accused of rape. Acquitted, elected president. Accused of corruption again. Denied again, ousted, imprisoned for contempt of court. Freed, barred from becoming an MP. For most politicians almost any of these punches would have proved fatal to their career, but not for South Africa’s Jacob Zuma. Like a resolute prize-fighter,…
Biden imposes asylum restrictions to effectively manage the border.
President Joe Biden has issued sweeping new executive actions aimed at curbing record migrant arrivals at the US-Mexico border that have left him politically vulnerable in an election year. Under the new actions, officials can quickly remove migrants entering the US illegally without processing their asylum requests. That will happen once a daily threshold is…
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