By AFP The leader of Tanzania’s main opposition party appeared in the High Court on Tuesday to face terrorism charges in a case described by his party as a politically motivated move to crush dissent. Chadema party chairman Freeman Mbowe and […]
By AFP The entire board of Iceland’s football federation (KSI) has resigned after a woman accused it of covering up claims of alleged sexual assault by a national squad player. KSI chairman, Gudni Bergsson, already stepped down late Sunday and […]
NEWS AGENCY OF NIGERIA On Monday, an Indonesian politician was sentenced to 12 years in prison for embezzling more than $1 million of COVID-19 aid funds when he was social affairs minister last year. Juliari Batubara was guilty of accepting […]
By AFP Kenya’s Court of Appeal on Friday rejected a government bid to make fundamental changes to the constitution, in a new blow to President Uhuru Kenyatta who had initiated the controversial proposals. A seven-judge panel confirmed an earlier High Court […]
By AFP A man released early from a prison sentence for terror offences who was shot dead by police after going on a stabbing spree was lawfully killed, an inquest jury said Friday. But the jury at the Royal Courts of […]
By AFP The court of justice of the West Africa bloc ECOWAS has demanded that Mali justify the alleged detention of ex-leaders Moctar Ouane and Bah Ndaw, a lawyer for the two men said Friday. Ouane and Ndaw were respectively appointed […]
by Bolanle Olabimtan Dominic Raab, British foreign secretary, says the UK government did not foresee the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan. Taliban fighters had on Sunday invaded Kabul, and took over power after Ashraf Ghani, the Afghanistan president, fled. In an interview […]
by Jemilat Nasiru The Taliban says Afghanistan will not be used as a base for terror activities, and women will be allowed to work. There have been concerns about the retrogression of gains made on women rights over the past […]
By AFP A court will deliver its verdict Friday against Paul Rusesabagina, the “Hotel Rwanda” hero turned government critic, who is charged with terrorism in a trial supporters say is politically motivated. Prosecutors have sought a life sentence for Rusesabagina, the […]
By Agency Report The Taliban has renamed Afghanistan the ‘Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan’ after its fighters swept into the capital, Kabul, a bustling metropolis of six million that has turned into a male-dominated city without police or traffic controls. Aljazeera reports that scores […]
