Comoros announces curfew after president’s fourth-term win sparks protests | Elections News

Comoros announces curfew after president’s fourth-term win sparks protests | Elections News

Assoumani, an ex-military officer whose opponents accuse him of muzzling dissent, first came to power in a 1999 coup. An overnight curfew has been imposed in the East African island nation of Comoros after violent protests against President Azali Assoumani’s re-election rocked the archipelago, the interior ministry said. Assoumani won…

Sierra Leone court allows ex-President Koroma to go abroad for medical care | Courts News

Sierra Leone court allows ex-President Koroma to go abroad for medical care | Courts News

The former leader is charged with treason for his alleged role in a failed coup in November. A Sierra Leone court has allowed former President Ernest Bai Koroma, who is charged with treason, to travel abroad on medical grounds. Koroma, 70, was charged early this month with four offences for…

Favourites Morocco beat Tanzania 3-0 to open AFCON 2023 campaign | Africa Cup of Nations News

Favourites Morocco beat Tanzania 3-0 to open AFCON 2023 campaign | Africa Cup of Nations News

Goals from Romain Saiss, Azzedine Ounahi and Youssef En-Nesyri see Morocco cruise past 10-man Tanzania. Morocco underlined their status as pre-tournament favourites by beating 10-man Tanzania 3-0 to make a winning start to their Africa Cup of Nations campaign in Group F. The World Cup semifinalists got their campaign under…

Two dead, dozens injured in explosion in southwest Nigeria | News

Two dead, dozens injured in explosion in southwest Nigeria | News

Oyo state governor said explosives stored by illegal miners triggered the blast on Tuesday evening. At least two people were killed and dozens injured when explosives stored at a private residence detonated in Nigeria’s southwest Oyo state, its governor said on Wednesday. Several houses collapsed from the impact of the…

Altruism, opportunism or both: What pushed South Africa to ICJ over Gaza? | Israel War on Gaza

Altruism, opportunism or both: What pushed South Africa to ICJ over Gaza? | Israel War on Gaza

Cape Town, South Africa – Last week, South Africa began the unprecedented step of asking the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague to rule on whether the continuing violence and humanitarian tragedy unfolding in Gaza amounts to genocide. South Africa’s taking on Israel has confounded many within and…

Why is Namibia furious at Germany’s ICJ intervention supporting Israel? | Genocide

Why is Namibia furious at Germany’s ICJ intervention supporting Israel? | Genocide

Namibia criticises Germany for seeking to appear at court against South Africa’s genocide allegations. Namibia has condemned Germany’s backing of Israel against genocide allegations at the International Court of Justice. It says, given Germany’s colonial past, that it should not support Israel. So, what’s behind this diplomatic dispute – and…

South African genocide case legal team returns to heroes’ welcome | Gaza

South African genocide case legal team returns to heroes’ welcome | Gaza

NewsFeed The South African legal team that presented last week’s Gaza genocide case to the International Court of Justice was cheered and applauded by waiting crowds when they returned to an airport in Johannesburg. Published On 15 Jan 202415 Jan 2024 Check out our Latest News and Follow us at…

Landslide in small-scale mine leaves 22 dead in Tanzania | Mining News

Landslide in small-scale mine leaves 22 dead in Tanzania | Mining News

Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan expressed ‘great sadness’ at the loss. Twenty-two people have been killed following a landslide at a small-scale mine in northern Tanzania, government officials said. The accident occurred at the Ng’alita mine in the Bariadi district of Simiyu region, Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan said on…

UN says all peacekeepers will leave DR Congo by end of 2024 | United Nations News

UN says all peacekeepers will leave DR Congo by end of 2024 | United Nations News

In first phase of the withdrawal, about 2,000 UN troops will leave the restive eastern areas by the end of April. The United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which has helped in the fight against rebels for more than two decades, will completely withdraw from…