A French court sentenced Laurent Bucyibaruta, the man who planned one of the bloodiest episodes of the Rwandan genocide, to 20 years in prison. Laurent Bucyibaruta is the highest-ranking Rwandan to have faced trial in France over the 1994 massacres, in which an estimated 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus died. …
Read More »“I love Putin, he is a man of character” – Emmanuel Adebayor
Former Togolese international footballer Emmanuel Adebayor in an interview with Russian media said he loves President Putin, whom he described as a man of character. The former captain of the Eperviers du Togo was in Russia a few days ago. Recently appointed member of CAF’s Technical and Development Committee, the …
Read More »UK: Prime minister Boris Johnson resigns
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced his resignation as leader of the Conservative Party and head of government on Thursday. However, he indicated that he would remain in power until appointment of his successor. “I am sad to leave behind me the greatest post in the world, but no one …
Read More »Mozambique: discussion between President Nyusi and Zelensky
Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky held a phone conversation on Wednesday to discuss the situation in Ukraine. The two leaders discussed the situation regarding the war as well as the impact it is having on food security, according to a tweet by Mr Zelensky. The …
Read More »Spain: PM Sanchez clarifies migrant deaths comments – reports
Spanish Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez, tempered comments he made last week following the deaths of at least 23 migrants on the border between Morocco and the Spanish enclave of Melilla, the BBC reported. He told a Spanish online newspaper (La Sexta) that he had not seen pictures of corpses at …
Read More »Tech: Google denounces Italian spyware used to hack smartphones
Google denounced and condemned software from an Italian company specializing in communications surveillance used to hack into smartphones in Italy and Kazakhstan. Google engineers explain that the victims, users of Android (Google) and iOS (Apple) smartphones, received a link to install malicious applications, which then make it possible to spy …
Read More »What is the African Union’s position in the Ukrainian war?
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Africa is “a hostage” of Russia’s war, during an address to the African Union (AU) on Monday “Africa is actually a hostage… of those who unleashed war against our state”, Mr Zelensky said during an address to the African Union. President Zelensky said his government …
Read More »Ukraine war could last for years, NATO says
The head of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Jens Stoltenberg, urged Western countries to continue their long-term support for Kyiv, particularly through the delivery of arms in the war between it and Russia. Mr Stoltenberg also recalled that the Ukrainians are the first to pay the price of war. The …
Read More »Russia warns Turkey against next intervention in Syria
Russia issued a warning to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan urging him to suspend the military operation he plans to launch soon in northern Syria. For the past few months, the Turkish army has embarked on the Syrian conflict to ensure its security at its borders. Ankara plans to continue …
Read More »UN refugee chief angry at UK’s Rwanda asylum plan
The head of the UN refugee agency, Filippo Grandi, condemned Britain’s plans to send a first flight of asylum seekers to Rwanda on Tuesday, saying the policy set a catastrophic precedent. He said other countries who took in far more asylum seekers than Britain could decide to follow its example. …
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