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A court in Uganda has ordered a US couple to pay their foster child about $26,000 in compensation after convicting them of cruel, inhumane or degrading treatment, local media reported. The compensation resulted from a plea deal, which led to the court dropping charges of aggravated trafficking and torture that …

A junior navy officer named by The Gambia’s government as the mastermind of a foiled coup plot in December last year has been found guilty of treason and sentenced to 12 years in prison. A high court on Tuesday ruled that Lance Corporal Sanna Fadera planned and attempted to unlawfully …

Mali’s northern Tuareg rebels said they had seized a base in Kidal vacated by the United Nations on Tuesday, potentially leading to a showdown in the strategic city where Mali’s army is hoping to wrest back control, local media reported. The U.N. mission, known as MINUSMA, has until Dec. 31 …

U.S. President Joe Biden said on Monday that he intends to end the participation of Gabon, Niger, Uganda and the Central African Republic in the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) trade program. Biden said he was taking the step because of “gross violations” of internationally recognized human rights by …

Lionel Messi won his 8th Ballon d’Or at the Ballon d’Or 2023 awards ceremony held at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris. At the age of 36, Lionel Messi won the prestigious award for the 8th time. The Argentine star is ahead of Norway’s Erling Haaland (2nd) and France’s Kylian …

The body of a deceased young man was exhumed and burned by a group of individuals in Touba in Senega, according to reports. The body of the victim, who died last week, had been buried by his family in Senegal’s second largest city. However, individuals went to the cemetery in …

Egypt’s media regulator has ordered the closure of an independent news website for six months while it is investigated on suspicion of spreading fake news. Mada Masr is accused of publishing material that damaged national security. The website’s editor, Lina Attallah, has been asked to explain a report that Egypt …

Manhattan police announced that they had arrested a man suspected of killing a woman, a man and a dog at the end of September amid a neighborhood conflict. After the incident, which took place in the street, the suspect fled, engaging the police in a long chase to find him. …

South African authorities have said the UN should deploy “a rapid protection force” to intervene in the Israel-Gaza conflict “to protect the civilian population from further bombardment”. In a hard-hitting statement, the international relations ministry highlighted the number of children who have been killed so far in the conflict and …

In Algeria, the 3rd largest French-speaking country in the world, private Algerian schools are no longer allowed to teach the French curriculum. On September 19, Algerian private schools received a sharp reminder from the Ministry of Education: “only the Algerian national curriculum is authorized”. Failure to comply could result in …