Politics

Sri Lanka, in the grip of a serious economic and political crisis, declared a state of emergency on Wednesday, hours after president Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the country, the PM’s office announced. “As the president left the country, an emergency has been declared to deal with the situation in the country,” …

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. …

At least 20 people have been killed and dozens more abducted in multiple attacks in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the UN has said. According to the UN, children and at least four patients who were burned alive at a religious clinic in North Kivu province. The UN mission in …

Massimo Coppola, mayor of the city of Sorrento, in southern Italy, announced that tourists in swimsuits or shirtless will no longer be able to wander the streets this summer. In the Bay of Naples, tourists are welcome… but once they leave the beach, they will have to put on a …

Perrigo laboratory announced on Monday that it asked authorities to approve the first contraceptive pill available without a prescription in the United States, few weeks after the Supreme Court’s decision to revoke the right to abortion in the country. The launch of the regulatory process shortly after the Supreme Court’s …

Angolan Attorney-General, Helder Pitta Gros, says a post mortem examination into the death of the former president, Jose Eduardo dos Santos, has ruled out poisoning, local media reported. It comes after the late president’s daughter, Tchize dos Santos, requested an autopsy of her father’s corpse. She has spoken of a …

The Democratic Republic of Congo officially joins the East African Community (EAC) becoming the seventh country of the regional bloc. Congolese Minister of Foreign Affairs Christophe Lutundula presented the documents to EAC secretary general Peter Mathuki, who described the development as significant for DR Congo and the community. Member states …

Tunisian President Kais Saied issued a warning against interference in the referendum scheduled for later this month as a way to establish the controversial new constitution. The warning comes amid renewed calls for boycott against the 25 July referendum on the new constitution which the president has promoted. The president …

The chairman of the Social Imberakuri opposition party in Rwanda, Bernard Ntaganda issued a warning to President Paul Kagame saying it is time for him to hand over. The warning comes after President Kagame announced he intends to lead the country for another 20 years. According to Mr Ntaganda, Mr …

Burundian opponent of the National Congress for Freedom (CNL) principal opposition party, André Ndagijimana, died while in custody in the northern province of Ngozi. According to the CNL, Mr Ndagijimana passed away after the prison authority refused him “permission to seek treatment”. “It’s very sad because a person in detention …