Politics

Egyptian court has called for a legal amendment to allow live broadcast of the execution of Mohammed Adel for the killing of a female student, local media reported. The case sparked outrage in Egypt after video footage went viral last month showing Mohammed Adel stabbing Nayera Ashraf, who rejected his …

North Korea on Sunday accused the United States of manufacturing biological weapons in Ukraine, echoing an accusation already made by Russia and dismissed by the United Nations in March. Washington has “installed numerous biological laboratories in dozens of countries and regions, including Ukraine, in defiance of international treaties”, the official …

Two Americans died in the Donbass, in eastern Ukraine, where the war is raging between Kyiv forces and those of Moscow, confirmed this Saturday the State Department, without specifying whether it was lots of fighters. “We can confirm the recent deaths of two US citizens in Ukraine’s Donbass region bordering …

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) on Friday said it approved the use of a human smallpox vaccine to expand its use against the spread of monkeypox. “The EMA’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has recommended extending the indication for the smallpox vaccine Imvanex to include the protection …

Heavy gunfire was heard early on Friday at the main military base outside Mali’s capital Bamako before easing after about an hour, in what residents of the camp said they believed was an attack by Islamist militants, several media reported. Helicopters have been circling overhead and there are reports that …

Technology giant Meta removed thousands of posts targeting Kenyan users on its social media platform Facebook for violating its policies ahead of the August elections. Four years ago, bosses at the now-defunct British consultancy firm Cambridge Analytica were apparently caught on camera boasting of the control they had exerted in …

The United Nations mission in Mali (Minusma) expressed in a press release its regrets, following the expulsion of its spokesperson, Olivier Salgado, in this West African country. Mr Salgado angered Mali’s leaders by saying they had been informed of the arrival of Ivorian soldiers, whom the army-led government accused of …

The President of the United States, Joe Biden, will welcome the leaders of the African continent in mid-December as part of the first major summit organized by the United States for Africa. In a statement, President Biden said the US-Africa Leaders’ Summit, scheduled for 13-15 December will underscore the importance …

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the killing of one of two Catholic priests by kidnappers in the northern state of Kaduna. Rev Father John Mark Cheitnum’s decomposing body was found on Tuesday – four days after he was seized by gunmen. The other priest was freed after a ransom …

The leader of the opposition Democratic Party in Uganda, Norbert Mao, has signed a cooperation agreement with the ruling National Resistance Movement party of President Yoweri Museveni. It was signed on Wednesday following a meeting between the two leaders at State House, Entebbe. President Museveni praised leaders of Democratic Party …