The director of a Vietnamese real estate giant was sentenced to the death penalty in a fraud case whose damages were estimated by the prosecution at 25 billion euros in total. It is the biggest financial scandal Vietnam has ever known. The actions of Truong My Lan, boss of the …
Read More »Mali leaders suspend all political activities in the country
Military authorities in Mali have suspended all political activities in the country, the junta’s spokesperson Colonel Abdoulaye Maïga has annonced. “The suspension was motivated by the sterile discussions during an attempt at national dialogue earlier this year”, the spokesman said. He said all activities by political parties and “associations of …
Read More »United Kingdom returns Ghana’s looted royal artefacts in loan deal
The United Kingdom has returned 32 royal artefacts looted from Ghana’s Asante Kingdom in the 19th Century. The royal objects were taken from the Palace in Kumasi during the Anglo-Asante Wars, including the infamous Sagrenti War of 1874. They were returned on Tuesday by the British Museum (BM) and the …
Read More »Why has the green onion become a symbol of political protest in South Korea?
While the legislative elections will be held this Wednesday, April 10 in South Korea, voters in the “Land of Fresh Mornings” should have been concerned about foreign policy, the economy or the nuclear-warhead missiles that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un points in their direction. However, for several weeks now, …
Read More »Gambian MP Almaneh Gibba defends bid to legalize FGM
Gambian lawmaker Almaneh Gibba launched his campaign to overturn the 2015 ban on female genital mutilation after the country imposed its first fines on those found guilty of the practice last year, Reuters reported. Despite concerns about the leniency of the sentences – a $220 fine for three women accused …
Read More »Mozambique: over 100 dead and several missing after a boat tragedy
More than 100 people died and several others remain missing, after their boat capsized in the northern coast of Mozambique, President Felipe Nyusi said on Monday. Lourenco Machado, an official from the country’s Maritime Transport Institute (INTRASMAR) said the vessel carrying 130 passengers was an overloaded fishing boat and was …
Read More »South African president meets Kagame to discuss DRC unrest
Rwandan President Paul Kagame met his South African counterpart Cyril Ramaphosa and they reaffirmed their support in finding a “political situation” to the conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Mr Ramaphosa was visiting the East African country to take part in the 30th commemorations of the Rwandan genocide. President …
Read More »United States: Prison guards sign petition to stop death row inmate from being executed
In the United States, in Missouri, a petition was launched to ask the governor that one of the prisoners not be executed as planned for Tuesday, April 9. The signatories, including many guards of the prison where the death row inmate is being held, believe that the latter has reintegrated …
Read More »Facebook removes group of 300,000 Pakistani women
Meta has deleted a Facebook group which offered Pakistani women a space to discuss taboo subjects in a conservative country where they speak their voices often muzzled, online or in public space, its founder told AFP on Friday. The Soul Sisters group, created in 2013, had more than 300,000 members …
Read More »Why the Japanese could all be named Sato by 2531
Will all Japanese people have the same last name? At least that’s what predicts a study by economist Hiroshi Yoshida, professor of economics at the Center for Research on Aging, published in the daily Asahi Shimbun. This study was carried out as part of a campaign to obtain reform of …
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