Torture victims of former Chadian president Hissene Habre react to the dictator’s death at 79-years-old in Senegal, where he was serving a life sentence for crimes against humanity. Habre had succumbed to coronavirus, according to Chad’s consulate. The International Criminal Court had ordered Habre to pay up to 30,000 euros ($33,000) to each victim who…
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Tunisian President Kais Saied on Monday extended the suspension of parliament until further notice, the presidency said, after last month dismissing his prime minister and assuming executive authority in a move opponents branded a coup. Saied also extended the suspension of the immunity of members of parliament, the presidency said, adding Saied will give a speech to the…
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) condemned Monday, the ” worsening situation “ in Beni, North Kivu, a province in the east of the DRC plagued by attacks by armed groups. North Kivu and the neighbouring province of Ituri have been under a state of siege since the beginning of May, an exceptional…
Following the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan, Egypt’s state-run media announced on Monday that more than 40 Egyptian nationals had been evacuated. A military jet transporting Egyptian civilians arrived in Cairo late Monday, according to the official MENA news agency. The flight brought home 43 evacuees, including the Egyptian embassy staff and clerics from the Al-Azhar,…
Zambia’s newly-elected leader Hakainde Hichilema takes office on Tuesday after a comprehensive election victory hailed as a rare triumph over authoritarianism and a milestone in African democracy. Hichilema, 59, will take the oath of office before a crowd that will notably include opposition politicians from regional countries as well as current and former African leaders.…
South Africa’s adjusted level 3 lockdown is expected to continue into September, as health authorities grapple with an ongoing third wave of Covid-19 infections. The long tail of the third wave emphasises the necessity of higher vaccination rates, the Bureau for Economic Research (BER) said in a research note on Monday (23 August). While hospitalisation…
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development Minister Thoko Didiza has called on workers in the agricultural sector to go out in their numbers to get vaccinated. Didiza said the sector was important in terms of jobs. AgriSA has thrown its support behind the vaccination drive, saying it would save lives. Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural…
The foreign-led nation-building experiment in Somalia will collapse, just like in Afghanistan, unless a different approach is taken. Patrick Gathara – Communications consultant, writer, and award-winning political cartoonist based in Nairobi. In his 2010 memoir Decision Points, former United States President George W Bush explained his rationale for the decision to invade Afghanistan in the…
Thousands of people are homeless in Senegal’s capital after a storm brought nearly a year’s worth of rainfall in a single day, turning roads into rivers. Senegal has officially launched the Orsec plan, Disaster Relief Plan (Orsec), to deal with the floods that are affecting certain areas in the suburbs of Dakar and inland .…