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Philippines: Top rights expert appeals to President Marcos over Maria Ressa conviction

Village Reporter
Ms. Ressa, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2021 for her work defending freedom of expression as a co-founder of independent news outlet Rappler, was convicted of “cyber libel” in 2020. It followed publication of an article on alleged corruption involving the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court in the Philippines. The ruling by the Court of Appeal… Read More
Africa Business World 

Understanding currency pair sentiment

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– – An important aspect of any profitable approach for trading foreign exchange is having an understanding of the impact that sentiment has on the values of currency pairs. If you are able to understand these sentiments through the quantified tools and resources that are available to forex traders, then you will be able leverage this sentiment in a timely… Read More
Africa Ivory Coast Mali West Africa World 

Mali suspends all new UN peacekeeping missions

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– – Mali’s military-led government has announced it is suspending all new troop rotations by U.N. peacekeeping mission MINUSMA temporarily. The announcement on Thursday comes days after Malian forces arrested 49 soldiers from Ivory Coast who had arrived in country for the MINUSMA operations. Mali said the soldiers entered the country without permission, but Ivory Coast said the Malian authorities… Read More
Africa Gambia West Africa World 

Gambia: Former spy chief and four others sentenced to death

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– – A former intelligence chief, Yankuba Badjie, and four other security agents have been sentenced to death by a local court. The local court judge sentenced the five to death for the killing in 2016 of a political activist in the final days of brutal rule under former President Yahya Jammeh. Yankuba Badjie was officially charged in 2017 with… Read More
Africa Featured Gambia West Africa World 

Gambia’s Alieu Touray takes over as ECOWAS commission president

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– – There has been a change of management at the ECOWAS Commission as the tenure of the management led by Jean-Claude Kassi Brou came to an end after four years. Brou handed over to a new management led by Dr. Omar Alieu Touray from The Gambia. Touray’s tenure started on Wednesday July 13, 2022 and will now operate from… Read More
Africa East Africa Featured Rwanda World 

Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame wants to stay in power for another 20 years

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Rwanda’s President, Paul Kagame has declared his intention to stay in power for another 20 years despite serving for two decades already. Mr Kagame came to power in 1994 after his rebel forces helped end a genocide that same year. He has since been praised by many for bringing enormous development to his country but his critics say he is… Read More
Pacific 

Sri Lanka: UN chief calls for dialogue to ensure ‘smooth transition’ of power

Village Reporter
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has yet to comment publicly on the occupation of his residence, along with that of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, but the Prime Minister’s office reportedly said it had been informed that the President planned to step down on Wednesday. President Rajapaksa has become the focus for widespread protests in recent months over dire food, fuel and medical… Read More
Africa Featured North Africa World 

Morocco launches e-visa to boost tourism sector

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– – Morocco has now launched its e-Visa system as it seeks to boost its tourism sector in a post-Covid-19 pandemic era. This is seen as an exciting news for international travelers who are seeking to visit the North African country. Effective July 10, the new eVisa is expected to make it easier for millions of travelers to visit Morocco.… Read More
Africa South Africa Southern Africa World 

SA police under pressure to find those behind Soweto killings

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– – Police in South Africa are coming under pressure to find those behind those responsible for the killing of 15 people in a bar in Soweto over the weekend. Four other people were also shot in a bar in Pietermaritzburg in Kwa-Zulu Natal, but police are yet to link both incidents. Besides the 15 people who were shot dead… Read More
Europe 

Ukraine war: ‘Please, let us in,’ WHO issues plea to reach sick and injured

Village Reporter
More than four and half months since Russia’s invasion, civilians have continued to be targeted in explosions and missile strikes, particularly in eastern cities including Donetsk, Sloviansk, Makiivka, Oleksandrivka and Yasynuvata, but also in southern oblasts, in Odessa and Mykolaiv.  Senior UN officials have long called for humanitarian corridors to be established to enable the safe and constant delivery of… Read More
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