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Thousands of Mozambicans who have sought refuge in Malawi during a tropical storm earlier this year are now returning to their country. More than 8 thousand people were displaced last January by tropical storm Ana which hit parts of Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Madagascar e Malawi. The storm killed at least 70 people causing widespread chaos. According to the Malawi authorities some… Read More

The two Frenchmen convicted in Madagascar for a plot to stage a coup and assassinate the Malagasy head of state denounced their conviction on Friday. Speaking through lawyers at the appeal tribunal in the capital, Antananarivo, the two defendants denounced the irregularities that marred the legal process. The defence is asking for the verdict handed down by the Ordinary Criminal… Read More

The two Frenchmen convicted in Madagascar for a plot to stage a coup and assassinate the Malagasy head of state denounced their conviction on Friday. Speaking through lawyers at the appeal tribunal in the capital, Antananarivo, the two defendants denounced the irregularities that marred the legal process. The defence is asking for the verdict handed down by the Ordinary Criminal… Read More

The two Frenchmen convicted in Madagascar for a plot to stage a coup and assassinate the Malagasy head of state denounced their conviction on Friday. Speaking through lawyers at the appeal tribunal in the capital, Antananarivo, the two defendants denounced the irregularities that marred the legal process. The defence is asking for the verdict handed down by the Ordinary Criminal… Read More

Three Kenyan policemen and an informant were found guilty Friday for the killing in 2016 of a human rights lawyer and two others. The court in the capital, Nairobi, will deliver their sentence at a later date. The court acquitted a fourth officer of the charges, citing a lack of evidence. The killing of attorney Willie Kimani, taxi driver Joseph… Read More

Three Kenyan policemen and an informant were found guilty Friday for the killing in 2016 of a human rights lawyer and two others. The court in the capital, Nairobi, will deliver their sentence at a later date. The court acquitted a fourth officer of the charges, citing a lack of evidence. The killing of attorney Willie Kimani, taxi driver Joseph… Read More

Mali’s ruling junta confirmed Friday’s jihadi attack against the country’s largest military base, Kati. A statement released by the authorities adds the attack was repelled resulting in seven dead amongst the attackers and eight arrests. ” We got one! With his weapons”, claims Mankan Kone, a Kai resident.  Another Kati resident, Cheikh Coulibaly, describes two of the detainees.  “There are two… Read More

Last updated: 2 hours ago Italian environmental activists on Friday stuck their hands on the glass protecting Sandro Botticelli’s painting “Spring” in the Uffizi Galleries in Florence. The museum said the glass, installed as a precautionary measure several years ago, left the masterpiece unharmed. Together with the Florentine artist’s other masterpiece, “Birth of Venus”, the two iconic paintings, dating from… Read More

French President Emmanuel Macron will tour sub-Saharan Africa from July 25 to 28, taking him to Cameroon, Benin and Guinea-Bissau, the Élysée Palace announced Thursday. This trip to Africa, the first since Macron in April was reelected in April, will focus on the food crisis caused by the war in Ukraine, agricultural production issues and security issues, according to the… Read More

Judges at the United Nations’ highest court on Friday dismissed preliminary objections by Myanmar to a case alleging the Southeast Asian nation is responsible for genocide against the Rohingya ethnic minority. The decision establishing the International Court of Justice’s jurisdiction sets the stage for hearings airing evidence of atrocities against the Rohingya that human rights groups and a U.N. probe… Read More