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A South African court has dismissed former President Jacob Zuma’s attempt to remove the prosecutor from his upcoming corruption trial. Zuma’s lawyers sought to appeal an earlier ruling that rejected his effort to have the prosecutor taken off his corruption case. The application was dismissed Wednesday by Pietermaritzburg High Court Judge Piet Koen, on the grounds that Zuma’s attempt to… Read More

A South African court has dismissed former President Jacob Zuma’s attempt to remove the prosecutor from his upcoming corruption trial. Zuma’s lawyers sought to appeal an earlier ruling that rejected his effort to have the prosecutor taken off his corruption case. The application was dismissed Wednesday by Pietermaritzburg High Court Judge Piet Koen, on the grounds that Zuma’s attempt to… Read More

A South African court has dismissed former President Jacob Zuma’s attempt to remove the prosecutor from his upcoming corruption trial. Zuma’s lawyers sought to appeal an earlier ruling that rejected his effort to have the prosecutor taken off his corruption case. The application was dismissed Wednesday by Pietermaritzburg High Court Judge Piet Koen, on the grounds that Zuma’s attempt to… Read More

Burkina Faso’s junta leader, Lt. Col. Paul Henri Sandaogo Damiba, was sworn in as president Wednesday, less than a month after mutinous soldiers seized control of the West African country in a coup. The ceremony, not open to the general public, was held at the constitutional court. Damiba seized power promising to secure the war-torn country from growing violence linked… Read More

Burkina Faso’s junta leader, Lt. Col. Paul Henri Sandaogo Damiba, was sworn in as president Wednesday, less than a month after mutinous soldiers seized control of the West African country in a coup. The ceremony, not open to the general public, was held at the constitutional court. Damiba seized power promising to secure the war-torn country from growing violence linked… Read More

Burkina Faso’s junta leader, Lt. Col. Paul Henri Sandaogo Damiba, was sworn in as president Wednesday, less than a month after mutinous soldiers seized control of the West African country in a coup. The ceremony, not open to the general public, was held at the constitutional court. Damiba seized power promising to secure the war-torn country from growing violence linked… Read More

On Tuesday, France’s top court definitely closed a probe into the 1994 shooting down of the Rwandan presidential plane. The Cour de cassation in France closed a probe into the plane attack that killed former Rwandan president Habyarimana on the eve of the genocide. On Tuesday, the French highest court dismissed an appeal by relatives of the April 1994 victims.… Read More

Mauritius planted flag on disputed Chagos Islands, on Monday, challenging British sovereignty claims. The red, blue, yellow and green flag of Mauritius was raised on the Peros Banhos atoll in the Chagos Islands, on Monday, February 14. Several Chagos islanders together with Mauritian officials on a voyage that also involved a scientific survey of a nearby coral reef set foot… Read More

Ugandan police have arrested seven people for allegedly belonging to two terror cells, and having links to a raid in the central Lukaya and Butambala districts. Police Spokesman Fred Enanga said intelligence operations had shown that fugitive cleric imam Suleman Nsubuga was preparing the suspects for attacks. Mr Nsubuga escaped a raid to his hideout in the central Wakiso District… Read More

Senegalese international, Moussa Konate has been loaned until the end of the season to Turkish side Sivasspor. The 28-year-old striker, who was trained in the second division of the Senegalese club Mbour Petite-Côte, will discover a new championship after having played in Israel, Italy, Poland, Switzerland, France and Tunisia for Esperance, where he has been on loan since the beginning… Read More