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In Bujumbura, Burundians are reacting to the new 5,000 and 10,000 Burundian franc banknotes recently put into circulation. It comes as they experience difficulty in exchanging their old notes for new ones particularly since the expiration of the deadline in June.  “This is the beginning for the government to be able to start reforms, a necessary awareness to really break… Read More

Switzerland on Monday returned to Egypt a fragment of a more than 3,400-year-old statue of Pharaoh Ramses II, which was stolen decades ago from a temple in Abydos. It was the director of the Federal Office of Culture (OFC), Carine Bachmann, who handed over this “important archaeological asset” to the Egyptian embassy in Switzerland on Monday in Bern. The stone… Read More

The UN Human Rights Council will hold an urgent session to address the burning of the Koran following an incident in Stockholm that sparked global outrage, a spokesman said Tuesday. A Koran was burnt outside the Swedish capital’s main mosque on Wednesday, triggering a diplomatic backlash across the Muslim world. Salwan Momika, 37, who fled from Iraq to Sweden several… Read More

Zimbabwe is gearing up for its general elections scheduled for August 23. The European Union (EU) has said it will be the first to send an observer team to the southern African country ahead of the polls. Ambassador of the EU to Zimbabwe Jobst von Kirchmann and Zimbabwe’s acting Foreign Affairs and International Trade Minister Amon Murwira on Friday signed… Read More

Senegal’s President Macky Sall on Monday ended months of tense uncertainty by saying he would not seek a third term next year, clearing the way for open elections in the West African nation, long considered a bastion of democracy in a troubled region. Sall had until now remained coy about his ambitions, stoking tensions over whether he would use a… Read More

Fierce fighting between the forces of rival generals shook the Sudanese capital Khartoum on Sunday as disease and malnutrition threatened the rising number of displaced. A video posted online on July 3 and filmed on July 2 shows fighters from the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) manning a checkpoint at the Wad al-Bashir Bridge in Omdurman, north of Khartoum, as… Read More

A measure has been introduced in the U.S. House to ban imported products containing minerals critical to electric vehicle batteries but mined through child labor and other abusive conditions in DR Congo. The bill targets China, which sponsor Republican Rep. Chris Smith of New Jersey says uses forced labor and exploits children to mine cobalt in the impoverished but resource-rich… Read More

Senegal’s president Macky Sall is set to end the suspense on a potential 3rd term bid on Monday (Jul. 3rd) evening. The 2024 presidential race in Senegal has stocked tension. President Macky Sall is due to make an adress on national television at 8:00 pm (2000 GMT). On the eve of the 61-year-old nationwide address, his fiercest critic, Ousmane Sonko,… Read More

Saudi Arabia announced on Monday that it was extending its oil production cut by one million barrels a day to boost flagging prices, while Russia announced that it would cut its exports by 500,000 bpd in August. These measures are the latest to be taken by major producers to stabilize prices in the face of high market volatility, lingering fallout… Read More

The impact of the climate crisis is threatening the right to food, the UN human rights chief alerted on Monday (Jul. 3rd). 828 million people faced hunger in 2021. And the crisis is projected to place up to 80 million more at risk by the middle of this century,” Volker Türk said during the 53rd session of the Human Rights… Read More