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Hagia Sophia mosque move draws Greek ire

14/07/2020 0

Hagia Sophia landmark ATHENS/ISTANBUL — Greece intends to place sanctions against Turkey for its decision to revert Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia landmark into a mosque, Greek City Times reported on Saturday, as Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s […]

South Africa’s ambassador to Denmark Mandela dies aged 59

13/07/2020 0

Zindzi Mandela. Photo: Uffe Weng/Ritzau Scanpix Zindzi Mandela, the daughter of Nelson Mandela and South African ambassador to Denmark, has died at the age of 59. South Africa’s government confirmed Mandela’s death on its website […]

Ebola: Congo suffering ‚active outbreak‘ with 48 confirmed cases, says WHO

13/07/2020 0

Patrick Meinhardt, AFP Ebola is spreading in western Democratic Republic of Congo, with nearly 50 known cases across a large region bordering the Republic of Congo and Central African Republic, the World Health Organisation (WHO) […]

US woman held hostage by internet fraudster in Nigeria rescued

14/07/2020 0

Lagos – A US woman lured to Nigeria on a promise of marriage and held for more than a year by an internet fraudster, has been rescued, police said on Sunday. File, IllustrationPHOTO: David Prado/Getty […]

Ivory Coast Vice President Daniel Kablan Duncan steps down

13/07/2020 0

Abidjan – Ivory Coast’s Vice President Daniel Kablan Duncan has stepped down, the presidency said on Monday, an announcement that comes on the heels of the sudden death of Prime Minister Amadou Gon Coulibaly on […]

US prosecutors go after son of Congo president for alleged embezzlement

12/07/2020 0

Sassou Nguesso is being investigated for the alleged embezzlement of several million dollars. The family of the president of the Republic of Congo is also the subject of an investigation into its involvement in France in […]

Mali president tries to calm unrest with court dissolution

12/07/2020 0

Mali’s embattled president announced the dissolution of the constitutional court in an attempt to calm the major civil unrest gripping the vulnerable African country, as more opposition leaders were arrested. The court has been at […]

Time is running out for Libya, UN chief warns Security Council

09/07/2020 0

NEW YORK — United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday warned that foreign interference in the Libyan conflict has reached „unprecedented levels”. Briefing the Security Council, the UN chief described the situation in Libya as “gloomy” […]

‚Killing field‘: At least 180 bodies discovered in Burkina Faso

08/07/2020 0

At least 180 bodies have been found in common graves in Djibo, a town in the north of Burkina Faso, Human Rights Watch (HRW), said in a report released on Wednesday, saying that the killings […]