A Swiss federal court on Wednesday sentenced Gambian ex-interior minister Ousman Sonko to 20 years in prison for crimes against humanity committed under the regime of former dictator Yahya Jammeh.Sonko, 55, is the highest-ranking official convicted in Europe under universal jurisdiction for the most serious crimes.He was found guilty of “multiple counts of intentional homicide, …
Walking between the corrugated iron shacks of the informal settlement west of Johannesburg she calls home, Lutho Makheyi points out trenches filled by dirty rainwater holing the unpaved streets.These are the scars left by illegal gold mining, a business she blames for the high levels of violent crime that haunt South Africa ahead of the …
S. African communities terrorised by gold mining gangsWed, 15 May 2024 16:34:53 GMT Read More »
Innocent Kasereka sits in a rundown hospital in the war-torn east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), his neck bandaged where he was brutally slashed with a knife.The 30-year-old recounts how he became caught in the middle of the conflict raging between rebels of the M23 (March 23 Movement) and Congolese armed forces (FARDC) …
‘Living in fear’ in relentless battle for east DR CongoWed, 15 May 2024 06:39:08 GMT Read More »
“We call it green gold,” says Ramadan Youssouf, a khat trader in the Ethiopian town of Aweday, one of the largest markets in the world for the mildly narcotic shrub.”We use it in the morning to wake up, if you chew (it) you can never get sick,” the 30-year-old tells AFP, his dilated pupils reflecting …
Anglo American said Tuesday it would offload steelmaking coal, diamond and platinum businesses and focus on critical minerals as it fights off a massive takeover bid by Australian rival BHP.After rejecting an improved takeover offer worth £34 billion ($43 billion) from BHP, which had hoped to create a copper titan, Anglo said it was accelerating …
Anglo American to split group after rejecting BHP bidTue, 14 May 2024 09:22:52 GMT Read More »
Caster Semenya’s costly legal marathon enters its last lap as the highest chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Wednesday begins a hearing into whether the double Olympic champion can be required to lower her testosterone levels to compete. The 33-year-old runner won an earlier round at the ECHR, which last July ruled she …
European rights court to make final decision on SemenyaTue, 14 May 2024 04:43:51 GMT Read More »
The death toll from the collapse of a building in South Africa has risen to 30, with another 22 people still missing, authorities said Monday, a week after the structure came crashing down.Rescuers pulled ten more bodies from the rubble at the site in the southern city of George, city officials said.Rescue teams have worked …
Senegal striker Nicolas Jackson scored his fourth goal in three matches to give Chelsea a 3-2 victory over Nottingham Forest at the weekend. The 22-year-old has endured a difficult first season with the Blues since moving from Villarreal, but recently showed signs of adapting to the Premier League.Chelsea lie seventh with two matches to play, behind …
More than 90 percent of schools in Kenya reopened on Monday after flooding killed over 270 people and delayed the resumption of classes by two weeks, the government said. The East African nation has been battered by heavy rainfall since March, causing a trail of destruction and swamping entire villages. “Some students whose schools were badly affected are going …
Kenyan flood-weary schools reopen but more rains forecastMon, 13 May 2024 12:16:38 GMT Read More »
Fifty countries are meeting in France on Tuesday to discuss the lack of access to clean cooking methods worldwide which causes millions of deaths every year and fuels global warming.Some 2.3 billion people across 128 countries breathe in harmful smoke when they cook on basic stoves or over open fires, according to an International Energy …
