A US government contractor who worked at the State and Justice departments has been arrested on charges of spying, reportedly for Ethiopia.Abraham Teklu Lemma, 50, a US citizen of Ethiopian descent, was arrested August 24 and is charged with providing national defense information to a foreign government, the Justice Department said.The criminal complaint against Lemma, …

US govt contractor charged with spying for EthiopiaThu, 21 Sep 2023 19:46:44 GMT Read More »

Kenyan President William Ruto on Thursday urged the United Nations to quickly authorize an international security mission to Haiti, which it has agreed to lead, as the impoverished Caribbean nation suffers from devastating gang violence.”Haiti is the ultimate test of international solidarity and collective action,” Ruto told the UN General Assembly. “The international community has …

Kenya urges quick UN green light of Haiti missionThu, 21 Sep 2023 19:33:35 GMT Read More »

The head of the Central African Republic on Thursday accused the West of triggering a migration crisis by pillaging Africa’s natural resources through slavery and colonization.Taking the podium at the United Nations General Assembly, Faustin-Archange Touadera addressed the migrant crisis on the Italian island of Lampedusa, where thousands of African migrants arrived last week, overwhelming …

CAR leader blames West’s ‘plundering’ of Africa for migrant crisisThu, 21 Sep 2023 19:13:30 GMT Read More »

Libya’s flood disaster, which killed thousands in the city of Derna, also displaced more than 43,000 people, the International Organization for Migration said Thursday. A tsunami-sized flash flood broke through two ageing dams upstream from the coastal city after the Mediterranean Storm Daniel lashed the area on September 10. It razed entire neighbourhoods, sweeping untold thousands of …

Libya flood disaster displaced over 43,000 people: IOMThu, 21 Sep 2023 18:35:20 GMT Read More »

The historic Ethiopian town of Lalibela was rocked by the sound of heavy artillery on Wednesday as federal government troops fired towards areas where local militias were believed to be hiding, residents said.Lalibela, a UNESCO World Heritage site, lies in the region of Amhara, which has for months been the scene of fighting between the …

Ethiopia’s Lalibela rocked by artillery fire: residentsThu, 21 Sep 2023 17:16:30 GMT Read More »

Kenyan police said Thursday they had learned from their “mistakes” as the nation commemorated the 10th anniversary of a bloody siege at an upmarket shopping centre in the capital Nairobi.In all, 67 people were killed and more than 200 wounded after gunmen from Somalia’s Al-Shabaab jihadist group stormed the Westgate mall, spraying bullets and hurling …

Kenya marks 10 years since mall massacreThu, 21 Sep 2023 15:08:09 GMT Read More »

Senegalese President Macky Sall said Thursday a diplomatic solution in Niger was “still possible” nearly two months after a military coup toppled its democratically elected president.The West African regional bloc ECOWAS, of which Senegal is a member, has threatened to intervene militarily if diplomatic pressure to return Niger to civilian rule fails.President Mohamed Bazoum was …

Diplomatic solution in Niger ‘still possible’: Senegal presidentThu, 21 Sep 2023 14:56:41 GMT Read More »

The head of the Central African Republic on Thursday accused the West of triggering the migration crisis on his continent by pillaging its natural resources through slavery and colonization.Taking the podium at the United Nations General Assembly, Faustin Archange Touadera addressed the migrant crisis on the Italian island of Lampedusa, where thousands of African migrants …

African leader blames West’s ‘plundering’ of continent for migrant crisisThu, 21 Sep 2023 14:55:31 GMT Read More »

Springbok scrum-half Faf de Klerk said Thursday his teammates are “well prepared and eager” to get on with this weekend’s eagerly awaited Pool B encounter with Ireland in Paris.Defending champions South Africa opened their World Cup account with a hard-fought 18-3 win over Scotland and followed that with a 76-0 demolition of Romania. Ireland, meanwhile, have …

South Africa ‘eager’ for Ireland crunch: De KlerkThu, 21 Sep 2023 12:29:54 GMT Read More »

In the photo that got him arrested, Gift Ostallos Siziba is sporting wide sunglasses and the jersey of his favourite football team, Zimbabwe’s Highlanders.”We fear fokol” (slang for “nothing”) read the caption the opposition lawmaker posted on social media this month, as the squad from Bulawayo readied to face its bitter rivals, the Dynamos. After the …

Zimbabwe opposition faces wave of arrests after disputed voteThu, 21 Sep 2023 10:40:29 GMT Read More »