S.Africa’s Zuma loses bid to prosecute chief graft attorneyWed, 07 Jun 2023 08:53:34 GMT

A South African court on Wednesday threw out ex-president Jacob Zuma’s bid to try the lead prosecutor in his much-delayed corruption case, removing another hurdle preventing the trial from moving ahead.Zuma, who served as president from 2009 to 2018 before being forced out over graft allegations, faces charges of corruption in an arms scandal dating …

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‘No woman feels safe’: sexual violence rampant in Sudan warWed, 07 Jun 2023 02:18:28 GMT

Zeinab was fleeing war-torn Sudan’s capital to seek safety when she found herself pinned to the ground, a rifle to her chest, as a paramilitary fighter raped her.”I was sure we were about to die,” she told AFP, recounting how she, her younger sister and two other women, one with an infant daughter, were all …

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