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Few places in the small African kingdom of Eswatini have a more feared reputation than the Matsapha Correctional Centre, a high-security sprawl of concrete and rust outside the capital, Mbabane.                                                       “It’s like a jungle,” a former detainee told AFP of the prison that is holding 14 men deported from the United States in the Trump …

Inside the Eswatini ‘jungle’ prison holding US deporteesFri, 07 Nov 2025 06:32:46 GMT Read More »

Leading Eswatini human rights lawyer Sibusiso Nhlabatsi likens the shadowy US expulsions of 15 men to his country, a tiny kingdom in southern Africa, to kidnappings.Since the first five deportees were flown from the United States on a military plane in July, authorities have blocked the lawyer from visiting them at the high-security prison where …

US deportations like a kidnapping, says Eswatini lawyerFri, 07 Nov 2025 06:24:14 GMT Read More »

The opposition party of Ivory Coast’s former president Laurent Gbagbo said Thursday it will boycott December parliamentary elections after a high-ranking party official was charged with “terrorist acts”.Damana Pickass was detained near Abidjan Tuesday on allegations he “called for a popular insurrection and the overthrowing of (state) institutions” linked to the October 25 presidential vote, a prosecutor …

Ivory Coast ex-leader’s party to shun polls after ally detainedFri, 07 Nov 2025 01:40:50 GMT Read More »

Ethiopia’s Afar region has said it came under attack from the forces of neighbouring Tigray, accusing it of seizing control of villages and bombing civilians, in the latest sign of internal conflict in the fractured nation.Rebels in the northern Tigray region fought a devastating civil war against the central government from 2020 to 2022 in …

Ethiopia’s Afar region says attacked by Tigray forcesThu, 06 Nov 2025 20:39:44 GMT Read More »

The International Criminal Court Thursday confirmed all 39 charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity allegedly committed by fugitive Uganda warlord Joseph Kony, including murder, enslavement, rape, and torture.The leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army spearheaded a campaign of terror across northern Uganda between July 2002 and December 2005.Under ICC procedure, a trial would …

ICC confirms charges against Ugandan warlord KonyThu, 06 Nov 2025 19:13:31 GMT Read More »

A US judge dropped criminal charges against Boeing on Thursday over deadly crashes of its 737 MAX 8 aircraft as part of an agreement between the company and prosecutors.Judge Reed O’Connor’s decision stemmed from a May 23 agreement between the Department of Justice (DoJ) and the aircraft manufacturer to resolve the case over two crashes …

US judge drops criminal charges against Boeing over 737 MAX 8 crashesThu, 06 Nov 2025 18:53:14 GMT Read More »

Angolan civic groups said Thursday the government must pay reparations for the nearly two dozen people killed and 200 wounded in days of rioting in July that were violently put down by security forces.Protests and looting erupted in the oil-rich southern African nation between July 28-30 on the sidelines of a taxi strike called to …

Angola must pay compensation to riot victims: local rights groupsThu, 06 Nov 2025 17:49:42 GMT Read More »

The International Criminal Court Thursday confirmed all 39 charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity allegedly committed by fugitive Uganda warlord Joseph Kony, including murder, enslavement, rape, and torture.The leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army spearheaded a campaign of terror across northern Uganda between July 2002 and December 2005.Under ICC procedure, a trial would …

ICC confirms charges against Ugandan warlord KonyThu, 06 Nov 2025 17:23:46 GMT Read More »

South Africa head coach Rassie Erasmus said on Thursday iconic captain Siya Kolisi’s 100th Test will not “distract” the team before they face France in the Autumn Nations Series this weekend.Kolisi made his Springbok debut in 2013 before leading the side to back-to-back Webb Ellis trophies in 2019 and 2023. The 34-year-old Sharks flanker will skipper the side for …

Kolisi 100th Test ‘no distraction’ for Erasmus’ South AfricaThu, 06 Nov 2025 14:22:36 GMT Read More »

Paul Biya, who has been president of Cameroon for 43 years, was sworn in on Thursday for an eighth term, after a contested election that sparked mass protests and subsequent repression in which several demonstrators died.The 92-year-old Biya, the world’s oldest head of state, won the October 12 with 53.7 percent of the vote, according …

Cameroon’s Biya, world’s oldest president, sworn in for 8th termThu, 06 Nov 2025 12:13:02 GMT Read More »