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Dozens of migrants left Italian-run facilities in Albania on Saturday after judges in Rome refused to approve their detention, in another setback for Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.An Italian boat carrying 43 migrants departed from the Albanian port of Shengjin for the Italian port of Bari, according to an AFP journalist.The migrants arrived in Albania on …

Dozens of migrants leave Albania after Italian court rulingSat, 01 Feb 2025 16:06:44 GMT Read More »

Germany’s former president Horst Koehler, who also once headed the International Monetary Fund and was a strong backer of Africa, died Saturday aged 81 after a brief illness.Koehler, head of state from 2004 to 2010, passed away in Berlin in the early hours, surrounded by his family, the Germany presidency announced.President Frank-Walter Steinmeier led tributes …

Horst Koehler, German ex-president and IMF chief, dead at 81Sat, 01 Feb 2025 14:34:07 GMT Read More »

Germany’s former president Horst Koehler, who served as head of state from 2004 to 2010 and was a strong backer of Africa, died on Saturday aged 81 after a brief illness. “With the death of Horst Koehler, we have lost a highly esteemed and extremely popular person who achieved great things –- for our country and …

German ex-president Horst Koehler dead at 81Sat, 01 Feb 2025 11:51:39 GMT Read More »

Uganda’s president condemned on Saturday a Supreme Court ruling that civilians cannot be tried in military court, while the army said it would continue court martialling ex-presidential candidate Kizza Besigye.Besigye was once President Yoweri Museveni’s trusted personal doctor but has become a government target since joining the opposition 25 years ago and unsuccessfully running for …

Military trial of Uganda opposition leader to continue despite court rulingSat, 01 Feb 2025 11:49:59 GMT Read More »

Mathias Azonnoudo, a 50-year-old farmer in Benin, was taking a break sitting on a large pile of freshly picked cotton, which the government hopes will feed the country’s nascent textile revolution.Azonnoudo and other farmers in the West African country have benefited from a recent uptick in demand for cotton, with the government seeking to launch …

Benin seeks home-grown cotton ‘revolution’Sat, 01 Feb 2025 06:26:41 GMT Read More »

The Rwandan-backed M23 group on Friday advanced south after seizing the biggest city in mineral-rich eastern DR Congo, in violence that according to the United Nations has killed at least 700 people in less than a week.The M23 took Goma, capital of North Kivu province, after intense fighting this week and has pushed further, vowing …

Rwanda-backed M23 pushes on in DR CongoFri, 31 Jan 2025 20:44:10 GMT Read More »

A Swiss court convicted Trafigura and three people linked to the commodities trading firm of corruption in Angola, in what campaigners hailed Friday as a “historic” first in Switzerland.A Trafigura statement expressed disappointment at the ruling and said it was reviewing judgment. The lawyer for one former director with the company said he would appeal …

Swiss court convicts Trafigura of corruption in AngolaFri, 31 Jan 2025 20:06:28 GMT Read More »

Wearing T-shirts and flip-flops, scores of young men lined up outside a stadium in eastern DR Congo on Friday, ready to take on the latest armed group to unleash bloodshed and terror in this violence-scarred, mineral-rich corner of Africa.”I am ready to die for my country,” said Juvenal Bahati Muhigirwa Ndagano as he waited to …

Volunteers in east DRC line up to join fight against M23Fri, 31 Jan 2025 19:39:59 GMT Read More »

The world’s most followed TikToker, Khaby Lame, on Friday was named as ambassador for the UN children’s agency as he visited Senegal, where the Italian influencer was born.The 24-year-old holds top spot on the TikTok app, with 162.8 million followers and has risen to fame for his short silent videos mocking the convoluted tutorials of …

TikTok king Khaby Lame joins UNICEF as goodwill ambassadorFri, 31 Jan 2025 18:59:51 GMT Read More »

After seizing the biggest city in eastern DR Congo, the Rwandan-backed armed group M23 was advancing south through a neighbouring province on Friday, as young men volunteered to fight against it alongside the struggling Congolese army.The group took Goma, the capital of North Kivu province, after intense fighting earlier this week and has vowed to …

Rwanda-backed M23 advances in DRC as volunteers rally to fight backFri, 31 Jan 2025 17:40:33 GMT Read More »