A truth and reconciliation commission in The Gambia on Friday recommended that ex-leader Yahya Jammeh be brought before an international tribunal for crimes allegedly committed during his 22-year dictatorship. The commission recommended “prosecuting Yahya Jammeh and his co-perpetrators in an international tribunal” in West Africa outside of The Gambia,...
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Mali’s military-dominated government on Monday launched a four-day national forum on returning the country to civilian rule following the country’s August 2020 coup. The authorities have showcased the “National Conference on Reform” as a chance for the public to foster change, but major groups have already lashed the project...
A conjoined twins have gotten a good shot at life after landing two jobs with two salaries. The twins were abandoned by their parents when they were born. Sohna and Mohna Singh, from Punjab, India, are working for the first time having received government jobs. The 19-year-old twins will...
Bangladesh police on Monday arrested the owner of an overcrowded ferry that caught fire and killed at least 39 people last week after investigators blamed the toll on a disregard for safety. The blaze broke out in the middle of the night on Friday when many of the ferry’s...
The death toll from one of the most destructive typhoons to hit the Philippines in recent years rose to 388 on Monday, the government said, as disease outbreaks threatened some of the stricken areas. Typhoon Rai struck the south and centre of the Asian nation on December 16 and...
U.S. President Joe Biden and wife Jill Biden on Sunday expressed their condolences over the death of South African anti-apartheid campaigner, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, saying his legacy would “echo throughout the ages.” “On this morning after Christmas, we are heartbroken to learn of the passing of a true servant...
UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, on Sunday mourned the death of Nobel Peace Prize laureate and retired Archbishop of Cape Town, Desmond Tutu, who died at the age of 90. In a statement issued by his spokesman, Stéphane Dujarric, the secretary-general said that he was saddened by Tutu’s death. He...
A bird flu outbreak has killed more than 2,000 wild cranes on a reserve in northern Israel, an unusually high toll for the seasonal flu, the parks authority said Sunday. In addition to the 2,000 dead, another 10,000 are believed to be infected, Ohad Hatsofe, a specialist at the...
Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities said Sunday that women seeking to travel anything other than short distances should not be offered transport unless they are accompanied by a close male relative. The guidance, issued by the Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, also called on all vehicle...
Sudanese security forces fired tear gas to disperse protesters in the capital Khartoum on Saturday as thousands of Sudanese protesters marched across the country to denounce the October military coup. It is the 10th day of major demonstrations with protests continuing even after Abdallah Hamdok was reinstated as prime...
Lebanon needs “six to seven years” to emerge from the crisis it is currently in, the country’s president has said. In a televised interview on Friday, Michel Aoun said Lebanon had reached this point as a result of “misdeeds, theft, corruption, and failures by the system” and that a...
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth has paid tribute to the late Prince Philip during her first Christmas television broadcast since the death of her husband of 73 years. The 95-year-old monarch has said that although Christmas was “a time of great happiness and good cheer for many,” it “can be hard...
Russia announced Saturday that more than 10,000 troops had finished month-long drills near Ukraine, amid Western accusations that Moscow was plotting an invasion of its ex-Soviet neighbour. The defence ministry said in a statement that the drills for Southern Military District forces had taken place in a host of...
A male surfer was killed in a shark attack in Morro Bay, California, on Christmas Eve, the Morro Bay Harbor Department confirmed to CNN. “Harbor, Police and Fire Departments responded to a report of a male victim unresponsive on the beach after he was pulled from the water suffering...
At least 16 people died when their boat overturned off the Greek island of Paros in the central Aegean Sea on Friday, in the third maritime disaster involving migrants this week, the country’s coastguard said. Authorities scrambled a search and rescue operation overnight northwest of Paros. Air and sea...
The South Korean government has pardoned former President Park Geun-hye, who was serving 22 years in prison for corruption, the country’s Justice Ministry said on Friday. Park Kyung-mi, a spokesperson for the Blue House — South Korea’s presidential office — said President Moon Jae-in considered former President Park’s worsening...
UN envoy, Ms Stephanie Williams, on Thursday said Libya’s presidential election had been postponed with a new date expected to be announced within 30 days. Williams, the deputy head of the UN Support Mission in Libya for political affairs, said this after her 10 days visit to the county...
U.S. has contributed 10 million dollars to assist the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) in its work on COVID-19 response and addressing threats to human, animal and environmental health, including future pandemics. The funding, announced on Thursday, would support the UN agency’s COVID-19 Response and Recovery Programme, part...