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US President Donald Trump has praised Liberian President Joseph Boakai for speaking “good English” and asked him where he went to school. What Trump might have missed is that Liberia shares a unique and long-standing connection with the US. English is the country’s official language and many Liberians speak with an American accent because of […]
Caster Semenya’s right to a fair hearing was violated by the Swiss Federal Supreme Court when she lost a 2020 appeal against World Athletics regulations that effectively barred her from competing, Europe’s top court has ruled. The double 800m Olympic champion won a partial victory at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in her […]
Gugu used to collect her antiretrovirals from a USAID-funded clinic in central Johannesburg. But when President Trump’s cuts to aid funding were announced earlier this year, she and thousands of other HIV-positive patients across South Africa suddenly faced an uncertain future. Gugu was lucky, the clinic where she got the medication that helps suppress her […]
There are “reasonable grounds” to believe war crimes and crimes against humanity are being committed in western Sudan, said the International Criminal Court (ICC) at the United Nations Security Council on Thursday. Targeted sexual violence against women and girls of specific ethnicities was named as one of the most disturbing findings to emerge from the […]
A man has been charged in connection with the death of a scientist after she was found seriously injured on a Dundee street. Dr Fortune Gomo, 39, who was originally from Zimbabwe, was pronounced dead at the scene of the incident, which happened on South Road at about 16:25 on Saturday. The 20-year-old suspect is […]
The US has deported eight people to South Sudan following a legal battle that saw them diverted to Djibouti for several weeks. The men – convicted of crimes including murder, sexual assault and robbery – had either completed or were near the end of their prison sentences. Only one of the eight is from South […]
Al-Qaeda affiliate Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) is the main group behind a surge in militant jihadist attacks sweeping across several West African nations, especially Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger. On 1 July, the group said it had carried out a major coordinated attack on seven military locations in western Mali, including near the borders […]
Kenya’s security forces have blocked all major roads leading into central Nairobi, ahead of planned nationwide protests. Much of the city centre is deserted, with businesses shut and a heavy security presence on the streets. Some schools have advised students to stay at home. Hundreds of early-morning commuters and overnight travellers were stranded at checkpoints, […]
Ethiopia says it has completed building a mega-dam on the Blue Nile that has long been a source of tension with Egypt and Sudan. Launched in 2011 with a $4bn (£2.9bn) budget, the dam is Africa’s biggest hydro-electric plant, and a major source of pride for Ethiopians. Ethiopia sees the dam as vital to meeting […]
Peter Rufai has been hailed as a “giant of football” after the former Nigeria goalkeeper died aged 61 on Thursday following a prolonged illness. Affectionately known as Dodo Mayana, he helped the Super Eagles win the Africa Cup of Nations in 1994 and also represented his nation at the Fifa World Cup in 1994 and […]