Khartoum, Sudan | AFP | Protest leaders were to hold talks Saturday with Sudan’s military rulers to seek a timetable for a transfer of power to a civilian administration, leading figures in the protest movement said. The talks come on the eve of the protest leaders’ planned announcement of a ruling …
Read More »Who are Sudan’s protest leaders and what are their demands?
Khartoum, Sudan | AFP | After toppling veteran Sudanese leader Omar al-Bashir and forcing his successor, General Awad Ibn Ouf, to step down, protesters have turned their wrath against the ruling military council. Who are the leaders of the protest movement which is now four months old, and what are …
Read More »Trump seethes over Mueller report
Washington, United States | AFP | A seething President Donald Trump launched a tirade Friday against the “bullshit” Mueller report on how he tried to thwart the probe into Russian interference in the 2016 election, while a leading Democratic opponent urged his impeachment. In early morning tweets, Trump called it …
Read More »Sudan protest leaders to unveil civilian ruling body on Sunday
Khartoum, Sudan | AFP | Sudanese protest leaders have announced plans to unveil a civilian body to take over from the ruling military council as demonstrators thronged Friday outside army headquarters and Washington said it would send an envoy to encourage the transition. The military council, which took power after …
Read More »One dead in attack on hospital in DR Congo Ebola outbreak
Butembo, DR Congo | AFP | A Cameroonian doctor fighting an Ebola outbreak in eastern DR Congo was killed in an attack on a hospital Friday, police said. The World Health Organization confirmed one person was killed and others injured in what chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus described as “a very …
Read More »Unemployment takes heavy toll on South Africa’s young
Johannesburg, South Africa | AFP | A large portrait of a bright-eyed young woman draped in a black graduation robe looms over a spotless, tiled lounge in Protea Glen, a suburb of Johannesburg’s Soweto township. It is a constant and gnawing reminder of potential that has gone unrealised for 10 …
Read More »Films in the running for Cannes’ top prize
Paris, France | AFP | From a zombie flick starring Iggy Pop to a tale of Chinese gangsters who decide to take over a city, these are the films vying for the top prize at the Cannes film festival next month: – The Dead Don’t Die – Jim Jarmusch’s zombie …
Read More »Rwanda Supreme Court to rule on penal code petition next week
Kigali, Rwanda | KELLY RWAMAPERA | The Supreme Court in Kigali will on Wednesday April 24, 2019 rule on a petition submitted by a Kigali lawyer against five provisions in the country’s new penal code amended after over 40 years in August 2018. Richard Mugisha filed a constitutional petition to the …
Read More »Messi looms for Liverpool, but Cardiff on Klopp’s mind for now
Porto, Portugal | AFP | Jurgen Klopp might be steeling himself for some sleepless nights as he tries to work out how to stop Lionel Messi, but for now the German can be delighted at seeing his Liverpool side extend their outstanding record in European ties under his management. Having …
Read More »Robert Mueller, the enigma who held Trump’s fate in his hands
Washington, United States | AFP | After nearly two years of leading one of the most politically charged investigations the United States has seen, into whether President Donald Trump and his campaign colluded with Russia, Robert Mueller remains an enigma. His 448-page final report makes clear Mueller saw a massive …
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