Addis Abeba — A delegation led by Field Marshal Berhanu Jula, Chief of General Staff of the Ethiopian National Defense Forces (ENDF), is visiting Türkiye where he met and discussed with his counterpart, Yaşar Güler, Chief of the General Staff of the Türkish Armed Forces, at the latter’s office, according to the ENDF. The delegation […]
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Washington, DC/Juba — The government of South Sudan has launched a behind-the-scenes lobbying campaign to reverse an arms embargo that was imposed by the UN Security Council in July 2018, an official at the South Sudan embassy in Washington, DC, with full knowledge of the matter and who demanded anonymity because he was not authorized […]
France’s Foreign Ministry strongly condemned the coup attempt that took place earlier this week in the West African country of The Gambia against President Adama Barrow, according to the French Foreign Ministry. “France strongly condemns the recent coup attempt against President Adama Barrow in The Gambia,” the Quai d’Orsay said in a statement. The Gambian […]
BANJUL, 19 December 2022: As part of his visit to New York, the United States of America, for the US-Africa Summit, the Honourable Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and Gambians Abroad, Dr Mamadou Tangara has had series of high-profile meetings as he continues to strengthen The Gambia’s relations with the wider world. Among those […]
Hundreds of Senegambians in the United Kingdom are currently in a state of anxiety and unease as the High Court in London finally issued a verdict in favour of the government to deport migrants that crossed the Channel into Britain to Kigali. The highly anticipated judgement has been a bone of contention over the months […]
High Court rules Government plans to deport people seeking asylum to Rwanda lawful The deal undermines international refugee law ‘… the Government’s Rwanda deal seriously undermines international refugee law and rides roughshod over the rights of people seeking asylum in the UK’ – Steve Valdez-Symonds In response to today’s High Court ruling that the Government’s […]
The United Kingdom’s plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda is lawful, the European country’s High Court has ruled. In a verdict delivered on Monday, Lord Justice Lewis said the policy, introduced under former Prime Minister Boris Johnson, was “consistent with the refugee convention”. However, he said the home secretary should look at people’s “particular […]
Judges at Britain’s High Court are set to rule on whether the UK government’s controversial plan to send asylum-seekers on a one-way trip to Rwanda is legal. Several asylum-seekers, aid groups and a border officials’ union are trying to stop the Conservative government acting on a deportation agreement between London and Kigali that aims to […]
The Atlas Lions of Morocco made history by becoming the first African side to make a World Cup semi-final, taking out one European giant after another. The North Africans began their miracle journey by defeating Belgium, the second-ranked team in the world, during the group stages before advancing to the knockout rounds for the first […]
London — The author is Executive Director, Financial Transparency Coalition The European Court of Justice on November 22, 2022, made a ruling that reversed much of the progress we have made in a decade in the fight against corruption, economic and natural resource crimes, tax abuses and other forms of illicit financial flows across the […]
The United Kingdom government has imposed sanctions on several individuals including former Police chief Gen Kale Kayihura for reportedly engaging in human rights abuses and violation. The abuses are said to have been done between 2005 and 2018 when Gen Kayihura served as police chief. “While Kayihura was in charge, he oversaw multiple units responsible […]
Brussels — Aerial Surveillance Is Enabling Interceptions, Return of Migrants to Harm The use by the EU’s border agency, Frontex, of aerial surveillance to enable the Libyan Coast Guard to intercept migrant boats, knowing that migrants and asylum seekers will face systematic and widespread abuse when forcibly returned to Libya, makes Frontex complicit in the […]
US police have arrested a Libyan man suspected of making the bomb that destroyed a passenger plane 34 years ago. Abu Agila Masud was charged two years ago for his involvement in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland that left 270 people dead. The blast on board the Boeing 747 is […]
It has become somewhat of a pattern that violence breaks out between fans and police in Belgium following Morocco World Cup matches. But what’s fueling the clashes? Following Morocco’s World Cup win over Belgium, some Morocco supporters turned violent on the streets of Belgian cities. In Brussels, a car was set ablaze and at least […]
Jörg Lange was kidnapped by jihadis in Niger more than 4 1/2 years ago and was reportedly sold to the so-called Islamic State armed group. The 63-year-old engineer is said to be in good health. German aid worker Jörg Lange — held hostage in the Sahel for more than 4 1/2 years — has been […]
Moscow (Russian Federation) — The Russian Deputy Foreign Minister and President Putin’s Special Representative to the Middle East, Mr. Mikhail Bogdanov, met yesterday a Sahrawi delegation includes Mr. Khatri Aduh, member of the National Secretariat, responsible for the political affairs of the Polisario Front, and Dr. Sidi Mohamed Omar, Member of the National Secretariat, representative […]
Juba, — The government of the United Kingdom has imposed sanctions on two county commissioners in South Sudan’s Unity State, the South Sudan News Agency (SSNA) has learned. The commissioners targetted by the UK are Koch County commissioner Gordon Koang Biel and Gatluak Nyang Hoth, who is the County Commissioner for Mayendit (Mayiandit). The two […]
Germany’s potential to invest in Africa was trumpeted at the 2022 German-Africa business summit in Johannesburg. But German foreign direct investment on the continent is stagnant. German Foreign Minister Robert Habeck opened the two-day German-Africa business summit in Johannesburg with positive words. “The government will provide additional incentives for investment in regions like southern Africa […]