Tag: Africa

Rescuers say the fatal explosion occurred after a tanker carrying LPG got caught under a bridge near a hospital and residential homes. At least 10 people were killed and 40…

The statement came after the military government ordered senior UN official Barbara Manzi to leave Burkina Faso immediately. The United Nations said Burkina Faso had no basis for ordering senior…

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte apologized on behalf of the Dutch government on Monday for the Netherlands’ role in slavery and the slave trade. In…

CNN — A Russian citizen closely associated with the Wagner group led by Evgeny Prigozhin was injured in an assassination attempt in the Central African Republic, according to Prigozhin and…

Paramaribo, Suriname (AP) — Dutch settlers kidnapped men, women and children and enslaved them on plantations growing sugar, coffee and other commodities. On Monday, the Netherlands is expected to be…

WASHINGTON — President Biden drew attention to African leaders on Thursday by jokingly saying he plans to visit their continent but he may greedily “eat your food.” . The 80-year-old…

CNN — Amnesty International has warned that the declining health of imprisoned British-Egyptian activist Alaa Abd El-Fatah will dominate the next COP27 summit if Egyptian authorities do not intervene. Fear…

CNN — As world leaders gather in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, for the United Nations’ annual climate summit, researchers, advocates, and the United Nations itself are determined to halt global warming…

The European Union has accused the Wagner Group of committing serious human rights abuses in Ukraine, Africa, Syria and Libya. The previously secretive Russian private mercenary unit Wagner Group has…

CNN — Egypt faces a barrage of criticism over what rights groups say is a crackdown on protesters and activists as it prepares to host the COP27 climate summit from…