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Gunmen abduct 25 from church in northwest Nigeria

admin | May 9, 2023

By AFP Gunmen attacked a Baptist church in northwest Nigeria, kidnapping 25 worshippers from a Sunday service, a senior church leader said on Monday. The attack was the latest mass abduction in Nigeria, where insecurity is one of the top challenges facing incoming president Bola Tinubu who takes office at […]

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Russia, Ukraine report drone attacks as Zelensky visits ICC

admin | May 4, 2023

By AFP Kyiv and Moscow reported drone attacks Thursday including two that sparked fires in Russian oil refineries, as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visited The Hague to lobby for more support. Zelensky’s surprise visit to meet top officials of the International Criminal Court, which has issued an arrest warrant for […]

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Zimbabwean opposition leader Jacob Ngarivhume jailed ahead of polls

admin | April 29, 2023

By AFP A Zimbabwe court on Friday sentenced an opposition politician to four years in prison for inciting public violence over a 2020 protest call he posted on Twitter. Jacob Ngarivhume, leader of small opposition party Transform Zimbabwe, tweeted a call for nationwide anti-government protests over corruption and the country’s […]

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Cleopatra was light-skinned, Egypt tells Netflix in row over drama

admin | April 28, 2023

By AFP Egypt’s antiquities ministry insisted on Thursday that Cleopatra had “white skin and Hellenistic characteristics” in an ongoing row over a Netflix drama-documentary depicting the famed beauty of antiquity as black. “Queen Cleopatra”, produced by Jada Pinkett Smith and starring Adele James, is due for release on the streaming […]

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South Africa backtracks on quitting ICC after communication ‘error’

admin | April 26, 2023

By AFP South Africa is not planning to quit the International Criminal Court, as earlier suggested by President Cyril Ramaphosa, his office said Tuesday, citing a communication error from the ruling ANC party. Hours earlier, Ramaphosa had said his African National Congress (ANC) had decided to withdraw South Africa from […]