Mohamed Ziane, an ex-Moroccan minister of human rights, was sentenced to five years in prison on Friday in a corruption case that his attorney described as retribution for outspokenness and work defending political prisoners. An appeals court in Rabat handed down the sentence after a hearing in which the frail 81-year-old Ziane — once known f...
The search for survivors of a mudslide that claimed the lives of at least 229 people in southern Ethiopia continued on Tuesday. The death toll, which increased significantly from the initial count of 55, included many individuals who attempted to rescue survivors, according to local authorities. The disaster in Ethiopia's remote Kencho Shacha...
Аккра, 22 июля /Синьхуа/ -- В воскресенье в столице Ганы открылось 6-е полугодовое координационное совещание Африканского союза /АС/, на котором прозвучал призыв к миру и солидарности на континенте. На совещании, посвященном теме "Образование и повышение квалификации в Африке для 21 века", собрались представители АС, региональных экономически...
The African Union convened in Ghana on Sunday to address issues related to African integration and to establish a unified stance before engaging with the G20 and UN. Mauritania's President and current African Union Chair, Mohamed Cheikh Ghazouani, urged for the acceleration of the African integration process. He stressed the importance of exp...
Flights, banks, media outlets and companies across the world were disrupted by a major internet outage affecting Microsoft on Friday morning. The chief executive of CrowdStrike the cybersecurity company at the heart of the outage said it was gradually fixing the issue adding there was a defect in a "single content update for Windows hosts." P...
Public sector workers in Nigeria on the minimum wage will see their salaries double after the government reached an agreement on Thursday with labour unions that have been threatening further strikes as the cost of living spirals. blicThe new minimum monthly wage is set at 70,000 naira ($44), six times lower than what the unions were demandin...
The former finance minister in Mozambique has gone on trial in the US over the so-called "tuna bond" scandal which came to light in 2016. Manuel Chang, who was the country's finance minister from 2005 to 2015, is charged with taking bribes to commit his country secretly to huge loans that prosecutors say were then looted. Bribes, fraud and mo...
Niger will receive new loans from the IMF to undertake reforms to reduce risks to prospective balance of payments stability and resolve its protracted balance of payments problems. The Executive Board of the IMF completed Wednesday the Fourth and Fifth Reviews of Niger's economic and financial program supported by the Extended Credit Facility...
U.N. ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield said the U.S. is pledging $203M in the hopes of averting the crisis in Sudan to spill over into the region. Close to 9 million people have fled their homes, according to the United Nations, and more than 1 million have left the country. Thousands have been killed in a conflict overshadowed by the ones i...
In a desperate plea to end the brutal conflict with Russia, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has once again called for peace talks. This comes as Ukraine faces overwhelming military challenges and diminishing international aid, painting a bleak picture for the nation's future.Zelensky's Desperate Plea for PeacePresident Zelensky's urgent appe...
Министр иностранных дел Анголы Тете Антониу в разговоре с РИА Новости подтвердил своё участие в министерской конференции Форума партнерства "Россия - Африка", которая пройдет в Сочи.В марте посол по особым поручениям МИД РФ и руководитель секретариата Форума партнерства "Россия - Африка" Олег Озеров заявил РИА Новости, что осенью в Сочи на дв...
Министр иностранных дел Гамбии Мамаду Тангара в разговоре с РИА Новости подтвердил своё участие в министерской конференции Форума партнерства "Россия — Африка".В марте посол по особым поручениям МИД РФ и руководитель секретариата Форума партнерства "Россия — Африка" Олег Озеров заявил РИА Новости, что осенью в Сочи на двухдневной встрече глав МИД ф...
«Воевать и разрушать — очень легко. Настоящие герои — те, кто устанавливают мир и начинают строить». — Нельсон МанделаКаждый год, 18 июля, в день рождения Нельсона Манделы, ООН призывает людей во всем мире отметить Международный день Нельсона Манделы, сделав что-нибудь полезное для других людей и своей общины. У каждого из нас есть возможност...
In an address to the nation Wednesday, Haiti's Prime Minister called gangs to surrender their weapons. "Life every day in Port-au-Prince has turned into a battle for survival," Gary Conille said. According to the UN, 2,500 people, including at least 82 children, were killed, or injured because of gang violence in the first three months of the...
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni made remarks on migration and the energy crisis as she took part in the Trans-Mediterranean Migration Forum in Tripoli, Libya on Wednesday. Meloni stressed the importance of fighting against human trafficking. "There are people making lots of money using the desperation of the fragile persons. And we cann...
Rwanda's ruling coalition is leading with the highest number of seats in the legislative election with President Kagames Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF), remaining largely dominant with more than 62% of the votes. Other historic parties, notably the Liberal Party and the Social Democratic Party, received nearly 11% and 9% of the votes respectively. P...
Южная Африка (ЮАР) сообщила Великобритании, что ее планы ввести трансграничный налог на выбросы углерода на импортные товары усугубит глобальное неравенство. Об этом сообщает Bloomberg. В письме, которое ЮАР в июне текущего года направила в Казначейство Великобритании, также отмечается, что этот шаг может нарушать правила Всемирной торговой организ...
Повод для нашего сегодняшнего разговора одновременно важный и в массовом восприятии достаточно болезненный. Ресурс hh.ru провел анализ вакансий, размещаемых работодателями в привязке к географическим регионам планеты, и опубликовал достаточно неожиданные данные. Выяснилось, что российские компании и организации теперь меньше ищут работников, наприм...
The United Arab Emirates has lifted a 21-month long visa ban on Nigerians. Nigeria's information minister Mohammed Idris said Monday that the UAE's decision to lift the ban that has been in place since October 2022 came after "mutually beneficial negotiations" between both governments. He referred to "updated controls and conditions" that pro...
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov engaged in bilateral discussions with his counterparts from Hungary, Switzerland, Iran, Libya, and Kuwait during the U.N. Security Council session on Tuesday. During his meeting with Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó, Lavrov mentioned Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban's recent visit to Mosco...
