Burundi threatens to quit UN Human Rights Council, sue critics
Burundi, beset by accusations of crimes sagainst humanity, threatened on Monday to withdraw from the U.N. Human Rights Council
Italian priest kidnapped along Niger-Burkina Faso border
An Italian priest was kidnapped overnight in south Niger, near the border with Burkina Faso, a Nigerien government spokesman said
Zimbabwe opposition walks out of Mnangagwa address
Zimbabwean opposition lawmakers walked out of President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s state of the nation address to parliament on Tuesday. The action
South Africa footballer Dolly undergoes successful surgery
Montpellier and South Africa midfielder Keagan Dolly has undergone successful surgery on his fractured fibula. The 25-year-old is set to
Former UBS trader convicted of fraud avoids deportation to Ghana for now
Kweku Adoboli, a former UBS trader jailed for a $2.25 billion fraud, has won a temporary reprieve from deportation to
U.K. suspends aid to Zambia amid corruption investigation
The UK government has frozen all funding to Zambia citing alleged fraud and corruption. British High Commissioner to Zambia Fergus
Defense touts Ugandan war crimes defendant as a victim
A lawyer defending an alleged commander in Uganda’s shadowy Lord’s Resistance Army accused of crimes including murder, sexual slavery and
South African court rules personal use of marijuana is not a criminal offence
The constitutional court in South Africa on Tuesday delivered a judgment that private use of marijuana, locally referred to as dagga,
Kenyans living with albinism seek justice against attackers
While Kenya has made significant progress in responding to attacks against persons with albinism, a United Nations reports suggests
Algeria, Germany seek ways to speed up deportations
Algeria’s prime minister, Ahmed Ouyahia told the visiting Germany chancellor Angela Merkel his country would take back all its citizens