Alberto Fujimori, authoritarian former president of Peru, dies aged 86
Ex-leader was jailed in 2009 for corruption and human rights abuses but granted a humanitarian pardon last year Alberto Fujimori, Peru’s former strongman leader throughout...
Month : September 2024
Former partner accused of killing Rebecca Cheptegei dies from burns
Hospital confirms Dickson Ndiema Marangach’s death Cheptegei died four days after being set on fire Dickson Ndiema Marangach, the former partner of the Uganda runner...
Giant tortoises in Seychelles face threat from luxury hotel development
Conservationists and botanists express concern over plans for Qatari-funded upscale resort on Assomption Island The habitat of the largest giant tortoise population in the world...
Candidates to lead Commonwealth urge reparations for slavery and colonialism
Three African contenders for role of secretary general call for financial measures or reparative justice The three candidates to be the next secretary general of...
Sudanese rebels appear to be posting self-incriminating videos of torture and arson on social media
Footage that seems to show fighters glorifying abuse of prisoners with ‘little fear of consequences’ could be used in war crimes prosecutions Footage of rebel...
Religious groups ‘spending billions to counter gender-equality education’
Report reveals how US Christians, Catholic schools and Islamists fight sex education, LGBTQ+ and equal rights Extreme religious groups and political parties are targeting schools...
South African farmer accused of killing two women and feeding them to pigs
Farm owner and two employees allegedly shot dead Locadia Ndlovu and Maria Makgatho after they trespassed A South African farmer and two of his employees...
Crocodiles and snakes ‘washed into communities’ as flood hits Nigerian zoo
Park in Borno state says more than 80% of its animals have been killed and urges residents to take precautions Floods in northern Nigeria have...
Egypt and Turkey’s nascent alliance tested by new crisis in Libya
Fallout from Libyan central bank governor’s dismissal presents immediate challenge for Sisi and Erdoğan A new alliance between Egypt and Turkey designed to end a...
Anti-Maduro campaign ‘stronger than ever’ after Venezuelan election, says Machado
Opposition leader María Corina Machado said exile of key figure Edmundo González ‘changes absolutely nothing’ The Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado has insisted the...
