Wadh Kassim
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EU Court Upholds Europe-US Data Transfer Accord
In effect since 2023, the EU-US Data Privacy Framework was the bloc’s third attempt at a legal framework to protect Europeans’ personal data in exchanges with the United States.
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Burkina Faso Adopts Law Banning Homosexuality
Homosexuality is illegal in around 30 African countries but was not banned in Burkina Faso before the military seized power three years ago.
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Madagascar Receives Skull of Beheaded King Returned by France
France handed over the skulls in Paris on August 27 in the first such restitution since it passed a law in 2023 facilitating the return of human remains taken during its colonial conquests.
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Malawi’s Fuel Crisis Hangs Over Upcoming Elections
It is a scene of frustration over chronic petrol shortages and a sputtering economy that has become a black mark against President Lazarus Chakwera as he seeks a second term at September 16 elections.
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Uganda Opposition Leader Besigye Boycotts Treason Trial
Besigye, 69, is a leading opponent of President Yoweri Museveni — in power for nearly 40 years — having unsuccessfully challenged him in four elections.
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Siege Tightens on Sudan City With Fiercest RSF Assault: what we know
The western Sudanese city of El-Fasher has been under siege for more than a year by paramilitary forces seeking to capture it amid a wider war with the army that began in April 2023.
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Afghanistan Earthquake Kills More Than 800
The 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck just before midnight, rattling buildings from Kabul to neighbouring Pakistan’s capital, Islamabad.
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Morocco Set to Be First African Qualifiers For 2026 World Cup
The Moroccans top the table with 15 points from five matches in a mini-league reduced from six teams to five by the unexplained withdrawal of Eritrea before matchday 1.
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Trump Moves to Cut More Foreign Aid, Risking Shutdown
The cuts target programs of the Department of State and the United States Agency for International Development, Trump wrote in a letter to the House of Representatives.
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Thai Court Sacks PM Over Cambodia Phone Call Row
Paetongtarn, daughter of billionaire ex-prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, was suspended from office last month after being accused of failing to stand up for Thailand in a June call with powerful former Cambodian leader Hun Sen,…
