US Senate Warns on Tanzania’s Crackdowns Ahead of 2025 Elections
Earlier this month, Tanzania strongly denied allegations of human rights violations during a session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva
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West Africans Deported by US to Ghana Dumped in Togo Without Papers
Eight to 10 west African nationals have since been forcibly sent by Ghana to Togo, bypassing a formal border crossing and left on the street without passports.
Netanyahu Refutes Claims Of Committing Genocide In Gaza
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the UN Friday denied accusations of “genocide” in Gaza and using “starvation” as a tactic, insisting Israel was actually feeding the people of the devastated Palestinian territory.
14 killed, 152 missing in Taiwan after barrier lake burst
At least 14 people were killed when a decades-old lake barrier burst in Taiwan, a government official said Wednesday, after Super Typhoon Ragasa pounded the island with torrential rain.
French media giant Canal+ takes over S.Africa’s Multichoice
French media giant Canal+ said Monday it had taken effective control of South African television and streaming company MultiChoice, creating a group present in nearly 70 countries in Africa, Europe and Asia.
Egypt’s Sisi Pardons Activist Alaa Abdel Fattah
The 43-year-old British-Egyptian national, who was pardoned alongside five others, was a leading figure in Egypt’s 2011 uprising and has been repeatedly jailed since.
China Prepares to Evacuate 400,000 as Super Typhoon Makes Landfall in Philippines
The Philippines is the first major landmass facing the Pacific cyclone belt, and the archipelago is hit by an average of 20 storms and typhoons each year, putting millions of people in disaster-prone areas in a state of constant poverty.
Thousands take to streets as Philippines protests flood control fraud
Thousands of Filipinos marched in Manila on Sunday to vent their anger over a ballooning scandal involving bogus flood-control projects…
Lyles, Tebogo Sail Into World 200m Final But Gout Out
Noah Lyles kept alive his bid to match Usain Bolt’s record of four consecutive world 200 metres titles as he scorched to the fastest time of the year of 19.51sec in the semi-finals on Thursday.
Attacker Kills Two at Jordan-West Bank Border: Israeli Medics
An assailant who arrived in a truck carrying humanitarian aid from Jordan shot dead two men Thursday at the main border crossing between the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Jordan, the Israeli military and medics said.
