Polish hostage freed in Burkina Faso
In recent years many foreign nationals have been taken hostage in Burkina Faso, which has faced jihadist attacks since 2015 that have left thousands dead and displaced 1.9 million people.
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Release ‘illegally’ detained Tigrayans: Ethiopia rights group
The 8,560 men, women and children there had been subjected to “illegal and arbitrary arrests” on the basis of their ethnic identity and detained since December, said the EHRC.
Singer R. Kelly gets 30 years in jail over sex crimes
Kelly, a three-time Grammy Award-winner, chose not to speak at the hearing due to pending litigation.
The sentence comes just over a month before jury selection is due to start in Kelly’s separate, long-delayed federal trial in Chicago on August 15.
In that case, Kelly and two of his former associates are alleged to have rigged the singer’s 2008 pornography trial and hid years of sexual abuse of minors.
R. Kelly, the top-selling R&B star who dodged sex allegations for years
Kelly has long been rumored to be illiterate, which was repeatedly raised during the Brooklyn trial, despite 14 solo albums to his name.
His former attorney said Kelly writes in phonetic notes rather than standard English.
Egypt sentences man to death over high-profile femicide
The verdict was met with celebrations in front of the courthouse in Mansoura, videos published by local media showed.
The crime has triggered widespread anger in Egypt and beyond, and was followed by a similar on-campus shooting of a female student in Jordan a few days later.
At least 14 migrants die as boat catches fire in Senegal
The town’s chief nurse, Bourama Faboure, said that 21 people had been injured, including four who suffered second-degree burns
Lukaku ‘very happy’ as he arrives in Milan ahead of Inter return
Chelsea agreed to a reported deal in which Inter will pay an initial eight million euros ($8.42 million) plus a further potential three million euros in bonuses for the loan.
Tunisia’s former premier Jebali released from custody: lawyer
Jebali was arrested Thursday in Sousse, a coastal city south of the capital Tunis, on charges of money laundering in connection with transfers of foreign funds to a charity in Tunisia, according to the interior ministry.
Algeria announces discovery of ‘important’ gas deposit
The deposit is estimated to have between 100 and 340 billion cubic metres of gas condensate, the statement said.
