Category: World
France seeks UN resolution naming Rwanda as backer of M23 rebels in DRC
France is seeking western support for a UN security council resolution that names Rwanda as being behind the M23 rebel group attacks inside the Democratic [more…]
One of Europe’s most-wanted drug traffickers living in Sierra Leone, say Dutch prosecutors
One of Europe’s most wanted men, the Dutch crime boss Jos Leijdekkers, is hiding out in Sierra Leone, Dutch prosecutors have said. The statement came [more…]
DRC conflict: M23 rebels enter Goma after claiming capture of city – as it happened
a post on X, spokesperson Patrick Muyaya said the DRC forces were working to prevent “carnage and loss of human life”, and he also called [more…]
Refugee’s justice hopes ‘crushed’ after Italy releases Libya war crimes suspect
A man who says he experienced abuses at a notorious prison in Tripoli at the hands of the head of Libya’s judicial police, Osama Najim, [more…]
Rwandan-backed rebels M23 claim capture of eastern DRC city Goma
Fighters from the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group claim to have taken the eastern city of Goma after a lightning advance [more…]
Panic and defiance in Panama after Trump threatens to ‘take back’ canal
From a modern control room high above the canal expansion – overlooking the Cocolí locks, then lakes, rainforest canopy and, eventually, the Atlantic ocean – [more…]
At least six people seriously injured on flight from Nigeria to Washington DC
Multiple people were injured on a United Airlines flight heading from Lagos, Nigeria, to Washington DC last week. In a statement released on Friday, the [more…]
Rwandan army ‘ready to invade DRC’ and help rebels seize city
Large numbers of troops from Rwanda have been pouring across the border into the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to help rebels seize the [more…]
Ontario premier Doug Ford to call snap election to fight Trump tariff threat
The Ontario premier, Doug Ford, has said an early election is needed in the Canadian province in order to fend off an income “attack” from [more…]
Belize removes Queen Elizabeth’s image on banknotes as ‘step in decolonisation’
Belize has taken a “significant step” toward removing the remnants of colonialism by replacing the image of the late Queen Elizabeth on its dollar bills [more…]
