‘Immense mess’: Italy defies ICC warrants of arrest for Libyan warlord wanted for war crimes

‘Immense mess’: Italy defies ICC warrants of arrest for Libyan warlord wanted for war crimes

Al-Masri was arrested in Turin on the ICC warrant on January 19 at 9:30am, the day after he arrived in the country from Germany to watch a soccer match. The Italian government has said Rome’s court of appeals ordered him released January 21 because of a technical problem in the way that the ICC warrant was transmitted, having initially bypassed the Italian justice ministry.

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Rwandan-backed M23 rebels capture Nyabibwe city, 100km away from Bukavu in eastern Congo

Rwandan-backed M23 rebels capture Nyabibwe city, 100km away from Bukavu in eastern Congo

Neighbouring Uganda also has deployed soldiers inside Congo, with hundreds in Ituri province in the northeast since 2021 to fight the Allied Democratic Forces, another armed group, with the authorisation of Congo’s president. Col Deo Akiiki, deputy spokesman for the Ugandan military, says there had been no new deployments of soldiers to Congo in recent weeks.

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Seven months after public protests over taxes and appetite for borrowing, Kenya’s extravagant regime is in talks with IMF for new loans

Seven months after public protests over taxes and appetite for borrowing, Kenya’s extravagant regime is in talks with IMF for new loans

The decision by the administration of US President Donald Trump to freeze foreign aid could hit Kenya hard as it lacks the fiscal space to replace the funding, Mbadi said, adding that he hoped the United States would reconsider.

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UN Multinational Security Support mission faces crunch as US freezes funding for fighting Haiti’s gangs

UN Multinational Security Support mission faces crunch as US freezes funding for fighting Haiti’s gangs

The Trump administration has not yet said whether it supports making the MSS a UN mission, and China and Russia have opposed doing so.

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Contraband copper impounded in Kenya’s Mombasa seaport as country’s international profile as a conduit of illicit mineral trade grows

Contraband copper impounded in Kenya’s Mombasa seaport as country’s international profile as a conduit of illicit mineral trade grows

The police did not reveal the origin of the copper. However, Kisangani province in southern Congo has been for a long time been synonymous with copper, the same as the Shinyanga region in Tanzania’s north.

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Trump’s expansionist rhetoric meets with resistance in ME where he wants US to take over Gaza Strip

Trump’s expansionist rhetoric meets with resistance in ME where he wants US to take over Gaza Strip

The US taking a direct stake in Gaza would run counter to long-time policy in Washington and for much of the international community, which has held that Gaza would be part of a future Palestinian state that includes the occupied West Bank.

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Spiritual leader of Ismaili Muslims whose riches enabled horse racing glory, The Aga Khan, dies at 88

Spiritual leader of Ismaili Muslims whose riches enabled horse racing glory, The Aga Khan, dies at 88

The Aga Khan set up the Aga Khan Development Network in 1967. The group of international development agencies employs 80,000 people helping to build schools and hospitals and providing electricity for millions of people in the poorest parts of Africa and Asia.

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China ready to harm US economy: Beijing slaps Google, other US firms with hefty tariffs as trade tensions escalate

China ready to harm US economy: Beijing slaps Google, other US firms with hefty tariffs as trade tensions escalate

Separately, China’s Commerce Ministry said it had put PVH Corp, the holding company for brands including Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger and US biotechnology firm Illumina on its “unreliable entity” list.

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Terror threats in neighbouring countries, rise in mining creates need for trained explosives experts in Kenya

Terror threats in neighbouring countries, rise in mining creates need for trained explosives experts in Kenya

Most of the blasting using illegal explosives is done by untrained blasters with little knowledge and sometimes results in tragic outcomes for the blasters and the miners.

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