Sixty-five year old former Rwandan doctor to spend rest of his life in prison for 1994 genocide

Sixty-five year old former Rwandan doctor to spend rest of his life in prison for 1994 genocide

Three decades after the genocide, several witnesses travelled to Paris for the four-week trial and gave graphic descriptions of the killings in the Butare region where Rwamucyo was at the time.

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Fifty 50 years after the ‘Rumble in the Jungle’ Congolese youths still dream to scale heights of world boxing

Fifty 50 years after the ‘Rumble in the Jungle’ Congolese youths still dream to scale heights of world boxing

As Congo marks the 50th anniversary of the Rumble-in-the Jungle on Wednesday, boxing dreams live on not only in the capital, Kinshasa – where the Ali-Foreman fight happened – but also in the grassroots promotions like Nyama’s out in Goma, a city in the heart of a region that has seen decades of conflict, displacement and crisis.

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Poll fraud: Former Republican congressional candidate arrested for stealing ballots

Poll fraud: Former Republican congressional candidate arrested for stealing ballots

Before turning himself in on Tuesday morning, Larry Savage said he was innocent and described the charges as “bumped up.”

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Botswana election expected to back ruling BDP that has been in power since independence

Botswana election expected to back ruling BDP that has been in power since independence

Botswana has been held up as one of Africa’s success stories as a peaceful and stable democracy with one of the best standards of living in the region, but it is facing new economic challenges that have pushed the BDP to concede that policy change is needed.

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CNN bans conservative writer after ‘beeper’ comment to Muslim commentator

CNN bans conservative writer after ‘beeper’ comment to Muslim commentator

CNN was having a heated discussion about the Trump rally, where the racist and other demeaning language was a sign of how tensions are coming to a boil with only a week to go until a highly contested and contentious Election Day that reflects the nation’s political and cultural fissures.

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Harris: Trump is unstable, obsessed with revenge, consumed with grievance and out for unchecked power to be US president

Harris: Trump is unstable, obsessed with revenge, consumed with grievance and out for unchecked power to be US president

Kamala Harris was flanked by American flags on stage and surrounded by blue and white banners that said “FREEDOM” with a well-lit White House behind her. The crowd included older people and college students, people from overseas, from New York and from nearby Virginia. Many women came in groups with other female friends.

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Supreme Court overturns ruling of lower court that voided 2023 finance law, gives Kenya government tax nod

Supreme Court overturns ruling of lower court that voided 2023 finance law, gives Kenya government tax nod

The finance bills form the main vehicle for the government to set out revenue-raising measures, and Ruto’s administration has been relying on the 2023 finance law to continue collecting taxes after the rollback of this year’s legislation.

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HRW: Burkina Faso exposed civilians to risk during al-Qaeda-linked militia attack in which 133 villagers were killed

HRW: Burkina Faso exposed civilians to risk during al-Qaeda-linked militia attack in which 133 villagers were killed

“The massacre in Barsalogho is the latest example of atrocities by Islamist armed groups against civilians whom the government has put at unnecessary risk,” Ilaria Allegrozzi, senior Sahel researcher at Human Rights Watch, said in the report.

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Sixty years after unwinding of Jim Crow, Trump’s MAGA reminds Black voters of horrors of bloody past

Sixty years after unwinding of Jim Crow, Trump’s MAGA reminds Black voters of horrors of bloody past

It’s almost at the edge of living memory: President Lyndon Johnson signing the Civil Rights Act in July 1964, urging Americans to “close the springs of racial poison.” The legislation prohibited discrimination on the basis of race, colour, religion, sex or national origin at places serving the public – such...

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Guinea’s ruling junta dissolves 53 political parties, places 54 others under ‘observation’

Guinea’s ruling junta dissolves 53 political parties, places 54 others under ‘observation’

Col Mamadi Doumbouya has rebuffed attempts by the West and other developed countries to intervene in Africa’s political challenges, saying Africans are “exhausted by the categorizations with which everyone wants to box us in.”

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