Taliban renounce al Qaeda and ISIS, vow Afghanistan will not host the extremists
Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers said on Tuesday there was no evidence of Islamic State or al Qaeda militants being in the country, days after Islamic State claimed responsibility for bomb attacks in the eastern city of Jalalabad. Since toppling the Western-backed government in Kabul last month, the Taliban have faced pressure...
Although Khartoum has agreed to hand over Bashir to ICC, competing domestic interests remain a hurdle
The Sudanese government is performing a delicate balancing act in the interests of advancing justice during a complex political transition. The question when, where and how ousted President Omar al Bashir will face criminal justice crimes against humanity. In August, Sudan’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Mariam al-Sadiq al-Mahdi announced that...
Fear grips Burundi capital after a series of explosions that claimed three lives, injured scores
A series of explosions hit Burundi’s commercial capital, killing at least three people and injuring dozens on Monday evening, police and media reports said, the latest in a string of attacks. The blasts in Bujumbura followed a deadly grenade explosion in a bar in the capital Gitega on Sunday and...
US Justice Dept rules assets seized from Equatorial Guinea VP to pay for vaccine, medicine
The US Department of Justice says it will use money from assets seized from Equatorial Guinea Vice President Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue, which the DOJ alleges Obiang obtained through corruption. Of that amount, $19.25 million will go to the United Nations to buy Covid-19 vaccines, and $6.35 million will pay...
Washington raises concerns about standoff between Somalia’s president and prime minister
The United States has called on the president and prime minister of Somalia to resolve their “dispute,” so as not to further delay the country’s electoral process, with the African nation’s presidential election scheduled for October 10. “Cooperation among Somalia’s leaders – particularly President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed ‘Farmaajo’ and Prime...
Rising tennis star Emma Raducanu delays her return to the court after her stunning US Open triumph
Emma Raducanu has delayed her return to tennis action following her magnificent US Open victory earlier this month after pulling out of next week’s Chicago Fall Classic event. Raducanu won her first ever Grand Slam at Flushing Meadows without dropping a single set and her potential return to action was...
End the humanitarian crisis in Tigray or face punitive sanctions, President Biden warns Ethiopia
The United States has paved the way for further sanctions to be imposed on parties to the conflict in northern Ethiopia, where thousands have been killed and millions are in need of humanitarian assistance. A new executive order allows Washington to take punitive action against those in the Ethiopian and...
Somalia’s president berates Djibouti for ‘illegally’ detaining his security advisor
Somalia’s President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed has accused neighbouring Djibouti of illegally detaining his national security advisor, a criticism which appeared linked to a destabilising row between the president and his prime minister. Djiboutian authorities held the advisor, Fahad Yasin, preventing him from travelling to Mogadishu by air, the director of...
‘Only the sovereign people of Guinea will decide its destiny’, defiant Guinea ruling junta tells off critics
Guinea’s ruling junta has ruled out exile for detained former President Alpha Conde and said transition towards civilian rule would be done in accordance with “the will of the people”.The statement from the ruling council came in defiance of international pressure for Conde’s release and a six-month timetable for elections...
Taliban mullahs replace women ministry with that of Guidance, Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice
Workers in the Afghan capital Kabul replaced signs for the country’s women’s ministry with those for the Taliban’s moral police on Friday, as female former employees of the department said they had been locked out of the building. A sign for the building was covered by a replacement in a...
