East and Southern African traditional chiefs share experiences on how their communities co-exist with wildlife
Traditional leaders from East and Southern Africa met in Amboseli, Kenya, in the second week of December to share ideas and experiences that ensure both people and wildlife co-exist in their habitats. The meeting was convened by IFAW was attended by, among others, Senior Chief Felix Lukwa of Kasungu from...
French police detain suspect in journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s murder as Saudi embassy queries the arrest
A Saudi man held at a Paris airport over suspected links to the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi was arrested because his passport triggered an alert, a police source said on Wednesday, after Saudi Arabia said it was a case of mistaken identity. French law enforcement sources have named the...
US slaps sanctions on senior government officials in Iran, Syria and Uganda for human rights abuses
The United States imposed this week sanctions on more than a dozen people and entities in Iran, Syria and Uganda, accusing them of being connected to serious human rights abuses and repressive acts. In an action marking the week of the US Summit for Democracy, the Treasury Department said in...
Goal-starved Arsenal switch interest from European targets to young Brazilian striker Yuri Alberto
Arsenal are reportedly interested in trying to push through a deal to sign Internacional striker Yuri Alberto in one of the next two transfer windows. The Gunners are on the lookout for a new striker and have been linked with the likes of Dominic Calvert-Lewin, Jonathan David, Alexander Isak and...
‘Mysterious hut’ captured by Chinese rover stokes conspiracy theories of alien’s habitat on the moon
In an act of sheer lunar-cy, some people reckon there’s an actual alien hut on the surface of the moon. Pictures beamed back to Earth from the Chinese Yutu-2 lunar rover, which currently calls the far side of the moon home, show something mysterious. It’s a cube-shaped structure (or, most...
Trial of 20 who plotted to kill Madagascar president Rajoelina begins in capital Antananarivo
Twenty people, including two French nationals, were charged on Monday with plotting to kill Madagascar’s president and other offences as their trial began in the Indian Ocean Island nation. Madagascar has a history of political violence. Former coup leader Andry Rajoelina, 44, was sworn in as president in 2019 after...
Senior British journalists under fire for trying to ‘bury’ PM Johnson’s Christmas party during Covid lockdown
Dominic Cummings has accused senior political journalists of trying to “bury” the story of an alleged Christmas party in Downing Street because they were there. The Prime Minister’s former top aide – now a regular critic of Boris Johnson’s government – suggested Number 10 is lying about the gatherings, which...
Irritated Mikel Arteta rates Arsenal’s performance against Everton as too passive to win a match
Mikel Arteta has slammed Arsenal’s “sloppy” performance in Monday night’s Premier League defeat to Everton, while he played down the significance of Ben Godfrey’s clash with Takehiro Tomiyasu. The Gunners took the lead at Goodison Park on the stroke of half-time just moments after Everton had a goal ruled out...
Arsenal goalkeepers Aaron Ramsdale and Bernd Leno are at peace with each other, despite swapping berths
Aaron Ramsdale says Bernd Leno is “perfect” with him despite displacing his Arsenal teammate as No.1 goalkeeper. Ramsdale arrived at the Emirates in the summer after Arsenal struck a deal worth up to £30 million with Sheffield United to sign the 23-year-old. Although Leno, 29, started in the defeats to...
It was brisk business for Top 100 military hardware makers despite coronavirus economic shocks
Despite the global economy contracting amid the upheaval caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, the world’s top 100 arms producers increased sales slightly in 2020, to $531 billion, according to new data released by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). This amounted to an increase of 1.3 per cent in...
