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Mar 10, 2022Environment

‘It’s astonishing’: endangered bat not seen in 40 years found in Rwanda

{Hill’s horseshoe bat, which conservationists feared was extinct, discovered clinging to life in Nyungwe rainforest.}

Dec 3, 2020News

Former French president, Valéry Giscard d’Estaing dies after Covid-19 diagnosis

{The former French president Valéry Giscard d’Estaing, a key architect of European integration in the early 1970s, has died at the age of 94 after contracting Covid-19.}

Apr 3, 2020News

North Korea's coronavirus-free claim met with scepticism

North Korea remains totally free of the coronavirus, a senior health official in Pyongyang has insisted, despite mounting scepticism over the claim as known cases of infection topped one million worldwide.

Sep 6, 2019News

Robert Mugabe, former Zimbabwe president, dies aged 95

Final years in power were characterized by financial collapse, surges of violent intimidation and a vicious internal power struggle

Dec 24, 2017News

North Korea declares new UN sanctions are 'act of war'

The latest United Nations sanctions against North Korea are an act of war and tantamount to a complete economic blockade, the country’s foreign ministry said on Sunday, threatening to punish those who supported the measure.

Mar 3, 2017Justice

Man who lied about role in 1994 genocide against Tutsi faces deportation after prison

{Gervais Ngombwa, who claimed he was a victim in 1994 genocide against Tutsi in order to gain refugee status, was actually ‘an active participant’, Iowa judge said.} A Rwandan man who lied to gain entry into the US after helping slaughter scores of people during the 1994 genocide against Tutsi must serve 15 years behind […]

Mar 1, 2017News

'Fake news' fuelled civil war in Burundi. Now it's being used again

{Exiled journalists tell of how decades of balanced post-conflict reporting is being dismantled by President Nkurunziza.} As a journalist, it is Aline’s job to report on her country and president, but she doesn’t know how to without getting killed. Pierre Nkurunziza is Burundi’s fearsome, undemocratic president who stands accused of inciting ethnic tensions while dismissing […]

Feb 17, 2017Politics

DRC minister says country 'can't afford' to hold election this year

{Budget minister’s warning on poll funds comes after death of key opposition figure and amid fears over fragile political deal.} Repeatedly delayed elections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo face another obstacle after the budget minister said he doubted whether the country could find the funds to hold a poll this year. Pierre Kangudia […]

Feb 3, 2017Politics

Death of veteran DRC opposition leader jeopardises political deal

{Étienne Tshisekedi was set to oversee transition of presidential power but his death means widespread unrest is likely.} A fragile political deal aimed at averting serious civil conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo has been jeopardised by the death of veteran opposition leader Étienne Tshisekedi in Brussels. Tshisekedi, who was 84, was the principal […]

Dec 26, 2016Justice

Egypt sentences two to life for Red Sea hotel attack

{Egypt Sunday sentenced to life two men linked to the Islamic State group for plotting an attack on a Red Sea resort hotel during which three tourists were hurt, a court official said.} The men armed with knives stormed the restaurant of the Bella Vista hotel in Hurghada last January as tourists were having dinner, […]