Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo has sacked Charles Adu Boahen, the minister of state for finance, the presidency said on Monday. In a statement, the president said he had taken the…
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Colombia: Bogota’s signing of Escazu accord brings hope to land defenders
Sikuani Indigenous leader Benilde Carreno likens the destruction of her community’s native plants to “losing an arm or a leg”. Her people, located in the Colombian Orinoquia, an eastern region…
Senegal: AU Chairman President Macky Sall to attend G20 summit
African Union Chairman and Senegal President Macky Sall plans to attend the upcoming G20 summit in Bali, two government officials have said. Sall would have “two hats” at the meeting,…
Kenya: Nairobi and Pretoria to begin mutual visa-free system in January
The presidents of South Africa and Kenya say they have resolved a longstanding visa dispute and Kenyans will be able to visit South Africa visa-free for up to 90 days…
Italy: Court rejects Nigeria’s $1.1bn damages request against Eni, Shell
An appeals court in Milan has rejected Nigeria’s $1.1bn compensation request against Italian energy group Eni and British oil and gas company Shell in civil proceedings relating to a $1.3bn…
DR Congo: Kenyan peacekeepers arrive in North Kivu
Kenyan soldiers have landed in the city of Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), as part of a regional peacekeeping mission to the region. Their arrival…
Iran: Tehran pushes back against protest scrutiny at the UN
Iran has pushed back against efforts spearheaded by Western countries to scrutinise at the United Nations its handling of weeks of protests across the country. Germany and Iceland said on…
India: Killers of ex-PM Rajiv Gandhi released after court order
The last co-conspirators jailed for the 1991 assassination of former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi have been released from prison, one day after an order from the country’s Supreme Court.…
Albania: Tens of thousands of protest over rising costs
Police and protesters in Albania have scuffled in front of Prime Minister Edi Rama‘s office in Tirana after tens of thousands of people gathered there to protest against corruption and…
Turkey: Explosion in Istanbul kills six, injures 81
Six people have been killed and 81 others wounded as an explosion rocked a busy pedestrian street in central Istanbul, in an incident that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called…