The UK government’s spending watchdog has revealed that Britain will pay at least £370 million to Rwanda as part of a plan to relocate asylum seekers there. Each of her…
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Ghana: ECG cuts electricity to parliament over $1.8m debt
The state-owned Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) on Thursday cut off power supplies to parliament, citing debts of 23 million Ghanaian cedis (US$1.8 million, £1.4 million). Debate on the President’s…
Morocco: IS militants sentenced to death in Somalia
A Somali military tribunal has sentenced six Moroccan ISIS fighters to death. If the appeal, which must be filed within one month, is not successful, the men will be executed…
Chad: Opposition leader killed in shootout
A leading critic of Chadian military leader Mahamat Deby has been killed in a gunfight with security forces, officials have announced. Yaya Dilo’s death came after the government accused him…
South Africa: Student shot dead in Johannesburg by stray bullet
A man shot two men in a parked car on a busy street near the centre of Johannesburg, South Africa, with a stray bullet, killing one university student and seriously…
Australia: Man jailed for murdering co-worker
An Australian man who stalked and murdered a former colleague has been sentenced to 36 years in prison. Ruai Sako broke into Celeste Manno’s Melbourne home in 2020 and stabbed…
Italy: Juventus midfielder Paul Pogba banned for four-year over doping
Juventus midfielder Paul Pogba has said he is “sad, shocked and heartbroken” after receiving a four-year ban from football for doping. The 30-year-old France international was provisionally suspended in September…
France: Police seize 72 guns from actor Alain Delon’s home
French police have seized 72 firearms and more than 3,000 rounds of ammunition from the home of film legend Alain Delon. A shooting range was also discovered at the actor’s…
Ecuador: Villavicencio murder ‘planned from jail’ by Los Lobos gang – prosecutors
Prosecutors investigating the murder of Ecuadorian presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio have claimed that his killing was planned from prison. They called for the indictment of six suspects (five Ecuadorian and…
Spain: Farmers demand more help over drought
Hundreds of farmers from Catalonia have travelled to the region’s capital to air their grievances, especially over the climate. “We’re in a complete drought right now,” says Xavier Oliva, an…