Democratic Republic of Congo President Tshisekedi has appointed Major General Floribert Kisembo Bahemuka (WHO DIED in 2011) as head of military operations in the Province of Equateur. The announcement has…
Rwanda: MPs oppose contraceptives for 15-year-olds
Rwandan parliament has rejected a bill to amend a 2016 law to allow contraceptives to be given to girls from the age of 15. A group of MPs had introduced…
Venezuela: 7.1m leave the country since 2015
More than seven million Venezuelans have left their homeland since 2015 amid an ongoing economic and political crisis, according to new UN data. More than half of them face challenges…
Japan: Heritage worker backs car into the oldest toilet at Kyoto temple
A man whose job it is to help preserve Japan’s cultural heritage has accidentally smashed his car into the country’s oldest toilet at a centuries-old Buddhist temple. The communal loo…
Indonesia: Stadium where 131 died to be demolished
Indonesia has announced plans to demolish the stadium where at least 131 football fans died and hundreds were injured in a stampede this month. President Joko Widodo said the Kanjuruhan…
Ethiopia: Federal army seizes three towns in Tigray
Ethiopia says its soldiers have seized three towns in the northern Tigray region from forces it has been fighting in the 23-month civil war. It has promised to take “maximum…
Kenya: 85 Kenyan women died within 3 months in Saudi Arabia – ministerial candidate
Eighty-five Kenyan women working abroad – mostly in Saudi Arabia – have died in the past three months, a politician has told parliament. Alfred Mutua, who is currently being vetted…
France: Remains of a 12-year-old girl found in a box
A 12-year-old schoolgirl’s body was found on Friday in a container in the courtyard of her apartment building. The girl, named Lola, had spent the day normally at school. Her…
Russia: Plane crashes into apartment block killing 13
At least 13 people have now died after a Russian fighter-bomber plane crashed into an apartment block in the southern Russian town of Yeysk, officials say. The two pilots of…
Germany: U-turn on phasing out nuclear power amid energy crisis
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has ordered the country’s three remaining nuclear power stations to keep operating until mid-April, as the energy crisis sparked by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine hurts the…