A video of Abu Trica's Swedru mansion went viral after his release on bail, showing the once-bustling compound completely deserted with none of his cars in sight.
A celebrated professor, Nkechy Ezeh, has been found guilty of siphoning $1.4m donor funds meant for kids’ meals in the US. She has received a 70-month jail term.
"It's just words, words," complains Pino D'Aietti, who like many residents of the tiny island of Lampedusa feels abandoned by Italy's politicians -- except when a surge in migrant arrivals makes the headlines. But there is a sense of disillusionment here, an island of just 6,000 residents out in the middle of the Mediterranean.
The peace deal Senegal has signed with rebels from the country's south is "an important step" towards permanent peace in the home of one of Africa's oldest active rebellions, a mediator said Friday. "This is an important step towards definitive peace," mediator and former Senegalese cabinet minister Robert Sagna told private Senegalese radio station Iradio.
The Malian army and "white-skinned soldiers" were involved in the deaths of 33 civilians, according to an expert report to the UN seen by AFP Friday. Two other operations the panel investigated involved the presence of "white-skinned soldiers", according to testimonies.
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