Africa
Morocco king invited to Algiers summit despite tensions
Morocco said Algeria on Tuesday invited its King Mohammed VI to attend an Arab League summit in Algiers in November, at a time of tensions between the North African neighbours. The foreign ministry in Rabat said visiting Algerian Justice Minister Abderrachid Tabi had delivered a letter to Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita inviting the king to the November 1-2 summit.
Amnesty calls for Guinea sexual violence law ahead of 2009 massacre trial
Amnesty International on Tuesday urged Guinea's junta to pass a comprehensive law on violence against women and revise the definition of rape after failing to meet international obligations to combat sexual abuse.
Heavy floods ravage West Africa farmlands
Nigeria rice farmer Adamu Garba squelched barefoot through his paddy fields, surveying damage from devastating floods that have destroyed farmland across the north of the country. In northern Nigeria, Kabiru Alassan, a 19-year old farmer, said flood waters washed sand from the roads and covered his rice fields.
S.Africa's ex-president Zuma eyes political comeback
South Africa's ex-president Jacob Zuma, who is facing corruption charges and served a short stint in jail, has said he is ready for a political comeback with the ruling party.
Kenya police probe death of lawyer on trial for ICC witness tampering
Kenyan police were investigating the death of a lawyer who was on trial for allegedly bribing and intimidating witnesses in the failed International Criminal Court case against President William Ruto, an officer said Tuesday.
The long shadow cast by Rwanda genocide accused Kabuga
He has been described as the financier of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda -- a businessman who allegedly turned his vast fortune to the massacre of some 800,000 of his countrymen. At one point, his fortune was so vast that he was considered one of Rwanda's richest men.
Felicien Kabuga: Rwandan petty trader to alleged genocide financier
Felicien Kabuga, who goes on trial in the Hague on Thursday, rose from poverty to become one of Rwanda's richest men before allegedly using his wealth to fund the 1994 genocide. By 1994 he was said to be one of the richest men in Rwanda and if farmers in remote villages saved up money, they were often nicknamed "Kabuga".
Five killed in Nairobi building collapse
At least five people, including two children, were killed Monday after a six-storey building collapsed in a town on the outskirts of Kenya's capital Nairobi, a senior official said. At least three people died in December 2019 when a residential building collapsed in Nairobi.
Guinea massacre victims await justice 13 years after stadium horror
Countless Guineans have waited 13 years for the trial of former junta leader Moussa Dadis Camara and others held responsible for an appalling massacre committed on September 28, 2009. "Dadis Camara played a central role in the September 28 massacre," either by issuing the order or consenting to it, declared Human Rights Watch in 2009 after carrying out its investigation.
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