By News Agencies COTONOU, Dec 7 :Benin’s government said on Sunday that its armed forces had foiled a coup attempt after a group of soldiers briefly appeared on national television claiming to have seized power. The attempt adds to rising threats against democratic rule in West Africa, where militaries have taken control in Niger, Burkina…
Deaths came after miners rushed a makeshift bridge at the Kalando mine in southeastern Lualaba province, official says. By News Agencies At least 32 people have been killed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), according to officials, after a bridge at a copper and cobalt mine collapsed due to overcrowding. The incident occurred…
Reuters JAKARTA, Nov 15 – A landslide after heavy rains in Central Java killed 11 people, Indonesia’s disaster management agency said on Saturday, adding that rescuers were searching for a dozen who are still missing. The landslide in the city of Cilacap on Thursday buried a dozen houses in Cibeunying village, Antara previously reported the…
Reuters A suicide bomber killed 12 people and wounded 27 others in Pakistan’s capital on Tuesday, in what officials described as a sharp escalation of militant violence that has pushed the country into a “state of war.” The attack, the first to target civilians in Islamabad in a decade, struck outside a busy lower court…
BBC NEWS A new chapter in South Africa’s long-running Zuma saga is set to begin with the 43-year-old daughter of the former president due to go on trial this week on terrorism-related charges. In what is believed to be a first for the country, Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla is being prosecuted over what she wrote on social…
Reuters A powerful tornado accompanied by strong winds and heavy rain struck Brazil’s southern state of Paraná, killing six people, the state government confirmed on Saturday. The town of Rio Bonito do Iguaçu was the hardest hit late Friday, with the state’s civil defense agency reporting that more than half of the urban area suffered…
Reuters Civilians in al-Fashir were shot in the streets, struck by drone attacks and crushed by trucks, witnesses to the first days of the Rapid Support Forces’ (RSF) takeover told Reuters, offering a glimpse into the violent capture of one of Sudan’s largest cities. The fall of al-Fashir on October 26 cemented the RSF’s control…
By Jameson Mutua The Embassy of the Republic of the Sudan in Nairobi has appealed for urgent international intervention over genocide and war crimes committed by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia in El Fashir, North Darfur. Speaking at a press briefing on Wednesday, Sudan’s Ambassador to Kenya, Mohamed Osman, said El Fashir is enduring…
