Tag: WORLD

By AFPMore by this Author ABUJA, Nigeria’s government has denied suggestions that the suspension of the country’s top judge on corruption charges was linked to next month’s election. President Muhammadu Buhari replaced Chief Justice Walter Onnoghen on Friday, sparking claims he had breached the constitution and was trying to manipulate the judiciary. The European Union, […]

By AFPMore by this Author KINSHASA The runner-up in DR Congo’s presidential elections said Friday that he would appeal to the Constitutional Court to enforce a recount. “We will go to the Constitutional Court on Saturday… (to demand) a recount of the vote,” Martin Fayulu told supporters after provisional results showed him narrowly loosing the […]

Prominent Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi capital Riyadh in this undated file photo released on May 16, 2010. PHOTO | STRINGER | AFP By AFPMore by this Author WASHINGTON, US lawmakers from both parties, friends of murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi and press freedom groups on Thursday marked 100 days since the Saudi dissident’s assassination. Featuring […]

Former Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe addresses media during a surprise press conference at his residence “Blue Roof ” in Harare, on the eve of the country’s first election since he was ousted from office. July 29. 2018. PHOTO | JEKESAI NJIKIZANA | AFP  By BBCMore by this Author Three people have appeared in court in […]

n this photo taken on November 27, 2018, Congolese main opposition figures Felix Tshisekedi (R) and his running mate Vital Kamerhe wave at their supporters after arriving in Kinshasa. PHOTO | JOHN WESSELS | AFP By AFPMore by this Author PARIS, Foreign leaders reacted cautiously to the outcome of DR Congo’s presidential election Thursday, with […]

A section of the reinforced US-Mexico border fence on the Otay Mesa area, San Diego County, as seen from Tijuana, in Baja California state, Mexico, on January 6, 2019. PHOTO | GUILLERMO ARIAS | AFP  By AFPMore by this Author WASHINGTON, President Donald Trump stood firm Sunday on his demand for billions of dollars to […]

Kiyoshi Kimura, president of sushi restaurant chain Sushi-Zanmai, displays the 278kg bluefin tuna he bought at $3.1 million, at his main restaurant in Tokyo on January 5, 2019. PHOTO | KAZUHIRO NOGI | AFP By AFPMore by this Author TOKYO, A Japanese sushi entrepreneur paid a record $3.1 million (Sh316 million) for a giant tuna […]

An undated picture of former Canadian diplomat Michael Kovrig, which was released on December 12, 2018 in Washington, by the International Crisis Group. PHOTO | JULIE DAVID DE LOSSY | CRISIGROUP | AFP  By AFPMore by this Author OTTAWA, Thirteen Canadians have been detained in China following the arrest on December 1 of a senior executive from […]

Chinese Foreign minister Wang Yi. FILE PHOTO | AFP By AFPMore by this Author ADDIS ABABA Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi played down concern over Africa’s debts with Beijing on Thursday as he arrived in Ethiopia at the start of a four-nation Africa tour. China has funnelled cash and loans into infrastructure projects across the […]

Slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Saudi Arabia’s attorney general sought the death penalty for five of 11 defendants charged with the murder of Khashoggi as their high-profile trial opened in Riyadh on January 3, 2019. PHOTO | MOHAMMED AL-SHAIKH | AFP By AFPMore by this Author Riyadh Saudi Arabia’s attorney general sought the death penalty […]