Dakar, Senegal (AFP): A Senegalese judge on Monday placed French-Spanish lawyer Juan Branco, who was indicted a day earlier, under judicial supervision ahead of his expulsion to France, his lawyer and a senior justice ministry official told AFP. Branco, who is one of the lawyers defending the Senegalese opposition politician Ousmane Sonko, was...
Niamey, Niger (AFP): The second-ranking US diplomat met Niger’s military leaders on Monday to press to reverse a coup but reported no headway a day after an ultimatum from the West African bloc ECOWAS was ignored. Victoria Nuland, a veteran envoy and acting deputy secretary of state, said she met for more than two hours […]
Islamabad, Pakistan (AFP): Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan’s lawyers are attempting to launch legal challenges against his three year-sentence for graft that has ruled him out of contesting national elections. The former international cricket star was arrested at his home on Saturday and taken to jail for corruption charges he ...
BERLIN (AA): The German government has warned the military coup leaders in Niger against acts of violence against detained President Mohamed Bazoum. Speaking to media representatives in Berlin, Foreign Ministry spokesman Sebastian Fischer made it clear that they are worried about Bazoum. “And that is why I would like to take this opportu...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA): The Bangladeshi government decided to amend the controversial Digital Security Act on Monday, renaming it the Cyber Security Act and removing the jail sentence for defamation after the journalist fraternity and human rights groups criticized it for being used to silence opposition voices. “We have transferred the ...
DAKAR, Senegal (AA): A deadline given by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to Niger’s military junta to reinstate the country’s president passed with no sign of military intervention by troops of the West African bloc. A few hours before the deadline expired, the ruling National Council for the Safeguarding of the Country ...
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA): The Sudanese Armed Forces on Sunday conducted their first aerial bombardment of positions of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in the presidential palace, which has been controlled by the paramilitary group since April. The army subjected RSF forces positioned near the Armored Units Command in the capital Khartoum to intense...
ISLAMABAD – Pakistan’s former prime minister spent a third day in Attock prison in the northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. His lawyers plan to appeal his conviction in connection with an alleged government treasury corruption case. Khan, who is also chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), the country’s larges...
TRIPOLI (AA): The Libyan Supreme Council of State elected a new leader on Sunday, with Mohamed Takala replacing Khaled el-Meshri. Voting was broadcast live by Libyan media. In the first round, in which 129 out of the 145 members of the Supreme Council of State took part, el-Meshri received 49 votes and Takala 39. As […]
KIGALI, Rwanda (AA): Senegal’s jailed opposition leader Ousmane Sonko, who has reportedly been on a hunger strike to protest charges against him, has been hospitalized, his party said Sunday. In a statement, the Patriots of Senegal for Work, Ethics and Fraternity (PASTEF) party said Sonko has been admitted to the emergency room at a hospital [...
