UN genocide expert calls for probe into Cameroon killings
A UN specialist on genocide’s calling for an urgent investigation into what he calls concerning atrocities in Cameroon. There are fears the violence between English and French speakers in the central African country could impact on Sunday’s presidential election. UN special advisor on the prevention of genocide Adama Deng says the probe into killings in […]
Melania Trump hopes to heal divisions her husband’s dirty mouth caused with Africa
U.S. First Lady Melania Trump’s arrived in Ghana at the start of week-long safari. She’s tweeted that her solo visits are designed to take her Be Best initiative international. Melania Trump’s visits to Ghana, Kenya, Malawi and Egypt are designed to heal some of the divisions caused by President Donald Trump’s remark last February dismissing […]
I.C.C. prosecutors says there’s still a compelling case against Laurent Gbagbo
International Criminal Court prosecutors say there’s enough evidence against former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo to continue his trial on charges of crimes against humanity. Gbagbo called on the tribunal to drop the charges and free him. Laurent Gbagbo’s facing charges for what his supporters did in the civil war sparked by his refusal to […]
Kabila burns ivory and pangolin scales
Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila’s made a dramatic conservationist gesture as he prepares to standing down in elections ten weeks off. He’s set fire to a pile of ivory and pangolin scales as part of his drive against poaching. At his demonstration at NSELE Nature Park on the outskirts of the Congolese capital […]