by News Headlines | Sep 25, 2021 | Black News-Africa and Diaspora, Current News Headlines
Massive plundering of South Sudan’s public coffers is undermining human rights in the world’s youngest nation and threatening its already fragile peace process, according to a UN report released on Thursday. Since independence a decade ago, South Sudan has struggled...
by News Headlines | Sep 25, 2021 | Black News-Africa and Diaspora, Current News Headlines
Tunisia’s president has lost his legitimacy, according to a statement by four Tunisian parties who also called for an end to what they called a coup after Kais Saied took control of legislative and executive powers. On Wednesday, Saied said he would rule by decree and...
by News Headlines | Sep 25, 2021 | Black News-Africa and Diaspora, Current News Headlines
Algeria’s presidency has announced the closure of the country’s airspace to all Moroccan planes, according to the presidency, in the latest dispute between the two neighbours at odds mainly over Western Sahara. The move on Wednesday was announced after a meeting of...
by News Headlines | Sep 23, 2021 | Black News-Africa and Diaspora, Current News Headlines
The former Rwandan hotelier Paul Rusesabagina, credited with saving hundreds of lives during the 1994 genocide, has been found guilty by a Rwandan court of being part of a group responsible for “terrorist” attacks and sentenced to 25 years in prison. Rusesabagina,...
by News Headlines | Sep 23, 2021 | Black News-Africa and Diaspora, Current News Headlines
Two years ago, mass protests in Sudan led to the removal of dictator Omar al-Bashir and the establishment of a part-military, part-civilian transitional government. Today, this “chimera” government is still struggling to demonstrate to the people of Sudan that it can...
by News Headlines | Sep 23, 2021 | Black News-Africa and Diaspora, Current News Headlines
A swarm of bees has killed 63 endangered African penguins on a beach outside Cape Town. The birds were found dead on Friday on the beach at Boulders, a popular tourist destination south of Cape Town. They were part of a colony of African penguins (Spheniscus demersus)...
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