Security forces and their allies in a disputed part of conflict-hit northern Ethiopia committed abuses against Tigrayans that amounted to war crimes and crimes against humanity, two rights groups said Wednesday. Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Tigrayan civilians had been targeted in "a relentless campaign of ethnic cleansing" in the long-contested western [...]
A military court in Burkina Faso on Wednesday handed down a life prison term to former president Blaise Compaore over the 1987 assassination of revolutionary leader Thomas Sankara. Applause erupted in the courtroom as the long-awaited verdict was read out, bringing the curtain down on a case that has afflicted the impoverished and volatile state [...]
Russia's lies may be catching up with it faster than it ever imagined. Source: Latest CNN News
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Seychelles has signed an agreement with the United Arab Emirates to modernise and transform its public service, the finance ministry said on Wednesday. The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed by Seychellois Minister of Investment, Entrepreneurship and Industry, Devika Vidot and Mohammad Abdullah Al Gergawi, Minister of Cabinet Affairs of the UAE. The signing ceremony took [...]
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Conservation team members on Fregate, the easternmost granitic inner island of Seychelles, are conducting their yearly task to count the number of giant tortoises on the island. Fregate is home to the second biggest giant tortoise population in the world - after the Aldabra atoll – a UNESCO World Heritage site where about 100,000 Aldabra giant [...]
Retired Army Brig. Gen. Steve Anderson explains how one weapon is essential in aiding Ukraine against Russian forces. Source: Latest CNN News
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Russian troops of indiscriminately killing civilians "for their pleasure" in an emotionally-charged address to the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday, a day after he visited the Kyiv suburb of Bucha, where shocking images of bodies in the streets emerged over the weekend. Source: Latest CNN News
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky challenged the United Nations to "act immediately" or "dissolve yourself altogether" during a blistering address Tuesday in which he showed harrowing footage of dead bodies -- including children -- he said were victims of Russian atrocities. Likening Russia's actions in Bucha and other Ukrainian cities to violence carried out by "terrorists" [...]
