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Ouattara’s party wins majority in Ivory Coast parliament vote
Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara’s party won a majority in last weekend’s legislative elections, official results showed Tuesday, in a vote that raised hopes the country’s recent violent tensions were
DR Congo sentences 16 to death for 2019 killing of Ebola medic
Sixteen people, including a doctor, have been sentenced to death in absentia for the murder of a Cameroonian Ebola expert, lawyers said on Tuesday. Richard Valery Mouzoko Kiboung, an epidemiologist
Lebanon protesters block roads over worsening poverty
Lebanese protesters set up new roadblocks Tuesday to vent anger over political inaction in the face of deepening poverty, but security forces managed to reopen some to traffic. The country
Meghan’s father suggests she exaggerated royal racism
Meghan Markle’s estranged father on Tuesday suggested that his daughter exaggerated racism in the British royal family during her interview with US chat show host Oprah Winfrey. Thomas Markle told
Sweden jails IS mother for jeopardising son’s life
A Swedish woman who joined the so-called Islamic State (IS) in Syria was sentenced Monday to three years in prison for taking her young son with her, the first time
Controversy after French professors accused of Islamophobia
The French government condemned on Monday a student protest campaign targeting two university professors accused of Islamophobia, saying it could put the lecturers in danger. Student groups plastered posters last
Biden to give primetime address on Covid-19 anniversary ― White House
United States (US) President, Joe Biden, will give a primetime television address this week marking the one year anniversary of the US lockdown ordered to mitigate the Covid-19 pandemic, the
Harry and Meghan: unanswered questions
Britain’s Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, are interviewed by Oprah Winfrey in this undated handout photo. Harpo Productions/Joe Pugliese/Handout via REUTERS Prince Harry and his wife Meghan’s revelations
Queen, Prince Philip didn’t speak about Archie’s skin — Oprah
Oprah Winfrey has said conversations about the skin colour of Prince Harry and Meghan’s son, Archie, were not heard by Queen Elizabeth II and her husband Prince Philip. The conversation
Ivory Coast names interim prime minister
Patrick Achi Patrick Achi, secretary general to the presidency of the Ivory Coast, was appointed Monday interim prime minister while the country’s premier, Hamed Bakayoko, is in Europe receiving medical
