Chad’s president signs pardon for 380 rebels sentenced to life in prison
A group of 380 rebels handed life sentences over the 2021 death of former ruler Idriss Deby Itno have been pardoned, a statement from the president’s office said Saturday.
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Refugees trying to reach Italy die after boats sink off coast of Tunisia
Latest tragedy comes as authorities in north African country crack down on undocumented peopleAt least 29 people from sub-Saharan Africa have died while trying to reach Italy after two boats carrying them across the Mediterranean sank off the coast of …
US Vice President Harris begins visit to Africa, the ‘world’s future’
US Vice President Kamala Harris starts a three-country tour of Africa this weekend, visiting Ghana, Tanzania and Zambia to promote the White House’s positive vision of the continent as the “future of the world”.
At least 19 African migrants killed in latest boast disaster off Tunisia
At least 19 migrants from sub-Saharan Africa died when their boat sank off Tunisia as they tried to cross the Mediterranean to Italy, a human rights group said on Sunday, the latest migrant boat disaster off Tunisia.
British jury finds Nigerian politician guilty of organ harvesting plot
A London jury has found Nigeria’s former deputy Senate president guilty of plotting to harvest a street trader’s kidney for his sick daughter.
Rwandan government critic Paul Rusesabagina’s prison sentence commuted
Rwandan government critic Paul Rusesabagina has been freed from prison after more than 900 days behind bars. The decision to commute his 25 year sentence on terrorism charges comes after extensive negotiations between Rwanda and close ally Qatar.
‘Hotel Rwanda’ hero Paul Rusesabagina released after more than 900 days in prison
Rwandan government critic Paul Rusesabagina, whose efforts to save people during the 1994 genocide were portrayed in hit Hollywood film “Hotel Rwanda”, has been freed from prison after more than 900 days behind bars.
Hotel Rwanda’s Paul Rusesabagina released from prison
Ex-hotelier whose actions saved lives during 1994 genocide has sentence for terrorism charges commutedPaul Rusesabagina, a businessman whose role in saving more than 1,000 lives during the 1994 Rwandan genocide inspired the film Hotel Rwanda, has been …
‘Hotel Rwanda’ hero Rusesabagina to be freed from Rwanda prison
Rwanda said on Friday it has commuted the 25-year jail sentence against ailing “Hotel Rwanda” hero Paul Rusesabagina, a fiercely outspoken critic of President Paul Kagame who has been held behind bars for more than 900 days.
Mali questions ‘credibility’ of UN rights report claiming steep rise in civilian killings
Malian authorities have questioned the “credibility” of a UN report that claimed a significant increase in the number of people killed in 2022 and blamed more than a third of human rights violations on the army.