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British American Tobacco pushed Zambian ministers to drop or delay ad bans, health warnings and restrictions on flavoured products, letter showsBritish American Tobacco has been accused of “utter hypocrisy” for lobbying against tobacco control measures…
The United Nations said Wednesday that 42 migrants were missing and presumed dead after a boat capsized off Libya’s coast last week, the latest in a string of deadly shipwrecks in the central Mediterranean that have claimed more than a thousand lives …
Eighty-one year-old, who has prostate cancer, can now be transferred from Algeria to Germany for medical treatmentThe French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal has been pardoned and is to be released from prison, the Algerian presidential office said in a …
The trial of former Congolese rebel leader Roger Lumbala over atrocities committed in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s bloody eastern conflict more than two decades ago opened in Paris Wednesday
Seven survivors have been located after the vessel’s engine failed in high waves several hours after it departed from Zuwara, a coastal city northwestern Libya
Britain and South Africa have returned to Asanti king Otumfuo Osei Tutu II over 130 gold and bronze artefacts looted between the 1870s and the early 20th century or bought on the open market.
Fears rise for displaced civilians as UN reports deteriorating situation and MSF warns of ‘staggering’ malnutritionThere are grave fears for civilians who survived the capture of El Fasher by a Sudanese paramilitary group last month, as the UN warned r…
Algeria has pardoned French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal after a request from Germany, to where he will be transferred for medical treatment after a year in detention, it was announced Wednesday.
A Gabon court on Wednesday sentenced the former first lady and son of the oil-rich country’s deposed leader Ali Bongo to 20 years in prison following a two-day graft trial.
Policy body calls for western-backed investigation into oil officials known to be at heart of illegal enterpriseA surge in state-sanctioned fuel smuggling between 2022 and 2024 cost the Libyan people about $20bn (£15bn) in lost revenue – an alarming su…