TUNIS – Tunisian authorities have arrested 12 people including a smuggler involved in organising a recent crossing that killed 15 migrants after their boat capsized, the coastguard said in a statement yesterday. On Monday, a boat said to be bearing some 60 migrants capsized off the coast of the southeastern island of Djerba. The coastguard...
JERUSALEM – A man wounded in a shooting and stabbing attack in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv has died, the medical centre where he was being treated said yesterday, bringing the number of fatalities up to seven.“The injured person came to us in a critical condition, suffering from multi-system damage, and after doctors fought...
TUNIS – Tunisian politician Ayachi Zammel, a candidate in the North African country’s presidential election on Sunday, has been sentenced to 12 years in jail, his lawyer said yesterday. “The court in Tunis sentenced Ayachi Zammel to 12 years in prison in four cases” related to voter endorsements, lawyer Abdessater Messoudi told AFP. Messoudi said...
PARIS – A former doctor went on trial in Paris yesterday accused of genocide in Rwanda, the latest suspect to face justice in France three decades after the massacre of the African country’s Tutsi population by the Hutu majority. Eugene Rwamucyo (65) is accused of aiding his country’s then-authorities to disseminate anti-Tutsi propaganda and of...
KAVRE – Survivors of the monsoon floods that ravaged Nepal at the weekend criticised the government yessterday for inadequate relief efforts during a disaster that killed at least 225 people. Deadly floods and landslides are common across South Asia during the monsoon season from June to September, but experts say climate change is making them...
GENEVA – The United Nations warned Israel yesterday against a “large-scale ground invasion” of Lebanon, after the Israeli military began a ground assault. “With armed violence between Israel and Hezbollah boiling over, the consequences for civilians have already been terrible,” Liz Throssell, spokeswoman for the UN rights office, told reporters in Geneva. “We fear a...
Spar East Cape in South Africa has cautioned distributors to remove the Namibia Top Score vanilla-flavoured instant maize after it emerged that three children died from suspected food poisoning after consuming the product. Division head Siyolo Dick in a statement indicated that as a precaution, they have requested the immediate removal of the soft porridge...
Former First Lady of Namibia, Monica Geingos, reminisced on late president Hage Geingob’s strong belief in education during the Africa-America Institute’s (AAI)) 40th Annual Awards Gala, which took place recently. Geingos noted this in a social media post on Wednesday, following the event that paid tribute to the late president by honouring him as a...
BEIRUT – The United States and its allies pressed for a 21-day ceasefire in the sharp escalation of fighting between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah that has threatened to plunge Lebanon into an all-out war. Israeli aerial bombardment of Hezbollah strongholds around Lebanon has killed hundreds of people this week, while the militant group has hit...
KAMITUGA – Mpox epicentre DR Congo is less than a week from the start of a vaccination campaign, but the rollout faces challenges in a vast country with limited roads, and often in poor condition. Residents of Kamituga, a bustling mining town in eastern DRC’s South Kivu province, will be among the first to be...