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A former French anaesthetist has gone on trial accused of deliberately poisoning 30 patients, 12 of whom died. Frédéric Péchier, aged 53, is alleged to have tampered with intravenous medicines at two clinics in the eastern city of Besançon between…
No fewer than 17 people were killed and more than 140 injured on Monday when police opened fire on protesters in Nepal’s capital, Kathmandu. Tens of thousands had gathered to denounce government corruption and a new ban on social media…
Fresh tensions are rising between Eritrea and Ethiopia, as Asmara accuses Addis Ababa of making threats and massing troops along their shared border. Eritrea’s Information Minister, Yemane Gebre-Meskel, issued the allegations on social media, warning that Ethiopia’s recent moves pose…
Hundreds of protesters took to the streets of Uvira in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday, answering a call from civil society groups. The demonstration was sparked by the recent appointment of General Olivier Gasita Mukunda as deputy commander…
A Tanzanian court has barred live broadcasting of the treason trial of opposition leader Tundu Lissu, citing the need to protect civilian witnesses. The ruling, delivered Monday by Principal Resident Magistrate Franco Kiswaga in Dar es Salaam, prohibits media from…
Lesotho has been officially removed from the Southern African Development Community’s (SADC) security watchlist following years of political instability and reforms. The announcement came at the 45th SADC Heads of State and Government Summit in Antananarivo, Madagascar, where leaders praised…
Ethiopia is preparing to implement a new law permitting euthanasia, or medically assisted death, after the Ministry of Health released guidelines outlining how the policy will be applied. This makes Ethiopia one of the few African countries to allow such…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met US President Donald Trump at the White House on Monday, as efforts intensify to end the war in Ukraine. The talks followed Trump’s summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska, which ended without a…
Spain has deployed 500 additional troops to fight raging wildfires, raising the total to 1,900, as the death toll climbed to four. In Castile and León, the country’s worst-hit region, a firefighter was killed when his truck tumbled down a…
New negotiations are set to take place in Qatar between the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the M23 rebel group, as efforts intensify to end one of Africa’s most volatile conflicts. A Qatari official confirmed that a draft peace…
Madagascar’s President Andry Rajoelina has assumed the chairmanship of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), becoming the first leader from his country to head the 16-member bloc. He took over the rotating presidency from Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa at the…
Dozens of Algerians, French citizens, and Franco-Algerians have issued an open letter calling on Presidents Emmanuel Macron and Abdelmajid Tebboune to urgently resolve the growing diplomatic crisis between France and Algeria. The appeal, published in Mediapart on August 16, highlights…
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