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June 27, 2025
Crush kills 29 pupils taking exams after blast in Central Africa
June 26, 2025
At least eight killed and hundreds hurt as Kenya protesters battle police
KHARTOUM — "Another appalling attack" on a hospital in Sudan has seen more than 40 people killed, many of them children and medics, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has said."We cannot say this louder," wrote Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on X on Tuesday, "attacks on health must stop everywhere!"Al-Mujlad Hospital was struck on Saturday, and is located in West Kordofan state, close to one of the frontlines where Sudan's warring parties are fighting in the conflict that is now in its third year.The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) blames its opponents, the Sudanese army, for attacking the hospital, as do two prominent civil society groups, but the army itself has yet to comment on the allegation.Since Sudan's civil war began in April 2023, the...
June 24, 2025
Children among 40 killed in 'appalling' Sudan hospital attack, says WHO chief
June 20, 2025
Nigerian university sparks outrage as staff check whether female students are wearing bras before exams
June 17, 2025
Kenya's deputy police chief steps aside amid uproar over blogger's death
June 16, 2025
Uganda leader signs new law allowing military trials for civilians
June 16, 2025
Zambian ex-president's family settle funeral row with government
June 16, 2025
Safety fears force Cape Town parents to seek former white-only schools
ABUJA — Nigeria's president has pardoned the late activist Ken Saro-Wiwa, 30 years after his execution sparked global outrage.Along with eight other campaigners, Saro-Wiwa was convicted of murder, then hanged in 1995 by the then-military regime.Many believed the activists were being punished for leading protests against the operations of oil multinationals, particularly Shell, in Nigeria's Ogoniland. Shell has long denied any involvement in the executions.Though the pardons have been welcomed, some activists and relatives say they do not go far enough.As well as issuing the pardons on Thursday, Nigerian President Bola Tinubu bestowed national honors on Saro-Wiwa and his fellow campaigners, who were known as the Ogoni Nine.The nine men - Saro-Wiwa, Barinem Kiobel, John Kpuinen,...
June 13, 2025
Nigeria pardons activist Ken Saro-Wiwa 30 years after execution
June 13, 2025
Burundi's ruling party wins every seat in poll as rivals say democracy 'killed'
