ICC Pre-Trial Chamber A grants interim release to Paul Gicheru
ICC Pre-Trial Chamber A grants interim release to Paul GicheruToday, 29 January 2021, Judge Reine Adélaïde Sophie Alapini-Gansou of Pre-Trial Chamber A (article 70) of the International Criminal Court (ICC), grantedPaul Gicheru’s request for interim release with specific conditions restricting …
Opening of the Yekatom and Ngaïssona trial: Practical information
On 9 February 2021 at 9:30 (The Hague local time), the trial in the case The Prosecutor v. Alfred Yekatom and Patrice-Edouard Ngaïssona will open before Trial Chamber V of the International Criminal Court (ICC) for war crimes and crimes …
Last Hurdle Cleared for Dr Okonjo-Iweala to Become WTO Boss
Former Nigerian Finance Minister Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is most likely to become the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), following the withdrawal of South Korean Trade Minister Yoo Myung-hee from the race. As the only existing candidate for the …
Malawi’s president Chakwera fires head of Covid task force
The president of Malawi Lazarus Chakwera has sacked the co-chair of a task force responsible for his country’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic, for allegedly misappropriating $7.7m.The President fired John Phuka, the co-chair of the task force, and James Chiusiwa, …
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala named first female, African boss of WTO
Former Nigeria’s Finance Minister Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has been named as the new Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO)Donald Trump administration had vigorously tried to block the appointment of Dr Okonjo-Iweala, despite that most other WTO members favoured her …
COVID-19 Lockdown: Exposure of Inequality, Hypocrisy and Double Standard
It is more than one year since the novel corona conquered the entire wishy-washy world dauntlessly with its lethal, vicious virus. The deadly disease first erupted in the Chinese city of Wuhan in December 2019 before spreading rapidly to other …
Ivory Coast’s PM Hamed Bakayoko dies in Germany
Hamed Bakayoko, the Prime Minister of Ivory Coast, has died of cancer in a hospital in Germany, authorities say.Mr Bakayoko passed away on Wednesday, a few days after his 56th birthday. Hamed Bakayoko was flown to France in February for …
Hamed Bakayoko, the Prime Minister of Ivory Coast, has died of cancer in a hospital in Germany, authorities say.
Tanzania’s President John Magufuli has died at a hospital in Dar es Salaam on Wednesday. He was 61 years old.According to the televised message from the country’s Vice President Samia Suluhu Hassan, “President John Magufuli died of a heart ailment …
Man arrested outside VP Kamala Harris’ official residence with rifle and ammunition
Washington DC Police have arrested a Texas man outside Vice President Kamala Harris’s official residence in the USA capital on Wednesday.According to Washington’s Metropolitan Police, the arrested 31-year-old Paul Murray of San Antonio, Texas, had a rifle and ammunition in …
President Obama’s Kenyan Grandmother dies at 99
Former President Barack Obama’s step-grandmother, Sarah Obama, has died at a hospital in Kenya. She was 99 years old.According to her daughter Marsat Onyango, Sarah Obama, the third and youngest wife of Barack Obama’s grandfather, died early on Monday at …