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Geneva, Jan 5 (AFP/APP):From Afghanistan and Iran to rampant misogynistic vitriol online, the UN rights chief said he was appalled at “systematic” efforts to strip women of their rights, but believed they would ultimately fail. In an interview with AFP, United Nations High Commissioner for […]

Bamako, Jan 5 (AFP/APP):Forty-six Ivorian troops whose detention by Mali triggered a bitter diplomatic row were brought in for trial at a court of appeal in Bamako on Thursday, an AFP reporter saw. Their appearance came in the runup to a January 1 deadline set […]

Washington, Jan 5 (AFP/APP): President Joe Biden and his German counterpart Chancellor Olaf Scholz agreed Thursday to send powerfully armed infantry fighting vehicles to help Ukraine fight Russia, the White House said. The Bradley and Marder infantry fighting vehicles will be part of a significant […]

London, Jan 5 (AFP/APP):At just 23, Hayat fears her long quest for a new life in Britain will come to nothing and she will be sent to Rwanda. The Eritrean woman travelled through several countries before crossing from France to the UK in a flimsy […]

Bamako, Jan 4 (AFP/APP): Togolese President Faure Gnassingbe, who is mediating in a diplomatic row over 46 Ivorian soldiers detained in Mali, paid a “friendly working visit” to Bamako on Wednesday, the Malian presidency said in a statement. A Malian court last month sentenced the […]

Paris, Jan 4 (AFP/APP): France is set to become the first Western country to deliver tanks to Ukraine, the French presidency announced Wednesday after talks between Emmanuel Macron and Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky. The move to supply the French-made AMX-10 RC to Ukraine — a […]

Paris, Jan 4 (AFP/APP):Iran warned France on Wednesday of consequences after satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo published cartoons depicting supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei that Tehran deemed to be insulting. The weekly had published dozens of cartoons ridiculing the highest religious and political figure in the […]

Bogotá, Jan 3 (AFP/APP):Colombia’s National Liberation Army (ELN) rebels on Tuesday denied the president’s assertion that they had signed a ceasefire agreement with the government. President Gustavo Petro had announced over the weekend a six-month ceasefire with the five largest armed groups in the country, […]

Dar es Salaam, Jan 3 (AFP/APP): Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan on Tuesday lifted a ban on opposition rallies imposed in 2016 by her strongman predecessor, in an overture to political rivals seeking the restoration of democratic norms. Hassan has been under pressure to break […]

NEW YORK, Jan 01 (APP): New York City ushered in 2023 with a dazzling spectacle in iconic Times Square, marking an end to a year that brought war in Europe, disastrous climate-induced floods in Pakistan and elsewhere as well as global worries over inflation. In […]