Rwanda attacked Congo troops, backed rebels: experts for UN

Goma, DR Congo, Aug 4 (AFP/APP): Rwandan troops have attacked soldiers inside DR Congo and aided the M23 rebel group, according to a report by independent experts for the UN seen by AFP on Thursday. The findings follow months of deepening tensions between the Democratic […]

Starting anew: UK city marks 50 years since Ugandan Asians expelled

Leicester, United Kingdom, Aug 4 (AFP/APP): Fifty years ago, dictator Idi Amin announced his intention to expel Uganda’s thriving community of British South Asians. They were given 90 days to leave, or be rounded up into concentration camps. More than 27,000 ethnic Indian and Pakistani […]

Iraqi Shiite leader Sadr demands fresh elections

Baghdad, Aug 3 (AFP/APP): Powerful Shiite leader Moqtada Sadr, whose bloc won the most seats in Iraq’s elections last year, demanded Wednesday that parliament be dissolved and new elections be called. In the latest political turmoil to strike the oil-rich but war-scarred country, Sadr called […]

4 soldiers killed in IS attacks in E. Iraq

BAGHDAD, Aug 3 (XINHUA/APP): Four soldiers were killed and one wounded in an attack by the extremist Islamic State (IS) militants in the province of Diyala in eastern Iraq, a provincial police source said on Wednesday. The attack occurred late on Tuesday night when IS […]

Solar electric tricycles give Zimbabwean women a lift

Domboshava, Zimbabwe, Aug 3 (AFP/APP): For years, selling eggs was a joyless business for Danai Bvochora, as most of the money she made went to cover minibus fares to the market in a rural area of Zimbabwe. That was until an earth-brown solar-powered electric tricycle […]

Moscow accuses US of ‘destabilisation’ over reported Pelosi visit

Moscow, Aug 2 (AFP/APP): Russia’s foreign ministry on Tuesday accused Washington of destabilising the world after the potential visit of US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan. “Washington is bringing destabilisation to the world. Not a single resolved conflict in recent decades, but many provoked […]

Grim fragments of life seep out from Russian-occupied Ukraine

Kramatorsk, Ukraine, Aug 2 (AFP/APP): Collapsed social services, financial woes and fear: only brief snippets filter out of the daily reality for Ukrainians in Russian-occupied territory. Areas seized by Moscow since its invasion in February have been abruptly cut off from the rest of the […]

First Ukraine grain ship since start of war leaves Odesa

KYIV, Ukraine – August 1 (ONLINE) A ship carrying grain left the Ukrainian port of Odesa for Lebanon on Monday under a safe passage agreement, Ukrainian and Turkish officials said, the first departure since the Russian invasion blocked shipping through the Black Sea five months […]

Politicians across divide pay respects to N.Ireland peacemaker Trimble

Lisburn, United Kingdom, Aug 1 (AFP/APP): British and Irish prime ministers and former Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams on Monday attended the funeral of David Trimble, the Nobel peace prize-winning former first minister of Northern Ireland whose statecraft helped end decades of conflict. Trimble, a […]