US: Malta seizes $1 billion in counterfeit Libyan money
Maltese authorities have seized counterfeit Libyan money worth $1.1 billion that was printed by a Russian firm and worsen the north African country’s economic problems,...
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Somalia commission to probe killing of seven health workers
Somalia is to set up a regional commission to probe the killing of seven health workers and report publicly within a month. The head of...
Sudan says three jailed Bashir aides have coronavirus
Sudanese authorities said Wednesday that three former senior aides to ousted president Omar Hassan al-Bashir have caught the novel coronavirus in prison. Former officials Ali...
Afghan Sides Agree to a Rare Cease-Fire During Eid al-Fitr
KABUL, Afghanistan — The Taliban and the Afghan government announced a cease-fire for the three days of the Muslim festival Eid al-Fitr, which starts on...
U.N. Documents Abductions and Torture Of Iraqi Protesters
BAGHDAD — Hundreds of people were killed and thousands wounded in the antigovernment protests in Iraq last fall and winter that halted political life and...
DNA analysis confirms Rwandan genocide fugitive died 20 years ago
United Nations International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT), said on Friday that Augustin Bizimana, one of the most wanted fugitives for complicity in Rwanda’s...
In Stunning Reversal, Turkey Emerges as Libya Kingmaker
CAIRO — A string of victories by Turkish-backed forces in western Libya this week dealt a heavy blow to the ambitions of the aspiring strongman...
How Women are Getting Squeezed by the Pandemic
“Our formal economy is only possible because it’s subsidized by women’s unpaid work.” — Nahla Valji, the senior gender adviser to the Secretary General of...
WHO: Virus could infect more than 200 million in Africa
Flickr The new coronavirus could kill 150,000 people in Africa in a year unless urgent action is taken, according to a WHO modelling study that...
Burundi expels national WHO head during election campaign
Flickr Burundi is expelling the national head of the World Health Organisation (WHO) during a presidential election campaign where politicians have pressed ahead with large...