Politics

The International Criminal Court has dropped its arrest warrant for Ivory Coast’s former first lady Simone Gbagbo over post-election violence that killed thousands in 2010-2011, according to a decision made public yesterday.

Simone Gbagbo faced charges of crimes against humanity — including murder, rape, inhuman acts, and persecution — following her husband’s refusal to hand over power to Alassane Ouattara, who won a 2010 election.

Over 3,000 people died in the unrest.

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‘The chamber considers it appropriate to decide that the warrant of arrest for Simone Gbagbo shall cease to …

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has knocked former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar for saying that Nigerians are yearning for the return of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

After a private meeting with Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State on Thursday, Atiku had said the opposition party will wrest power from the APC.

However, while reacting on Friday, the Secretary of the APC National Caretaker Committee, John Akpanudoedehe declared that Nigerians will not return to the PDP.

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‘Alhaji Atiku Abubakar ought to know that Nigerians can never return to Egypt …

Ghana’s information minister have insisted that politicians have ‘no intention’ of changing its laws on sexuality after an anti-gay bill was submitted to parliament this week.

Kojo Oppong Nkrumah told BBC Radio 1Xtra’s If You Don’t Know Podcast that the country’s current laws on ‘matters of sexuality’ were ‘adequate’.

Ghana’s criminal code outlaws what it describes as “unnatural carnal knowledge” but does not explicitly mention LGBT+ people.

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Africa Daily News, New York gathered that last week, the draft of an anti-gay bill was submitted to parliament. It proposed a …

The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, made this disclosure in a statement on Thursday evening.

According to Adesina, the two leaders held bilateral talks at the sidelines of the Global Education Summit in London where they agreed that it was important that the judicial process runs without interference, no matter who was …

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has adjourned the suit brought by 12 detained associates of Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, also known as Sunday Igboho following the inability of the DSS to produce the aides in court.

Justice Obiora Egwuatu who made the adjournment also ordered that the Department for State Services (DSS) should grant the lawyer to the detained aides access to his clients.

The counsel to the DSS, I. Awo, informed the court that the DSS has no intention of disobeying the court’s order. However, he stated that there were facts that were necessary for the …

US President Joe Biden has accused his Russian counterpart, President Vladimir Putin of seeking to disrupt the 2022 congressional elections by spreading ‘misinformation.’

Speaking during a trip to the office of the director of national intelligence near Washington, Biden said; ‘Look at what Russia is doing already about the 2022 elections and misinformation,’ referring to information he receives during his daily briefing.

‘It’s a pure violation of our sovereignty’ he added.

He also lashed out at Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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Putin has ‘a real problem, he is sitting on …

Official sources in Morocco have confirmed the arrest of Uyghur activist Yidiresi Aishan also known as Idris Hasan.

Africa Daily News, New York gathered that he was detained on his arrival in the North Africa nation from the Turkish city of Istanbul last week.

The Moroccan security services said that the Chinese national was detained at Casablanca airport because of a “red notice” from Interpol.

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China was seeking his extradition for belonging to a terrorist organisation, Moroccan officials said.

Uyghur activists say he has been arrested for denouncing the Chinese …