By Anadolu Agency South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said Tuesday his governing African National Congress party (ANC) has resolved to pull out of the International Criminal Court (ICC). Ramaphosa made the remark while addressing a joint news conference with visiting Finnish President Sauli Väinämo Niinisto in the nation’s capital of Pretoria. The ICC issued an

Russian T-14 Armata tanks drive during the Victory Day Parade in Red Square in Moscow, Russia, June 24, 2020. Host photo agency/Evgeny Biyatov via Reuters By Reuters Russia has begun using its new T-14 Armata battle tanks to fire on Ukrainian positions “but they have not yet participated in direct assault operations,” the RIA state

Credit: Reuters/Andrew Mitchell Minister of State (Development and Africa) at Downing Street Declassified UK By Phil Miller Britain’s Foreign Office is censoring “vital information” on who shot protesters in Somaliland, after funding a police unit some blame for the killings. UK diplomats will not declassify their assessment of who killed pro-Somalia activists at a demonstration

By Anadolu Agency The descendants of some British slave owners have launched an activist group, calling on the UK government to extend an official apology for slavery and launch a reparative justice program in recognition of the “ongoing consequences of this crime against humanity.” The Heirs of Slavery movement has been created to urge the

In this photo provided by the Spanish Defence Ministry passengers from Sudan disembark from a Spanish Air Force aircraft at Torrejon Air Base in Madrid, Monday April. 24, 2023. (Spanish Defence Ministry via AP) By The Associated Press As continued fighting raises fears that Sudan could plunge deeper into chaos, foreign governments are scrambling to

Some of the 18 bodies exhumed by homicide detectives from land owned by cult leader Paul Mackenzie at Shakahola village in Kilifi County on April 23, 2022. By Daily Nation It was only on Sunday that Interior and National Administration Cabinet secretary Kithure Kindiki issued a statement over the deaths, whose number is expected to

File Photo/Somali Times Less than 20 months before the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia formally exits the stage, officials in Mogadishu say they are willing to prolong the stay of the regional force, signalling the challenge of beating down Al-Shabab, according to The East African newspaper reported. The East African has learnt that Mogadishu

Credit: Photo Associated Press By Reuters The armed forces of the United States and the United Kingdom have evacuated embassy staff from Sudan, while other nations rushed to get their citizens to safety as rival military factions battled in the capital Khartoum on Sunday. The eruption of fighting eight days ago between the army and

By Anadolu Agency Israel canceled an emergency program offering Russian and Belarusian nationals an expedited path to Israeli citizenship, local media reported on Saturday. The fast-tracked program for immigration to Israel, or Aliyah, will remain open to Ukrainian immigrants, the daily Haaretz said on the decision, which comes nearly 14 months since the beginning of

The late tycoon, Mahat Kuno Roble, with Defence CS Aden Duale (left). The Garissa businessman passed away on Saturday, April 22, 2023 Photo Aden Duale/Ali Korane Aden Duale, the Defence Cabinet Secretary, on Saturday, April 22, 2022, announced the death of Garissa-based tycoon Mahat Kuno Roble. Roble, renowned for owning the 75-room Almond Resort and