16+ hour, 55+ min ago  (624+ words) The complaint was filed on behalf of 14 deportees, some of whom are held under conditions "amounting to arbitrary and indefinite detention." ABUJA, Nigeria (AFP) " An international coalition of lawyers filed a complaint Friday with Africa's top human rights body to…...

4+ week, 9+ hour ago  (494+ words) JOHANNESBURG (AFP) " South Africa's top court on Friday overturned a vote in Parliament that quashed the opening of impeachment proceedings against President Cyril Ramaphosa over a $4 million cash-heist scandal. Ramaphosa is accused of hiding from police and tax authorities a…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago  (424+ words) The ship called at the British territory of St. Helena, where 30 guests disembarked, including the first fatality, a Dutchman who died April 11. GENEVA (AFP) " The World Health Organization said Thursday there were now five confirmed hantavirus cases from the Atlantic…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago  (807+ words) Officials around the world said the danger to the public was low despite confirmed transmission of a rare human-to-human strain of the hantavirus. PRAIA, Cape Verde (AFP) " A medical plane that left Cape Verde following the evacuation of a cruise…...

7+ mon, 2+ week ago  (122+ words) Presiding Judge Yuji Iwasawa, third from right, starts reading the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on what Israel must do to ensure humanitarian aid reaches Palestinians in Gaza and the occupied West Bank, in The Hague, Netherlands,…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (418+ words) JOHANNESBURG (AFP) " Eswatini's top court has ruled that migrants deported from the United States to the African kingdom last July are entitled to visits from a local lawyer, a judgment seen by AFP on Friday showed. The tiny country has…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (530+ words) A Cyprus official said 263 cattle have already been culled and another 13, 000 sheep, goats and swine will be destroyed. Agriculture and Environment Minister Maria Panayiotou said European Union experts are in the country to oversee an initial round of vaccinations at…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago  (510+ words) Madagascar, the world's fourth-largest island, has been impacted by more than a dozen tropical storms or cyclones since 2020. After the storm made landfall late Tuesday with wind speeds of more than 195 kph (121 mph), Madagascar's weather service issued red alerts for…...

11+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1107+ words) The killings of farmers are a tiny percentage of'the country's high level of crime. Yet because wealthier white people own 72% of South Africa's privately owned farms, they are disproportionately affected. But the crosses, nearly 3, 000 of them, do not tell the…...