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Algeria court jails brother of deposed president Bouteflika
AFP, Published on 13/10/2021
» DAR EL BEïDA (ALGERIA) - The powerful younger brother of deposed late Algerian president Abdelaziz Bouteflika was sentenced Tuesday to two years in prison for "obstructing the course of justice", the official APS news agency reported.
Exiled ex-president Saakashvili says back in Georgia
AFP, Published on 01/10/2021
» TBILISI - Ex-president Mikheil Saakashvili said Friday he had returned from exile to Georgia, despite the threat of arrest and ahead of local elections in the Caucasus country gripped by a protracted political crisis.
China infrastructure drive traps poor nations with $385 bn 'hidden debt': study
AFP, Published on 29/09/2021
» BEIJING - China's ambitious foreign infrastructure push has saddled poor nations with "hidden debt" worth $385 billion, and more than a third of the projects have been hit by alleged corruption scandals and protests, a study said Wednesday.
Algeria's Bouteflika: a veteran leader who was finally ousted
AFP, Published on 18/09/2021
» ALGIERS - Abdelaziz Bouteflika, who died Friday aged 84, was Algeria's longest-serving president and a veteran of the independence struggle who clung to power through ill health before being forced out in 2019.
Five things to know about Mali
AFP, Published on 20/07/2021
» BAMAKO - A knife attack Tuesday on Mali's interim president, Assimi Goita, marks the latest blow to stability in one of Africa's poorest and most volatile nations.
Mali interim leader 'safe' after mosque attack
AFP, Published on 20/07/2021
» BAMAKO - Mali's interim president Assimi Goita was "safe and sound," his office announced, after an AFP journalist said he had been attacked on Tuesday by two armed men, one of whom wielded a knife, in the great mosque in the capital Bamako.
Senior cardinal, 9 others, face Vatican fraud trial
AFP, Published on 04/07/2021
» VATICAN CITY - An influential Cardinal and nine others will be tried over alleged financial wrongdoing linked to the purchase of a plush London property, the Holy See announced on Saturday.
Israeli settlers agree to leave flashpoint West Bank outpost: officials
AFP, Published on 29/06/2021
» JERUSALEM - Jewish settlers agreed Monday to leave a new outpost in the occupied West Bank that has stirred weeks of Palestinian protests following a deal with Israel's government, officials said.
Tyres, fires, lasers: Palestinians smoke out settlers
AFP, Published on 24/06/2021
» BEITA (TERRITOIRES PALESTINIENS) - With flashing lasers, honking horns and choking smoke from burning tyres, the latest tactics used by Palestinian protesters are dusk till dawn rallies to make life unbearable for Israeli settlers.
The scholar speaking out on China's crackdown on intellectuals
AFP, Published on 20/06/2021
» BEIJING: In a small, book-strewn apartment in Beijing's outskirts lives one of the last Chinese academics who refuses to be silenced by the ruling Communist Party's relentless crackdown on intellectuals.