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A court has found Nicolas Sarkozy guilty of corruption and influence peddling and sentenced the former French president to three years. The former president was said to have forged a “corruption pact” with his lawyer and a senior magistrate. He was sentenced to three years in prison, but two of…

The Russian warship, “Admiral Grigorovich” frigate, entered the Sudanese port where Moscow plans to build a naval base on the country’s Red Sea coast, Russia’s Interfax news agency reported on Sunday. It was the first Russian warship to enter Port Sudan, Interfax said citing a statement by the Russian fleet.…

South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa on Sunday said the country will start relaxing coronavirus restrictions, moving from alert level three down to level one, after a “dramatic decline” in infections. The easing of the measures, due to begin at midnight, will see most economic activity resume as the country moves…

The High Court in Zambia has quashed a decision by the government to declare a private company’s electricity transmission lines as a common carrier. Energy Minister Matthew Nkhuwa last year declared infrastructure owned by the Copperbelt Energy Corporation (CEC), Zambia’s leading supplier of electricity to the mines, as “common carrier”.…

Ecuador’s health minister Juan Carlos Zevallos stepped down Friday, after his department allowed a university official receive a Covid-19 vaccine ahead of other priority groups. President Lenin Moreno announced Zevallos’s resignation on Twitter, after the move prompted a major backlash. He posted the minister’s resignation letter, which explained that his…

While many governments are undertaking ambitious campaigns to persuade people to get vaccinated against Covid, Zimbabwe’s president has gone a step further, threatening to punish those who do not take offered doses. “You are not going to be forced to be vaccinated, but the time shall come when those who…

Gunmen abducted 317 girls from a boarding school in northern Nigeria on Friday, police said, the latest in a series of mass kidnappings of students in the West African nation. Police and the military have begun joint operations to rescue the girls after the attack at the Government Girls Junior…

President Uhuru Kenyatta spoke with his United States of America counterpart Joe Biden on Thursday evening during which the two leaders discussed a number of bilateral and multilateral subjects of mutual interest to Kenya and the US. In the telephone conversation, the two leaders spoke about the strengthening Kenya-US bilateral…

US President Joe Biden on Thursday directed US military airstrikes in eastern Syria against facilities belonging to what the Pentagon said were Iran-backed militia, in a calibrated response to rocket attacks against U.S. targets in Iraq. The strikes, appeared to be limited in scope, potentially lowering the risk of escalation.…

Kenya’s Ministry of Health requires an additional Shs. 1.4 Billion from the Treasury for the expansion of COVID vaccine storage facilities across the country. The funds will also help MoH buy freezers that can store jabs at -70°C, the required storage temperatures. Willis Akhwale, the head of the COVID-19 Vaccine…