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Israel calls for sanctions on Iran missile program after massive attack
Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz said on social media that he reached out to more than 30 nations to push for sanctions against Irans missile program and to declare Irans Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) a terrorist organization.
Mali junta bans media from covering politics
Issued by Malis high authority for communication on Thursday, the order was distributed on social media. It applies to all forms of media including television, radio, online and print newspapers.
At least 50,000 Russians killed in Ukraine war, report says
Mediazona, which tracks Russian casualties in the war with the BBC based on deaths recorded by open sources, said in its latest update that 50,471 members of the Russian military had died in the war since it began in February 2022.
Chads opposition says Deby jumping the gun on presidential campaigning
Deby, the transitional president who seized power after the death of his father in 2021, is attempting to cement his rule with a victory in Chads presidential election on May 6.The general said on state TV that if elected as Chad's president, he will maintain peace and develop the central African s...
Mali's junta suspends all political activities until further notice
Junta spokesman Abdoulaye Maiga read out the statement on state television late Wednesday evening, while the country was celebrating Eid al-Fitr, the holiday marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan in which observant Muslims fast from dawn until dusk.
Gabon police: Crime is spiking as prisoners freed
General Jean Germain Effayong Onong, commander in chief of Gabon's Penitentiary Administration, told Gabon's state TV that former prisoners caught committing crimes will either be punished or sent back to prison.
Biden calls Netanyahu's approach to Hamas war 'a mistake'
The Spanish-language network Univision interviewed Biden on April 3, two days after an Israeli attack killed seven staff members from the aid group World Central Kitchen in Gaza.Biden said there is no excuse for not providing food and medical aid to the people of Gaza, and that those efforts should...
Arizona can enforce an 1864 law criminalizing nearly all abortions, court says
The case examined whether the state is still subject to a law that predates Arizona's statehood. The 1864 law provides no exceptions for rape or incest but allows abortions if a mother's life is in danger. The state's high court ruling reviewed a 2022 decision by the state Court of Appeals that said...
US pushes back at Russias protest over South Korean sanctions
South Korea on April 2 unilaterally sanctioned two Russian vessels involved in delivering military supplies from North Korea to Russia.The next day at a press briefing, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova called Seouls move an unfriendly step that leads only to escalation of te...
Journalist arrested over fraud story
The journalist, Macmillan Mhone, who works for the daily Nation Newspaper in Blantyre, was arrested Monday following the story he allegedly wrote in August of last year when he was working for the online publication Malawi24.