Greece seeks to toughen punishment for migrant smuggling

Migrants prepare to board a Rigid inflatable boat ATHENS, Jan 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Greece’s migration ministry said it had submitted a new bill to parliament aimed at toughening penalties for migrant trafficking, including life sentences. Greece was the main entry point into Europe for Syrian refugees at the height of…

Ghana set to begin construction of tallest bridge with Japanese-backed technology

Content:ACCRA, Jan 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Roads and Highways Minister Kwame Agbodza described the talks with JICA’s Head of Africa Investment, Yushi Nagano, as highly productive, stating, “God willing, President Mahama will break ground this year for the construction of the bridge itself.” The planned 540‑metre cable-stayed bridge, featuring a 280‑metre…

Nigeria: Seven miners shot dead in restive Plateau

ABUJA, Jan 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Seven people were shot dead in an overnight attack at a mining site in Nigeria’s central Plateau state, a local youth group and a state official said.Plateau is one of several ethnically and religiously diverse hinterland states known as the Middle Belt, where communal conflict…

Algerian senate urges review of law declaring French colonisation a crime

Algerian Senate ALGIERS, Jan 24 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — Algeria’s Senate has demanded revisions to a historic law declaring France’s 1830-1962 colonization a crime, creating legislative discord just weeks after the lower house unanimously passed the bill demanding an apology and reparations from Paris.While the lower house’s December 24 vote classified colonization…

Guinea: African Union lifts sanctions

Former junta leader Mamady Doumbouya won the country’s December election ADDIS ABABA, Jan 24 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — After it imposed sanctions on Guinea following the 2021 coup, the African Union has announced it is lifting them.It comes after what the Union described as ‘the successful organisation of the presidential election’ in…

South Africa to step aside from G20 during United States presidency

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa PRETORIA, Jan 24 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — South Africa’s finance minister, Enoch Godongwana, has confirmed that the country will step back from its G20 engagements during the United States presidency of the grouping.Speaking at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos on Thursday, he described the decision…

UN rights chief slams ‘routine abuse’ of migrants in US

GENEVA, Jan 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United Nations rights chief voiced astonishment at the “now-routine abuse” of migrants by US authorities, urging Washington to end practices “tearing apart families”. Volker Turk called on the United States to ensure migration policies and enforcement practices respect human dignity and due process and…

Uganda army chief says 30 opposition supporters killed, 2,000 arrested

KAMPALA, Jan 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Uganda’s army chief and son of newly re-elected President Yoweri Museveni said Friday that 30 opposition supporters had been killed and 2,000 detained in the wake of the vote. Opposition leader Bobi Wine remained in hiding on Friday after accusing security forces of raiding his…

Guinean president accepts resignation of PM, gov’t

CONAKRY, Jan 23 (NNN-XINHUA) — Guinean President Mamady Doumbouya on Thursday accepted the resignation of Prime Minister and Head of Government Amadou Oury Bah, along with that of all members of the government, according to an announcement by Amara Camara, Minister Secretary-General of the Presidency of the Republic. Camara said…

Mali’s junta creates a new ministerial-level post to oversee the mining sector

BAMAKO, Jan 23 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — Mali’s military junta has created a new ministerial-level post to oversee the mining sector, tightening the government’s direct grip on the country’s crucial gold industry, and has appointed a former Barrick Mining executive to the job. The legal texts establishing the role state that the…
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