The High Court has found that the ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed Al Maktoum, interfered with British justice by ordering the hacking of the phone of his ex-wife, Princess Haya of Jordan. © Reuters Sheikh Mohammed has denied any knowledge of the hacking of Princess Haya’s phone The phones of […]
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Taiwan is committed to defending its democracy against an increasingly aggressive China, the island’s president has vowed, warning of “catastrophic consequences” for the region should it fall. The comments from Tsai Ing-wen, in an essay published on Tuesday, came amid record-breaking incursions by Chinese warplanes into its air defence zone. […]
The embattled former Guinea President has been a veteran opposition leader, a human rights professor, a political prisoner, and a star in Guinea political landmark. Alpha Condé came to the limelight in 1993 and lost with 18% and once again run in the 1998 election and lost to Alasana Conte, […]
Zambian opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema has been declared the winner of last week’s bitterly contested presidential election. Mr Hichilema defeated the incumbent, President Edgar Lungu, by a landslide – more than a million votes. It was Mr Hichilema’s sixth attempt at winning the presidency. His supporters have been celebrating on […]
Cameroonian tech entrepreneur Rebecca Enonchong has been freed after three days in detention. The reasons for her arrest in the country’s economic capital, Douala, on Tuesday are unclear. But her detention prompted her supporters to launch the hashtag #FreeRebecca, which has been trending in the region on Twitter. On Friday […]
Wagner is a Russian mercenary group whose operations have spanned the globe, from front-line fighting in Syria to guarding diamond mines in the Central African Republic. But it is notoriously secretive and, as such, difficult to scrutinize. Now, the BBC has gained exclusive access to an electronic tablet left behind […]
Zambia’s opposition presidential candidate has approached for the web to be reestablished after it was cut during Thursday’s firmly challenged decisions. “We call on ZICTA to immediately unblock the internet so citizens can follow the electoral process and continue with their lives unhindered. It’s a shame that even the PF […]
China has cautioned the UK’s Carrier Strike Group, driven by the plane carrying warship HMS Queen Elizabeth not to complete any “ill-advised demonstrations” as it enters the challenged South China Sea. ‘The People’s Liberation Army Navy is at a high condition of battle status’ says the supportive of government Global […]
Former US President Donald Trump has told Fox Business that he sees Bitcoin as a “scam” affecting the value of the US dollar. “Bitcoin, it just seems like a scam,” Mr Trump said. “I don’t like it because it’s another currency competing against the dollar.” He added that he wanted […]
The fourth call in a week between the two leaders came after Netanyahu was quoted by Israeli media as saying he was not setting a timeframe for an end to more than a week of hostilities. Biden has faced increasing pressure even from fellow Democrats to take a more active […]
