IN THE PRESS – Tuesday, 15.12.2020: We take a look at forced labour camps in China, where hundreds of thousands of Uighurs are thought to be picking the very cotton that we may be wearing. We also take a look at how the...
Coronavirus pandemic: France imposes 8pm curfew after lifting lockdown
French government announced on Thursday it would lift the six-week-long partial lockdown on December 15 and impose a night-time #curfew instead. But in a severe blow for the cultural sector, it said that museums...
US presidential transition: Biden hails democracy after electoral college victory
President-elect Joe #Biden pointedly criticized President Donald #Trump on Monday for threatening core principles of #democracy even as he told #Americans that their form of self-government ultimately “prevailed.”
Alassane Ouattara sworn in for third term as Ivory Coast president
Alassane #Ouattara has begun his third term as president of the #IvoryCoast. His win continues to be disputed by the opposition, but in his speech Ouattara called for help from his opponents to help defuse the situation...
US imposes sanctions on Turkey over purchase of Russian air defence system
The #Trump administration on Monday imposed #sanctions on its #NATO ally #Turkey over its purchase of a Russian air defence system, in a striking move against a longtime partner that sets the stage for further...
First foreign aid convoy reaches capital of Ethiopia’s scarred Tigray
The first international #aid convoy arrived Saturday in the capital of #Ethiopia‘s #Tigray region since fighting broke out more than a month ago, triggering a #refugee crisis and humanitarian disaster.
Boko Haram claims kidnapping of Nigeria students in north
#Nigeria‘s #BokoHaram jihadist rebels have claimed responsibility for the abduction of hundreds of #students in an attack on a boys’ school in northern Katsina State, a Nigerian online newspaper says.