Day: December 30, 2020

Central African Republic opposition calls for annulment, repeat of general elections

A group of influential opposition politicians in Central African Republic has called for an annulment of last Sunday’s election, saying that a third of voters were unable to cast their ballot because of insecurity. Voting took place amid an offensive by armed groups in rural areas long beyond the reach of government control in the… Read More Central African Republic opposition calls for annulment, repeat of general elections

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Tunisian President Kais Saied to launch national dialogue bordering on reforms

Tunisian President Kais Saied will launch in coming weeks a national dialogue that will include political parties and youth from all regions “to correct the revolution that has deviated from its goals a decade after its outbreak”, the presidency said on Wednesday. The presidency said the dialogue proposed by the powerful UGTT union seeks economic,… Read More Tunisian President Kais Saied to launch national dialogue bordering on reforms

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Mob attacks and burns Hindu temple in northwestern Pakistan

A mob in northwestern Pakistan attacked and set ablaze a century-old Hindu temple on Wednesday, officials said, prompting condemnations from the Muslim-majority country’s Hindu community. Hindus are the largest non-Muslim majority in the country, which gained independence from British rule in 1947, when the subcontinent was partitioned into Muslim-majority Pakistan and Hindu-majority India. Videos made… Read More Mob attacks and burns Hindu temple in northwestern Pakistan

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U.S. imposes sanctions on two Venezuelan officials over trial of former Citgo executives

The United States on Wednesday imposed sanctions on a Venezuelan judge and a prosecutor over their roles in the trial of six former executives of U.S. refiner Citgo sentenced to prison by a Venezuelan court last month. The U.S. Treasury Department in a statement said it blacklisted the Supreme Court judge who presided over the… Read More U.S. imposes sanctions on two Venezuelan officials over trial of former Citgo executives

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Ivory Coast opposition leader Pascal Affi N’Guessan released following nearly two months in custody

Ivory Coast opposition leader Pascal Affi N’Guessan was released on Wednesday after nearly two months in custody for creating a breakaway government after a disputed presidential election marred by violence. His release is seen as a key step in repairing relations between the opposition and President Alassane Ouattara’s ruling party after an October 31 election… Read More Ivory Coast opposition leader Pascal Affi N’Guessan released following nearly two months in custody

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Hundreds of migrants stranded in open air in Bosnia following relocation failure

Hundreds of migrants from Africa, Asia and the Middle East were left stranded in the open air on Wednesday when an attempt to relocate them to another site in Bosnia after fire wrecked their temporary camp failed, police and migrants said. Fire destroyed Camp Lipa, near the town of Bihac in western Bosnia, last week.… Read More Hundreds of migrants stranded in open air in Bosnia following relocation failure

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Twenty-eight dead following bus attack in Syria’s Deir al-Zor

Twenty-eight people were killed in an attack on a bus along a main highway in Syria’s Deir al-Zor province that borders Iraq, Syrian state media said on Wednesday, an incident that residents and defectors say was an ambush on an army vehicle. There were no more details of the incident in an area where mostly… Read More Twenty-eight dead following bus attack in Syria’s Deir al-Zor

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