NEW YORK— A US judge sentenced an extradited Liberian man to 63 months in prison for conspiring to traffic millions of dollars’ worth of horns and ivory from endangered rhinoceros and elephants, federal prosecutors said.Moazu Kromah, a Uganda resident,…
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Hague trial set for Rwanda genocide accused Felicien Kabuga
THE HAGUE— Felicien Kabuga, an alleged financier of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, will go on trial in The Hague on Sept 29 facing charges of genocide and crimes against humanity, a UN judge announced Thursday.Once one of Rwanda’s richest men, Kabuga all…
Read MoreEthiopia accuses Tigray rebels of refusing to talk peace
ADDIS ABABA— The Ethiopian government accused Tigrayan rebels of lacking any interest in peace talks to try to end the devastating 21-month war in the north of the country.Both Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s government and the Tigray People’s Liberation F…
Read MoreCovid-19: WHO experts back second booster for most at risk
GENEVA— The World Health Organization’s vaccine advisers recommended that people most at risk from Covid-19 should be offered a second booster dose to increase their immunity.The Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunisation (SAGE) said following…
Read MoreEmirates airline suspends all flights to Nigeria as it struggles to repatriate funds
ABUJA— Nigeria’s aviation ministry says it is “working hard” to release trapped funds to the Emirates airline after the carrier suspended flights to Nigeria beginning next month.Emirates announced in a statement Thursday, that it has put a hold on flig…
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