Senegal opposition leader Ousmane Sonko was convicted Thursday of corrupting youth but acquitted on charges of raping a woman who worked at a massage parlor and making death threats against her. The court sentenced Sonko to two years in prison. He did
The bipartisan debt ceiling deal brokered by Joe Biden and Kevin McCarthy has passed an important hurdle – but still faces condemnation from far-right Republicans. The deal goes to the full House of Representatives for debate and an expected vote on passage
President Joe Biden believes a deal to raise the debt-ceiling and avert a rapidly-approaching default is ready to face Congress. It comes after reports suggested some Republicans had branded the deal as “unacceptable” and threatened to vote against it. That is despite
A highly-anticipated trial of Senegal’s main opposition leader ended Tuesday evening with a verdict expected next week, a court said Wednesday. Ousmane Sonko is being tried for rape and death threats and could face up to 10 years in prison. If convicted,
The Archbishop of Canterbury has made a fresh intervention into the Government’s plans to stop small boats. Justin Welby warned that bishops “will not abandon” their opposition to the Illegal Migration Bill. The top cleric’s latest comments come after he railed against
Belarus has already been ‘invaded’ by Vladimir Putin, the country’s main opposition leader has claimed. Belarusian political activist Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya claimed her country is a victim of “Russian imperialism” not dissimilarly to Ukraine, and that Belarus’ president Alexander Lukashenko played a role
A member of the Belarus opposition movement urged the European Union on Monday to keep sanctions against a Belarusian state fertilizer producer, warning that lifting them would generate a $1.5 billion windfall for Alexander Lukashenko’s regime as it supports Russia’s war on
The rape trial of Senegal’s main opposition leader Ousmane Sonko that was due to open on Tuesday in the capital has been postponed until May 23. The delay came after 24 hours of unrest linked to the case against the prominent politician
A police officer died and several demonstrators were injured Monday during clashes between security forces and supporters of Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko in his hometown, according to an interior ministry statement and media reports. The unrest in Ziguinchor, a town in
Former Ghanian President John Mahama, who has received the main opposition party’s nomination to run for president next year, said Monday that he thinks the current administration has failed citizens of the West African nation. A day after clinching the National Democratic