EU Trade Commissioner Phil Hogan has resigned after flouting Irish coronavirus restriction measures, his head of cabinet Peter Power told dpa on Wednesday evening, confirming media reports. Hogan had been under fire for having attended a dinner in his home country of Ireland last week that contravened the nation’s coronavirus rules. The pressure increased earlier Wednesday […]

A poacher in Congo-Brazzaville has been sentenced to 30 years of forced labour for killing elephants, an NGO said Tuesday. Gerard Mombaza Mombembo, 35, from neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo, has been nicknamed “the butcher of Nouabale Ndoki”, after the national park where he primarily operated. He was found guilty of killing protected animals and […]

A court in Ivory Coast has confirmed the decision of the country’s electoral commission to strike off 75-year-old former president, Laurent Gbagbo, from the electoral list, his lawyer told AFP Tuesday. “It’s a definitive no,” Claude Mentenon told AFP, adding that there was no further legal recourse inside Ivory Coast. Election officials had already rejected […]

In a rare display of urgency, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un held his third high-level political conference in as many weeks, where he raised alarm about the nation’s coronavirus response and a typhoon forecast to hit the country early Thursday. During an enlarged meeting of the Politburo of the ruling Workers’ Party on Tuesday, […]

The international community increased pressure on the military junta that has seized power in Mali, as the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF) suspended the nation from its membership Tuesday. Its leadership agreed the move at an extraordinary session held via videoconference, while adding that it would maintain any cooperation that would help the civilian […]