Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara said on Thursday he would not run in October’s election, ending months of speculation over whether he would seek a third term. October’s election is a major challenge for the Ivory Coast after its 2010-2011 ballot ended in violence between political rivals that killed 3,000 people. “I would like to […]

The former Barcelona and PSG star was detained in the South American country after allegedly producing false documentation. Brazil legend Ronaldinho has been arrested in Paraguay for allegedly using false documentation to enter the South American country. The 39-year-old, who won the World Cup with Brazil in 2002, was detained in the Resort Yacht & […]

Germany, on Thursday, said it was offering the UN an additional 100 million euros (or 111 million dollars) in aid of people in need in the embattled Syrian region of Idlib, Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said. “But there are clear pre-conditions for this. Humanitarian access and the protection of aid workers and the population must […]

Two new infections of coronavirus were detected in Senegal on Wednesday, bringing to four the number of people infected in the sub-Saharan nation, health officials said. One of the new patients was a 68-year-old woman, a French resident who had arrived in Senegal on February 29. Her 80-year-old husband tested positive for the COVID-19 virus […]

France’s top court on Wednesday ruled that a former Uber driver was an employee of the ride-hailing platform, in a decision with potentially fraught consequences for the company’s business model. The Court of Cassation approved an appeal court judgement in a case taken by a driver after the company closed his account. The driver claimed […]