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A military court in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday sentenced ex-president Joseph Kabila to death in absentia for « treason ». Kabila, 54, who was neither present nor represented at the trial in the capital, Kinshasa, was found guilty of complicity with the M23 anti-government armed group, which has seized …

A special court in South Sudan set up to try opposition leader Riek Machar is set to sit on Wednesday to start receiving evidence from the prosecution. The court has ruled that it has jurisdiction to prosecute Mr. Machar and seven co-accused, who are charged with murder, treason and crimes …

Joseph Kabila a été condamné à mort ce mardi à Kinshasa. Il a été condamné par contumace à l’issue d’un procès devant la justice militaire du pays. Il a été jugé coupable de « trahison » et de « crimes de guerre ».

Joseph Kabila, the former president of the Democratic Republic of Congo, has been sentenced to death in absentia for treason and other charges by a military court in Kinshasa. Kabila, whose whereabouts are unknown, has denied the allegations.

South Africa’s ambassador to France, formerly a long-serving cabinet minister, was found dead on Tuesday at a Paris hotel in what is being treated as a possible suicide, the Paris prosecutor said. FRANCE 24’s Tom Canetti reports.

Ancien président de la République démocratique du Congo, Joseph Kabila a été condamné mardi à la peine capitale par la justice militaire de son pays. L’ex-président, au pouvoir de 2001 à 2019, était jugé par contumace pour trahison.

À l’ONU, le Premier ministre malien est revenu sur le conflit opposant son pays à l’Algérie, qu’il a qualifiée de « champion de la promotion du terrorisme ». Du « bavardage de caniveau » visant à masquer « les échecs » de la junte, a répondu le ministre algérien des Affaires étrangères. Déjà tendue, la relation …

A heavy security presence on Monday evening thwarted for a straight third day youth-led protests across several Moroccan cities, where demonstrators have sought to rally for improvements to the public health and education systems. Story by Oliver Farry and Sophie Samaille.

In Ireland, Brian Friel’s Translations is one of the country’s most celebrated plays.Themes of linguistic imperialism, colonial power, and identity run throughout and now for the first time in West Africa, Translations is premiering in Dakar with a Senegalese cast at a moment when France’s colonial legacy is being increasingly …

🇲🇬 President Andry Rajoelina announced on Monday that he had dismissed his government after deadly protests erupted over recurring water and electricity shortages in the Indian Ocean nation.