INTERNATIONAL

Egypt’s first-ever Coptic Christian judge to head the country’s highest court was sworn in on Wednesday, an appointment called “historic” by rights activists. Coptic Christians, the largest non-Muslim religious minority in the Middle East, make up roughly 10 to 15 percent of…

The Spanish company in charge of a truck that exploded and killed 13 people last month en route to an internationally-run gold mine in Ghana violated storage and transport laws and has been fined $6 million, the lands ministry said on Tuesday.…

Ex-pope Benedict XVI asked for forgiveness Tuesday for clerical child sex abuse committed on his watch, but aides rejected allegations of a cover-up while he was archbishop of Munich. “I can only express to all the victims of sexual abuse my profound…

Contrary to speculations following the announcement by an Abuja-based human rights lawyer, Pelumi Olajengbesi, at the weekend that Yoruba Nation activist, Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho, will soon be released from detention, the government of the Republic of Benin has renewed his…

Most young lawyers around the world say they will probably leave their employer in the next five years, with salary the key determinant of whether they want to exit their current role or take a new offer, a survey by the International Bar…

The Commander of the United Sates Africa Command, Army General Stephen Townsend, has said that mercenaries from Russia, Wagner, have been brought into the coup-ravaged country of Mali by the military leaders. The US commander expressed worries that the Russian mercenaries would…

UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Tuesday announced the appointment of Maj. Gen. Benjamin Sawyerr of Nigeria as the Force Commander for the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA). Sawyerr succeeds Maj. Gen. Kefyalew Amde Tessema of Ethiopia to whom the secretary-general…

Manchester City footballer Benjamin Mendy has appeared in court to face a new allegation of attempted rape. The 27-year-old appeared in the dock at Chester Crown Court, where a judge ruled that the new charge the France international faces can now be reported. Mendy…

Manchester United forward Mason Greenwood has reportedly increased security measures on his home after he was released on bail on Wednesday. The 20-year-old was arrested on suspicion of rape and assault on Sunday and spent three nights in police custody. On Tuesday it…

Guinea-Bissau’s President Umaro Sissoco Embaló said an attempted military coup to overthrow him had failed on Tuesday, and called for calm across the country during a national address broadcast on Radio TV Bantaba. “I have never imagined that we would arrive to this…