(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Alejandro Arcos, mayor of the city of Chilpancingo in the southern Mexican state of Guerrero, was assassinated just six days after taking office, local authorities said. “His loss has left all of Guerrero society in mourning and fills us with indignation,” Guerrero state governor Evelyn Salgado wrote on social media X. Arcos […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – ) Several people were killed in a suspected Israeli attack near Aleppo in north-western Syria, state media reported early Monday citing a military source. The area around Aleppo was targeted by airstrikes overnight, it said. The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported missiles had hit the positions of a pro-Iranian militia […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Guatemalan court on Wednesday sentenced former President Otto Perez to 16 years in prison, finding him guilty of leading a massive customs fraud scheme while in office. Perez, who was forced to resign in 2015, was found guilty of racketeering and fraud targeting the customs system, Judge Irma Valdes said as […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Fletcher School at Tufts University has announced that the immediate past President of the Republic of Costa Rica, Carlos Alvarado Quesada joined the faculty as Professor of Practice in Diplomacy and as Senior Fellow in the Edward R. Murrow Center for a Digital World. The appointment of the 48th president of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Over 40 people sustained injuries during the feminist demonstrations on the occasion of International Women’s Day in the capital of Mexico, the city’s Ministry of Citizen Security said on Wednesday. “The Rescue Squad and Medical Emergencies provided more than 40 medical services to people that have suffered from dehydration, heatstroke, and others. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – UN envoy, Helen La Lime, says Haiti remains in “acute political and institutional crisis’’ despite some signs of progress in ending the political, economic and humanitarian crises in the country. Lime, head of the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH), told the Security Council on Friday that the crisis Haiti had […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Haiti is once more at a ‘crossroads’, six months after a devastating earthquake hit the south-west of the country, according to the UN Deputy Secretary-General, Amina Mohammed. Mohammed was speaking at an international event hosted by the Haitian government in the country’s capital Port-au-Prince on Wednesday. The event is aimed at supporting […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Brazilian police have arrested a man they believe hacked into Neymar’s bank accounts and repeatedly stole small sums of money totaling more than 40,000 dollars, officials in Sao Paulo said. Police said the alleged hacker worked at an unnamed bank where the Paris St-Germain (PSG) and Brazil player and his business manager […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Hugo Maradona, the younger brother of late Diego Maradona who also played football, has died, his lawyer confirmed on Tuesday. Lawyer Angelo Pisani said that Hugo Maradona died of a heart attack at the age of 52. He died in his home in Monte di Procida near the city of Naples where […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry on Thursday announced members of his new Cabinet, four months after he took the leadership of the country following the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise. Henry, while introducing the new cabinet said “one of the main tasks of this government is to create a safe and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Colombia’s most-wanted drug trafficker and the leader of the country’s largest criminal gang has been captured. Dairo Antonio Úsuga, known as Otoniel, was seized at his jungle hideout by the country’s security forces, Al Jazeera reports. The Colombian government had offered $800,000 reward for information about his whereabouts, while the United States […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – If you think that the problems of Haiti do not concern you, I am afraid, you may be mistaken. Haitian’s are descendants of slaves mostly from West Africa, including Nigeria. Some of these slaves might well have shared the same lineage with your ancestors hundreds of years ago. Besides, as a country […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The international Mrs. World Inc. Organisation, says it has accepted the resignation of 2020 Mrs. World, Caroline Jurie, a Sri Lankan national after she decided to hand over her crown. The organisation, in a statement on Wednesday, said that following Jurie’s resignation, Kate Schneider, the first runner-up at the international pageant and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Four Minneapolis police officers have been fired for their involvement in the death of a black man who was held down with a knee as he protested that he couldn’t breathe, officials said Tuesday. The FBI is investigating the incident, which drew widespread condemnation of the officers after a video showing part […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – At least 16 inmates were killed and five wounded in clashes at a prison in central Mexico, security officials said on Wednesday. Police reinforcements who entered the prison in Zacatecas after the riot erupted found four guns and several sharp objects that could be used for stabbing. Zacatecas state security chief Ismael Camberos […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A gunman opened fire inside the Catholic cathedral in the Brazilian city of Campinas on Tuesday and fatally shot four people praying in the pews before killing himself after police wounded him, authorities said. Police identified the shooter as Euler Fernando Gandolfo, 49, a systems analyst with no criminal record. Gandolfo entered […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, has been sentenced to 12 years prison term. The jail term begins Friday, after a judge, Justice Sergio Moro gave him 24 hours to surrender to police. The order from Justice Moro, head of Brazil’s huge “Car Wash” anti-graft probe, came as a complete […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Bangladeshi police and thousands of protesters have clashed as the opposition leader Ms. Khaleda Zia was jailed for five years over corruption. The trial against Ms. Zia centred around the sum of $252,000 meant for an orphanage trust which was set up when she was still serving as the Prime Minister. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The United Nations (UN) has declared that Myanmar’s de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been given “a last chance” to halt an army offensive that has forced hundreds of thousands of the mainly Muslim Rohingya to flee abroad. Antonio Guterres told the BBC unless she acted now, “the tragedy will […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Myanmar’s de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi is to miss a key UN debate next week, following mounting criticism of her poor handling of a crisis involving the Rohingya Muslim minority. No fewer than 379,000 Rohingyas have fled to Bangladesh since violence began late last month. Presently, the entire […]
