AFRICA

PNB scam: Choksi's plea for ED probe in Antigua rejected

Mehul Choksi could be extradited to India: Antigua PM

8:48 pm June 25, 2019

Antigua/New Delhi: Bank fraud fugitive Mehul Choksi may be extradited to India after he exhausts all legal options available with him, Antigua Prime Minister Gaston Browne was quoted as saying by a media report. Choksi, 60 and his nephew Nirav Modi, who is currently in a London jail, are wanted by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) […]

Ebola death toll breaks 1,500 mark in DRC

8:47 pm June 24, 2019

Kinshasa: More than 1,500 people have died in a nearly 10-month-old outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the health ministry said Monday. As of Sunday, 1,506 people have died out of 2,239 recorded cases, it said. Earlier this month, the virus claimed two lives in neighbouring Uganda among a family who had travelled to the DRC. […]

UN calls for ‘independent’ probe into death of Egypt’s Morsi

10:53 pm June 18, 2019

Geneva: The UN human rights office called Tuesday for an “independent inquiry” into the death of former Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi, who died in state custody. “Any sudden death in custody must be followed by a prompt, impartial, thorough and transparent investigation carried out by an independent body to clarify the cause of death,” said […]

Egypt’s ousted President Morsi buried after courtroom death

8:46 pm June 18, 2019

Cairo: Egypt’s first democratically elected president, Islamist leader Mohammed Morsi, was buried under heavy security early on Tuesday, a day after his dramatic collapse and death inside a Cairo courtroom, his family and a member of his defense team said. Morsi’s family attended funeral prayers in the mosque of Cairo’s Tora prison, followed by the […]

COVID surge, vaccine shortages spread beyond India’s borders

Two gendarmes, soldier killed in Mali violence: armed forces

8:44 pm June 17, 2019

Bamako: Two Malian gendarmes were killed by a mine explosion outside a military base and a soldier died in an ambush in the north of the country, the armed forces said on Monday. Since French troops helped force out jihadists in 2013, parts of northern Mali remain out of control of security forces and violence has spread […]