UN RECOGNISES SLAVERY AS “GRAVEST CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY”

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The United Nations General Assembly has passed a resolution recognising slavery as one of the gravest crimes against humanity.

This comes after Ghana’s President, John Mahama, proposed the resolution at the Assembly, seeking to declare the transatlantic slave trade as the gravest crime against humanity.

KINSHASA RESIDENTS STRUGGLE FOR FUEL AMID GLOBAL CRISIS

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Kinshasa residents described the struggle to fill up their vehicles and motorcycles, saying they were being forced onto the black market as pump shortages worsened and the fallout from Trump's Iran war deepened Africa's fuel crisis.

BOTSWANA URGED TO LEARN FROM NAMIBIA, MOROCCO ON TAX REFORM

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There are important lessons that Botswana can draw from Namibia and Morocco, as the country seeks to create a tax system that is not only technically sound but also fair, efficient and aligned with the aspirations of its people.

SARKOZY IN COURT OVER ALLEGED ILLEGAL CAMPAIGN FUNDS

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Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy arrived at the Court of Appeal of Paris on Monday for his appeal trial over allegedly conspiring to secure illegal campaign funds from late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.

MADAGASCAR APPOINTS NEW PRIME MINISTER AFTER GOVERNMENT PURGE

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President of Madagascar, Michael Randrianirina, appointed Mamitiana Rajaonarison, the former head of the country's anti-corruption agency, as prime minister following the dismissal of the entire government last week.