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UN judge jailed for keeping housekeeper as slave

James Ingham
BBC News

A United Nations judge has been jailed for six years and four months for forcing a woman to work as a domestic slave.

Lydia Mugambe, 50, was studying for a PhD in law at the University of Oxford when police discovered she had a young Ugandan woman at her home carrying out unpaid work as a maid and nanny.

Mugambe, who is also a High Court judge in Uganda, was jailed at Oxford Crown Court on Friday after she was found guilty of modern day slavery offences in March.

Reuters

Burkina faso to nationalise more industrial mines, prime minister says

Burkina Faso plans to take control of more foreign-owned industrial mines, the country's prime minister said, as the West African country seeks a bigger share of revenue from its national resources.

Prime Minister Jean Emmanuel Ouédraogo said Burkina Faso planned to continue with its effort to regain control over its resources in a speech broadcast on national television late on Monday.

BBC

DR Congo and Rwanda vow to agree peace plan within days

Will Ross
BBC World Service Africa regional editor

Jaroslav Lukiv
BBC News

The agreement was signed by the DR Congo's and Rwanda's foreign ministers in the presence of US Secretary of State Marco Rubio

Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo have signed an agreement to respect each other's sovereignty and come up with a draft peace deal by 2 May.

NZZ

In Tigray stehen alle Zeichen auf Eskalation

Mit dem Friedensabkommen von 2022 ist niemand zufrieden

Bettina Rühl, Nairobi

In der Konfliktregion Tigray im Norden von Äthiopien haben die anhaltenden Spannungen zu einem Wechsel der Übergangsregierung geführt. Dies, nachdem der äthiopische Ministerpräsident Abiy Ahmed den Generalleutnant Tadesse Werede zum Präsidenten der tigrinischen Übergangsverwaltung ernannt hatte. Abiy versucht damit, der seit Monaten schwelenden politischen und humanitären Krise in Tigray die Schärfe zu nehmen.

NZZ
Die Brigade N’Hamedu steht in Deutschland unter Terrorverdacht. Wie gefährlich ist die eritreische Gruppierung?

Die Brigade kämpft in Deutschland gegen die Diktatur in der Heimat – und distanziert sich von Gewalt. Doch in Äthiopien will sie sich bewaffnen.

Carlo Mariani

Benin admits that 54 soldiers killed in attack by al-Qaeda group

Mansur Abubakar
BBC News

A presidential spokesman described the killings as a “heavy loss”

Benin's government has admitted that 54 soldiers were killed by suspected jihadists in the country's north last week near the borders with Burkina Faso and Niger.

The authorities had previously said that only eight soldiers were killed.

The revised figure makes it the deadliest known attack since insurgents began operating in northern Benin at the beginning of the decade.

Reuters

Vitriol, aggression won't halt presidential bid, Ivory Coast's Thiam says

By John Irish

Summary

Thiam was removed from electoral over French nationality
Says hopes reason will prevail so he can run in October vote
Party won't put forward other candidate

NZZ

In Khartum kehrt das Leben zurück

Der sudanesischen Armee gelingt mit der Rückeroberung der Hauptstadt ein wichtiger Vorstoss – Greueltaten geschehen aber weiterhin

Dominique Burckhardt

FAZ

Kabilas nächster Zug

Von Claudia Bröll

Der frühere Präsident ist nach Kongo zurückgekehrt. Er will für Frieden in Ostkongo sorgen. Doch die Regierung in Kinshasa sieht dahinter Machtgelüste.

NZZ

Der Putschist gewinnt die Wahl

Der Präsident von Gabon verfolgt gegenüber Frankreich einen freundlicheren Kurs als andere afrikanische Juntachefs

Bettina Rühl, Nairobi