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- Equatorial Guinea detains French military helicopter hours after France’s appeals court upholds guilty verdict for VP Mangue
Equatorial Guinea has detained a French military helicopter, with the vice president claiming it landed without authorization after violating the African state's airspace. France has denied any wrongdoing.Jul 29, 2021 16:52World News - Madrid court drops genocide case against Polisario Front leader whose hospitalization in Spain sparked row with RabatSpain’s High Court has dropped an inquiry into alleged genocide and war crimes by the Western Sahara independence leader who was taken in by Madrid earlier this year for medical treatment, a move which angered Rabat.Jul 29, 2021 16:18World News
- Tunisian president tells businessmen they won’t be prosecuted if they return billions of dollars ‘looted’ from peopleTunisian President Kais Saied, who seized control of the government last weekend, said that billions of dollars had been stolen from the country and offered businessmen an option to return the money if they wanted to avoid prison.Jul 29, 2021 07:37World News
- Tunisian president imposes nighttime CURFEW, tells opponents to ‘revise constitutional lessons’ amid ‘coup’ accusationsTunisian President Kais Saied has declared a nationwide, month-long nighttime curfew after ousting the government and freezing parliament amid continued mass protests. He maintains his actions are legal.Jul 27, 2021 04:14World News
- Global mission led by Interpol sees over 280 human smuggling suspects arrested, 430 victims freedCrime agency Interpol has released details of ‘Operation Liberterra’, a mission coordinated by authorities in dozens of states which led to the rescue of 430 human trafficking victims and the arrest of 286 suspects.Jul 26, 2021 17:33World News
- Equatorial Guinea shuts UK embassy after London imposes sanctions in violation of ‘principle of international law’The African nation of Equatorial Guinea slammed the UK for interfering in its domestic affairs, as it announced the “total closure” of its embassy in London in response to UK sanctions on the son of the country’s president.Jul 26, 2021 15:37World News
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