Damien McGuinness BBC News in Berlin Reuters German police carried out a series of raids on Tuesday, arresting the leaders of the extreme-right Kingdom of Germany A self-declared “king” of Germany and three of his senior “subjects” have been arrested and their group banned for attempting to overthrow the state. Peter Fitzek, 59, was among…
Taiwan has condemned Somalia for banning travellers with Taiwanese passports from entering or transiting through the East African country. The ban took effect on Wednesday following an order issued by Somali aviation authorities last week, Taiwan’s foreign ministry said. Somalia is yet to comment on the ban which comes as Taiwan, a self-ruled island claimed…
Tanzania has banned all agricultural imports from South Africa and Malawi in the latest episode of a growing trade row. “We are taking this step to protect our business interests. This is business – in business, we must all respect each other,” Tanzania’s Agriculture Minister Hussein Bashe said on Wednesday, while confirming the move. South…
Jordan’s government has banned the Muslim Brotherhood a week after it said members of the Islamist group had been arrested on suspicion of planning rocket and drone attacks. Interior Minister Mazen al-Faraya told a news conference that all of the Brotherhood’s offices would be closed and its assets confiscated, and that any activities would be…
Joseph Winter & Aaron Akinyemi BBC News Reuters Joseph Kabila has denied having any links to the M23 rebels The Democratic Republic of Congo has banned the party of former President Joseph Kabila, accusing him of links to the M23 rebel group which has seized large parts of the east of the country this year….
The Nigerian authorities have banned broadcasters from playing the song Tell Your Papa, which criticises the country’s leader. Artist Eedris Abdulkareem’s lyrics slam President Bola Tinubu and urge his influential son, Seyi, to let his father know “people are dying” through hardship and insecurity and there is “hunger” in the country. In a letter to…
Getty Images Protesters blocked a bridge in Budapest after the law passed on Tuesday Hungary has passed a law banning Pride marches held by the LGBT community, sparking outrage in and out of the country. Parliament voted for the measure just a day after the bill was submitted on Monday, in a process fast-tracked by…
Sudan has suspended all imports from Kenya in protest after the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), who are fighting the army in a two-year civil war, were hosted in Nairobi. Last month, the RSF and its allied political and armed groups signed a founding charter in Kenya expressing the intention to form a parallel government…
BBC Eye Investigations BBC World Service BBC Mumbai-based Aveo had been selling the addictive combination in West Africa Indian authorities have banned two highly-addictive opioids in response to a BBC investigation which found they were fuelling a public health crisis in parts of West Africa. In a letter seen by the BBC from India’s Drugs…
Getty Images The overturning of Roe v Wade in 2022 has polarised communities in the United States Infant mortality rates have increased in US states which have enacted abortion bans following the landmark ruling overturning the nationwide right for women to access the procedure, a new study has found. According to researchers, there were an…
