Image copyright Steinmetz Israeli billionaire Beny Steinmetz and two associates are to stand trial for allegedly bribing Guinean officials to win mining licences, Swiss prosecutors say. The trio allegedly paid $10m (£8.2m) to one of the wives of former Guinean President Lansana Conte. Mr Steinmetz and his mining company Beny Steinmetz Group Resources (BSGR) have […]
Image copyright The Standard Image caption One local official says the uniform was removed after a “symbolic burial” Officials in western Kenya have exhumed the body of a local man to strip him of the uniform he was buried in, his widow has told the BBC. Martin Shikuku Alukoye was buried in his full Kakamega […]
Caster Semenya won gold at the 2009, 2011 and 2017 World Championships but will not defend her title in 2019 Double Olympic champion Caster Semenya says she has “never really felt very supported” by other women in sport. South Africa’s three-time world 800m champion will not defend her title in Doha in September after a […]
Caster Semenya won gold at the 2009, 2011 and 2017 World Championships but will not defend her title in 2019 Double Olympic champion Caster Semenya says she has “never really felt very supported” by other women in sport. South Africa’s three-time world 800m champion will not defend her title in Doha in September after a […]
Image copyright Benoit De Freine Image caption Abdula Libenge holds a picture of his missing daughter A court in Belgium is investigating an orphanage for alleged abduction and trafficking of children from the Democratic Republic of Congo. Children were brought to Belgium and adopted by families who had been told they were orphans. Years later, […]
Image copyright Benoit De Freine Image caption Abdula Libenge holds a picture of his missing daughter A court in Belgium is investigating an orphanage for alleged abduction and trafficking of children from the Democratic Republic of Congo. Children were brought to Belgium and adopted by families who had been told they were orphans. Years later, […]
Image copyright Steinmetz Israeli billionaire Beny Steinmetz and two associates are to stand trial for allegedly bribing Guinean officials to win mining licences, Swiss prosecutors say. The trio allegedly paid $10m (£8.2m) to one of the wives of former Guinean President Lansana Conte. Mr Steinmetz and his mining company Beny Steinmetz Group Resources (BSGR) have […]
Image copyright Steinmetz Israeli billionaire Beny Steinmetz and two associates are to stand trial for allegedly bribing Guinean officials to win mining licences, Swiss prosecutors say. The trio allegedly paid $10m (£8.2m) to one of the wives of former Guinean President Lansana Conte. Mr Steinmetz and his mining company Beny Steinmetz Group Resources (BSGR) have […]
Image copyright Benoit De Freine Image caption Abdula Libenge holds a picture of his missing daughter A court in Belgium is investigating an orphanage for alleged abduction and trafficking of children from the Democratic Republic of Congo. Children were brought to Belgium and adopted by families who had been told they were orphans. Years later, […]
Image copyright Steinmetz Israeli billionaire Beny Steinmetz and two associates are to stand trial for allegedly bribing Guinean officials to win mining licences, Swiss prosecutors say. The trio allegedly paid $10m (£8.2m) to one of the wives of former Guinean President Lansana Conte. Mr Steinmetz and his mining company Beny Steinmetz Group Resources (BSGR) have […]
