Tags GENERAL Mali urges UN to mandate peacekeepers to confront terrorists The United Nations (UN) peacekeepers in Mali should be mandated to confront terrorist groups in the country, the West African
Tags GENERAL Zimbabwe police detained for complaining on WhatsApp Twenty police officers in Zimbabwe were reportedly detained last week for complaining in a WhatsApp chat for not having been
Tags GENERAL Best pictures from the Ballon d’Or awards ceremony Barcelona forward Lionel Messi last night was crowned the winner of the 2016 Ballon d’Or in a ceremony held at
Tags GENERAL President Buhari’s ally returns ‘stolen money’ A close ally of Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has returned $500,000 he allegedly received from the embattled former national security
Tags GENERAL Lawsuit demands withdrawal of Mubarak medals, decorations A lawyer filed a lawsuit before the administrative court of the State Council demanding the withdrawal of medals and decorations
Tags GENERAL CAR seeks lessons on post genocide recovery from Rwanda A 21-person delegation from the Central African Republic comprising of top government officials, civil society members, religious leaders, academics and
Tags GENERAL 40 dogs killed in Minya,Egypt as campaigns to exterminate stray animals continue Security authorities in Minya, Egypt have killed 40 stray dogs on Sunday as part of another campaign to rid the
Tags GENERAL Heatwave claims lives in South Africa At least 11 people have been reported dead from the heat stroke due to the heat wave that has rocked
Tags GENERAL On Benin’s voodoo holiday, followers pray and sacrifice for peace The national voodoo holiday in the West African country of Benin had a distinctively political accent this year as practitioners
Tags GENERAL Use of harmful plastic bags to be banned in Tanzania Tanzanian authorities said on Sunday that they were planning to completely ban the use of environmentally harmful plastic bags. “We