Tags GENERAL Para-athletes to compete in Rio Paralympic Games Just like the Summer Olympic Games, the ongoing 2016 Paralympic Games has a team of refugees participating in the event.
Tags GENERAL 2,300 migrants rescued in the Mediterranean 2,300 migrants were rescued and taken to safety in 18 separate rescue missions in the Mediterranean in an operation conducted
Tags GENERAL Guinea Bissau factions in deal to end political crisis Guinea Bissau’s political rivals have agreed to a road map that includes the formation of a new consensus government in
Tags GENERAL Kenyan police kill three women who staged attack on police station Kenyan police have killed three women who attacked a police station in the coastal city of Mombasa, officials say. The
Tags GENERAL Zambia’s President Edgar Lungu to be sworn in next week Zambia’s Edgar Lungu will be sworn in for another five-year term next week after the country’s High Court rejected an
Tags GENERAL Uganda’s Kizza Besigye wants his trial for treason to continue Uganda’s main opposition leader Kizza Besigye has said he hopes the state puts him on trial for treason following his
Tags GENERAL Security heightened in Somalia ahead of regional summit Somalia has beefed up security in the capital Mogadishu ahead of the regional leader’s summit to be held next week,
Tags GENERAL South Sudan seeks to bolster trade ties with Ethiopia South Sudan is seeking to improve trade ties with neighbouring Ethiopia through the reopening of trade corridors and constriction of
Tags GENERAL UN says rescued South Sudan rebels on humanitarian grounds The United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) has so far rescued around 300 South Sudanese
Tags GENERAL Google to equip 1 million African youths with digital skills Global search engine, Google plans to equip one million young Africans with digital skills in the next year. The training