Egypt toughens penalties against FGM
Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) practitioners in Egypt now face 15 years behind bars if found guilty of carrying out the
Egyptian government increases import duty for luxury goods by 60%
Egypt has sharply raised customs duties on more than 300 goods to encourage domestic production and curb a ballooning trade
UNHCR needs record $22.2 billion in 2017 to help people hit by conflict
The United Nations humanitarian aid coordination agency says that it and its partners will need a record $22.2 billion next
Ministers pledge to ensure Africa’s free trade area takes off
African trade ministers have made commitments to see the plans for the continental free trade area, take off with ease
Traditional lights festival kicks off in South Africa signaling start of holiday season
The Traditional switching on of festive street lights has kicked off in Cape Town. The event signals the start of
Soweto residents open up their homes for unique entrepreneurship festival
Soweto residents have opened up their homes for a unique entrepreneurship festival. The idea is to choose a street in
Italy PM Renzi resigns after crushing referendum defeat
Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi has announced his resignation after Italian voters rejected his proposed reforms to the country’s constitution,
11 migrant bodies pulled out of the Mediterranean off Libya
Rescuers from the Red Crescent recovered 11 migrant bodies 20 kilometers east of the Libyan capital, Tripoli, on Sunday. Migrants,
Three confirmed dead in Durban bus crash
At least three people have been confirmed dead and seventy others seriously injured following a bus crash in Chatsworth, Durban.
More than 100 patients escape Kenya’s mental hospital as doctors’ strike begins
More than 100 mental patients in Kenya’s Mathari Hospital in the country’s capital have escaped following the doctors and nurses’