20 die as clans fight in Kenya’s Wajir-Mandera county border dispute

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At least 20 people were killed in renewed clan violence on the Wajir-Mandera county border on Saturday night. According to Tarbarj OCPD David Kirui five...

South Africa home to over a million Zimbabwean refugees

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THE Zimbabwean government is keen to meet the South African authorities to discuss the possible renewal of permits introduced on foreigners in 2010 by...

Japenase royal couple visit to strengthen ties between Zambia and Japan

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Deputy Chief of Mission at the Embassy of Japan in Zambia Counselor Hideki Yamaji says the expected state visit of Prince Akishino, the second...

German flight instructor’s killers jailed

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The two men convicted of killing German flight instructor Ralph Kohnke have been sentenced to an effective 20 years in prison by the High...

Libya’s detention centres accused of torturing refugees and migrants

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Migrants at a detention centre in Zawiya, Libya. HRW says up to 6,000 migrants and refugees are detained in severely overcrowded conditions with dire...

Trial of 12 Tahrir Square sexual harassers to start on 25...

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Cairo Appeal Court set 25 June for the trial of 12 suspects involved in five cases of sexual harassment incidents that took place in...

Kerry’s visit sealing the repair of frayed Egypt ties

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Cairo - The Obama administration implicitly endorsed Egypt’s new military-backed government Sunday with a visit from Secretary of State John F. Kerry, sealing the...

Sierra Leone defended response to the Ebola outbreak

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Sierra Leone on Saturday defended its response to the Ebola outbreak ravaging West Africa, saying it was dismayed by allegations that affected governments are...

All Liberians Are of ‘Negro Decent’

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Following a thorough analysis from pages of Liberia’s historical accounts, the president of the Roman Catholic-run Stella Maris Polytechnic, Sister Mary Laurene Browne, has...

Nigeria says 219 kidnapped schoolgirls still missing

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The Nigerian government is reporting that 219 kidnapped schoolgirls remain unaccounted for two months after Boko Haram extremists stormed their secondary school in a...