UN experts urge Egypt to overturn largest confirmed mass death verdict
The credibility and integrity of the Egyptian justice system has become “deeply compromised”, a group of United Nations human rights experts today said, urging...
Dr William Fischer speaks of horror in Guinea as Ebola outbreak...
WHAT began as a trip to Geneva to analyse technical documents landed US doctor William Fischer in a cement building in the middle of...
Military nabs abductor of Chibok schoolgirls
ABUJA - Almost three months after Boko Haram terrorists abducted more than 200 schoolgirls in Chibok, Borno State, the military announced, yesterday, that it...
Nigeria, Borno market bombed: 50 killed, 68 injured
Maiduguri - More than 50 people, including 16 members of the Vigilante outfit, also known as Civilian JTF, were killed, yesterday when a Peugeot...
Ugandan troops in the Central African Republic killed 11 Seleka fighters
Ugandan troops deployed in the Central African Republic (CAR) have killed 11 Seleka fighters."We killed 11 rebels, including a colonel who was commanding the...
DR Congo places new visa restrictions on Rwandans
RUBAVU, Rwanda - The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) this week introduced a new Visa policy targeting Rwandans, which regional officials say affects more...
South Sudan patients ‘shot in hospital beds’
Violence in South Sudan's civil war including the execution of scores of hospital patients is the worst seen for decades and is an "affront...
China will re-open embassy in Somalia after a 23-year absence
BEIJING, Jun 30 – China will re-open its embassy in strife-torn Somalia after a 23-year absence, it said Monday, as Beijing extends its diplomatic...
Kenya’s Infighting is Good for No-one, Except Al-Shabaab
The response to the attacks in and around Mpeketoni earlier this month, in which over 60 people were killed, could not have been more...
Shopping spree: 27 Zimbabwe MPs stuck in China
About 27 Zimbabwe MPs are reportedly stranded in Guangdong Province, China, after they went on a shopping visit to Beijing and missed their Harare...





















