Japanese Prince Kiko and Princes Akishino arrive in Zambia
Their Imperial Highnesses Prince Kiko and Princes Akishino of Japan have arrived in Zambia. The plane carrying the Royal couple touched down at the...
Woman kills boyfriend over blanket
Namibia - Police have said a woman from Oshaandjela village in Ondangwa stabbed her 79-year-old boyfriend to death yesterday morning during a quarrel over...
Women good enough to be Lesotho’s prime minister
The Deputy Minister of Finance, Matsepo Ramakoae, has called on women to unite and work towards electing Lesotho’s first female prime minister.Ms Ramakoae —...
Sudan opposition alarmed over remarks by Bashir
Sudan’s opposition parties which agreed to participate in the national dialogue have expressed resentment over statements made by president Omer Hassan al-Bashir recently regarding...
Two Tunisians abducted in Libya freed
A Tunisian diplomat and a fellow embassy staffer abducted in Libya earlier this year have been freed by their abductors after months in captivity.Tunisia's...
Anti-protest law activists’ trial postponed to 13 September 2014
A Cairo misdemeanour has postponed the trial of 23 defendants charged with violating the protest law to 13 September, Al-Ahram's Arabic news website reported...
Two Israelis and one Egyptian to face trial over ‘spying’
An Egyptian and two Israelis, including an intelligence officer, will be tried by an Egyptian court for allegedly "spying" for the Jewish state, judicial...
Ebola outbreak now most deadly ever in West Africa
West Africa's first-ever Ebola outbreak in humans is now the most deadly and geographically widespread outbreak on record and is threatening to spread, health...
Boko Haram kills 48, burns churches near Chibok
Boko Haram insurgents on Sunday launched attacks on three villages near Chibok in Borno State, setting ablaze five churches and killing no fewer than...
Former South Sudan political detainee joins rebels
JUBA - A group of former South Sudanese political detainees announced on Saturday that one of their colleagues had joined the rebel Sudan People’s...