AfDB debars state-owned China firm for road project fraud in Africa
A China state-owned enterprise was debarred for at least a year by the African Development Bank (AfDB) Tuesday for lying about its past experience. Chongqing International Construction Corporation (CICO) “engaged…
Funmi Iyanda goes on stage for Oya Chronicles
Media personality, Funmi Iyanda, will be on stage at Kachette 347 Old St, London EC1V 9LP on Sunday, August 27 for Oya Chronicles: In Conversation With My Mother. The enchanting one night…
Ten missing as US warship collides with oil tanker in Singapore water
Ten U.S. sailors were missing after a U.S. warship collided with an oil tanker east of Singapore before dawn on Monday, tearing a hole beneath the waterline and flooding compartments…
Trump fires Bannon in one sack too many
On Friday chief strategist Steve Bannon became the latest casualty of seven months of bedlam in the executive offices of the world’s most powerful country. He was fired by Trump…
Sierra Leone mudslide: Death toll crosses 400, humanitarian crisis looms; aid workers fear epidemic
Aid workers in Sierra Leone warned of a humanitarian crisis on Friday as the official death toll passed 400, with more than a hundred children among the victims — and…
Trump under fire: 8 appointees resign in one day; Republicans rage at President
President Donald Trump disbanded two high-profile business advisory councils on Wednesday after several chief executives quit in protest over his remarks blaming weekend violence in Virginia on anti-racism activists as…
32 people gunned down in one night in deadliest anti-drug raid, we’ll kill more, says President
Philippine police killed 32 people in dozens of anti-drug operations in a province north of the capital, Manila, in the single deadliest day of President Rodrigo Duterte’s unrelenting war on…
Gunmen attack UN bases, nine dead, several injured
Gunmen attacked two United Nations bases in Mali on Monday, killing a peacekeeper, a contractor and seven Malians, the UN said, in the latest attacks on its presence in the…
17 killed in Sunday night terror attack on a restaurant in Burkina Faso
No fewer than seventeen people have been killed and eight wounded in a “terrorist attack” in the centre of the capital of Burkina Faso, Ouagadougou, the government says. It was…
Another Trump storm: Merck CEO resigns from Trump council, citing intolerance and extremism
The rollercoaster storm continues in the White House as Merck & Co Inc Chief Executive Kenneth Frazier resigned from U.S. President Donald Trump’s American Manufacturing Council on Monday, saying he…