Facebook, other tech firms meet with U.S intelligence on 2020 election security
U.S. technology companies including Facebook Inc, Alphabet’s Google, Microsoft Corp and Twitter Inc met with U.S. intelligence agencies on Wednesday to discuss security strategies ahead of the November 2020 election. The…
Ousted Islamist President Mursi’s youngest son dies from heart attack
The youngest son of Egypt’s former president, Mohamed Mursi, died on Wednesday from a heart attack, his brother and a family lawyer told Reuters, 2-1/2 months after his father’s death…
Ebola survivors face risks of kidney problems, premature death
People who survive Ebola virus infection face a dramatically higher risk of dying – probably from severe kidney damage – within a year of leaving hospital, according to a study…
Xenophobia: Ramaphosa says South Africa Police has arrested nearly 300 people
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa told officials and business leaders on Wednesday that he was committed to quelling attacks on foreigners that have threatened to cast a cloud over an…
Xenophobia: Zambian students storm South Africa embassy, destroy properties
Zambia’s university students burn the sign outside the South African Embassy in Lusaka on September 4, 2019 during a demonstration to protest against xenophobic attacks on foreign nationals in the…
It is untrue that African countries are boycotting WEF over xenophobia – SA govt
Presidential spokesperson Khusela Diko of South Africa told The Citizen that she was “quite sure” there was “absolutely no truth” to “rumours” that Malawi, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)…
Activists warn of an “epidemic” of violence against women in South Africa
Activists have warned of an “epidemic” of violence against women in South Africa after a spate of killings and rapes sparked outrage in a country with one of the…
Cancer could become world’s biggest killer in just a few decades
Cancer has overtaken heart disease as the leading cause of death in wealthy countries and could become the world’s biggest killer within just a few decades if current trends persist,…
Spain rescues almost 200 migrants attempting to cross from North Africa
Almost 200 people were rescued attempting to make the dangerous crossing from North Africa to Spain on Monday, the coastguard said. The rescues come amid a debate in Spain over…
Italian police seize German rescue ship, says migrants to disembark soon
Italian police on Monday seized a German migrant rescue ship that had been stranded at sea for a week with more than 100 migrants aboard, and will disembark the…