28 year old Gabonese undergoes gender reassignment surgery to become a woman
Dorothee Adjakidjie For 28 years, Gabonese Dorothee Adjakidjie suffered embarrassment and shame from not knowing whether she was male or female after being born with genitals of both sexes. When…
U.S. TIP report finds Nigeria, Niger improving in efforts against human trafficking
Niger and Nigeria have improved their efforts to fight human trafficking, but still do not meet the minimum standards required, the U.S. government said on Thursday in its closely watched…
Former France Captain, Platini Released from detention
Michel Platini Former France captain Michel Platini was released in the early hours of Wednesday after having been questioned over the awarding of the 2022 FIFA World Cup finals to…
US to begin mass arrests of ‘illegal aliens’ next week
US president Donald Trump US President Donald Trump has said in a tweet that the US immigration agents are planning to make mass arrests starting “next week,” an apparent reference…
Rights Groups call for probe into detention, death of ousted Morsi
Egypt’s first democratically elected president Mohamed Morsi was buried in Cairo on Tuesday, his lawyer said, a day after he collapsed in court and died. Rights groups called for an…
UN fingers India, Nigeria as baby boomers; world population hits 9.7bn by 2050
The United Nations says the world’s population is getting older and growing at a slower pace but is still expected to increase from the current 7.7 billion to 9.7 billion…
Ousted Bashir charged with Graft, makes first public appearance since April
Sudan’s ex-president Omar al-Bashir was charged with corruption-related offences on Sunday, as he appeared in public for the first time since he was overthrown and detained in April. Looking much…
Tech tool aims to track global water conflicts before they happen
Artificial intelligence can predict where conflicts over scarce water will break out up to a year in advance and allow action to prevent them, researchers said on Friday. An early…
Graft: Ousted Bashir, 41 former officers to be tried soon – prosecutor says
Ousted al-Bashir Ousted Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir will stand trial soon on corruption charges and 41 former officials from his government are being investigated for suspected graft, the chief prosecutor…
Passenger hits flight attendant, pukes inside aircraft
Passengers on Delta Airlines’ Flight 500 from Indianapolis to Paris made an unexpected visit to Detroit on Thursday after an “unruly passenger” caused the plane to divert. The disturbance occurred…