Ethiopian President tenders resignation, gives no reason
Ethiopia’s President Mulatu Teshome on Wednesday filed resignation request to the Ethiopian Parliament, State news agency ENA reported. Teshome, who has been the east African country’s head of state since…
World Bank must do more to eradicate energy poverty across the continent – African leaders
Following reports by the International Energy Agency, IEA, that an estimated 1.1 billion people 14 per cent of the global population do not have access to…
Erdogan says Khashoggi’s killers will not escape justice
Jamal Khashoggi President Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday said that Turkey would not allow those responsible for the killing of Saudi journalist, Jamal Khashoggi, to escaped justice, from…
World’s oldest intact shipwreck discovered in Black Sea
Black Sea MAP/EEF Expeditions Image The ship was surveyed and digitally mapped by two remote underwater vehicles Archaeologists have found what they believe to be the…
Sit Tight Syndrome: Biya ‘easily’ wins seventh term as president, at 85
Paul Biya,7th term President of Cameroon Why some African Presidents have remained sit is a question yet to be unravelled as Cameroon’s President Paul Biya,…
Turkey’s Erdogan to divulge ‘naked truth’ about Khashoggi murder
Turkish President, Tayyip Erdogan Following weeks of denial, outrage and accusations over the death of Jamal Khashoggi, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says he will…
“Nothing we can do now will right the wrongs inflicted on our nation’s children”: Australian PM offers apology to victims and survivors of sex abuse
Australian Prime Minister, Scott Morrison Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Monday issued a formal apology to victims and survivors of institutional child sexual abuse. The gesture followed…
MTM rape allegations: Liberians outraged … Govt. launches Investigation
With almost 900 sexual and gender based violence cases reported in Liberia between January and September 2018, of which more than 500 were rape cases and…
Africa’s youngest billionaire returns home, recounts kidnap ordeal
Africa’s youngest billionaire, snatched a week ago off the street outside a luxury hotel in Tanzania, has returned home unharmed after being released by his kidnappers, police said on Saturday….
Khashoggi killing: Theresa May under pressure to suspend arms sales to Saudi Arabia
The Prime Minister is under pressure to suspend arms sales to Saudi Arabia after the Gulf kingdom admitted that self-exiled journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed at its…