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…
Tension in Kenya, Odinga tells supporters to stay away from work on Monday
Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga urged supporters to stay away from work on Monday and accused the government of having planned to rig elections and murder his supporters. “(The) Jubilee…
After Zuma survives no-confidence vote, opposition calls for dissolution of parliament
South Africa’s opposition called on Wednesday for parliament to be dissolved and a national election held, a day after its no-confidence motion in President Jacob Zuma was defeated. The ruling…
Google Fires Author of Divisive Memo on Gender Differences, Says action violates Code of Conduct
Alphabet Inc.’s Google has fired an employee who wrote an internal memo blasting the web company’s diversity policies, creating a firestorm across Silicon Valley. James Damore, the Google engineer who…
Kenyatta, Odinga confident of victory as huge voter turnout mark Kenya polls
Huge voter turnout heralded the polls as some Kenyans were still queuing to vote shortly before close of voting. But the electoral commission says that people still in the queue…
Trump signs Russia sanctions into law, heightens tension
President Trump signed legislation on Wednesday imposing sanctions on Russia and limiting his own authority to lift them, a measure that has already escalated tension with the Russian government and…
Trump suffers deadly blow as Senate fails to repeal Obamacare again
United States Senators early Friday narrowly rejected a dramatically slimmed-down Obamacare repeal bill, even after being promised by GOP leaders that the measure would never actually become law. The strategy…
Indonesia ombudsman alleges rights violations in execution of Nigerian drug convict
The office of Indonesia’s ombudsman has unearthed evidence of rights violations in the execution of a Nigerian drug convict last year, an official said on Friday. Humphrey Jefferson Ejike Eleweke…