The United States on Tuesday warned the Democratic Republic of Congo against using an electronic voting system for its delayed presidential election scheduled to hold in  December this year. According...

  At least 71 persons were killed after a passenger plane operated by Saratov Airlines crashed in the Moscow region of Russia on Sunday. Reports say there were 65 passengers and six crew members...

Former United States President, George W. Bush has said there was pretty clear evidence that the Russian government meddled in the 2016 US elections that saw the emergence of Republican candidate, Donald...

Sudan’s President, Omar al-Bashir on Thursday announced the establishment of a programme with the Russian government which is aimed at strengthening the country’s military capabilities. The Sudanese...

A prominent American investigator of the illegal ivory and rhino horn trade in Africa and Asia, Esmond Bradley-Martin has been found dead in his Nairobi home with a stab wound on his neck. The 57-year-old...

Zimbabwe’s main opposition leader, Morgan Tsvangirai is critically ill in a South African hospital and his supporters have been advised to brace up for the worse due to his current condition. The 65-year-old...

The Israeli government has issued a two-month ultimatum warning African migrants to leave the country by the end of March or risk being jailed if they refuse. The country’s immigration authority spokeswoman,...

  The Zambian Police has revealed plans to clamp down on persons who are in possession of sex toys and other materials which are obscene and to ban the importation and sale of such in the country. Spokesperson...

The Kenyan Police on Friday arrested an outspoken member and a leader of the opposition National Super Alliance (NASA), Miguna Miguna in a dawn raid on his Nairobi home. Reports say the armed police officers...

    The world’s tallest man, Sultan Kosen and shortest woman, Jyoti Amge have visited Egypt’s Giza Pyramids as part of a campaign which aims to revive the country’s struggling tourism industry. It...

 United States President, Donald Trump has called for an end to the American Visa Lottery and the introduction of a merit-based immigration, a system which is currently being practiced in Australia. In...

  A coalition of opposition parties and personalities in Egypt has called for a boycott of the March presidential elections in the country, describing it as a ‘masquerade.’ The call which is...

Newly- inaugurated Liberian President, George Manneh Opong Weah has pledged to cut his salary and entitlements by 25 percent because of the country’s broken economy. In a nation-wide broadcast on Monday...

At least 14 Malian soldiers were killed on Saturday when Islamist militants stormed an army camp in the Timubuktu region in what has been described as the worst attack on security forces in the country...

  Not less than 24 persons were reportedly killed after a vehicle drove over a landmine in the town of Boni in Central Mali.   Malian Army spokesman, Colonel Diarran Kone told journalists that the...

  Doctors in China have taken a step closer towards cloning humans as they have successfully cloned two monkeys using the “Dolly the Sheep” method of transferring DNA. The identical macaque monkeys,...

  Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, erstwhile wife of the legendary freedom fighter and former South African  President, Nelson Mandela, has been hospitalized for a kidney infection.   A statement released...

President Rodrigo Duterte of the Phillipines on Monday instructed the country’s army and police to shoot him if he became a dictator and stayed on beyond his agreed tenure. The fire brand leader sought...

At least six persons were reportedly shot dead by Congolese security forces in an attempt to disperse a banned protest organized by the Catholic church against the continued stay in power of President...

  Former International soccer star and one-time World Footballer of the Year, George Manneh Weah has been sworn in as the 24th President of Liberia ( the first peaceful democratic transfer of power in...