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Tanzania Earthquake Kills 13 and Injures More Than 200

A magnitude 5.7 earthquake has killed at least 13 people and injured 203 in northern Tanzania, the authorities say. The...

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Tanzania Earthquake Kills 10 and Injures 192

The earthquake struck in the north-west of the country A magnitude-5.7 earthquake has killed at least 11 people and...

International

Man Utd Still Targeting Premier League Title

Ander Herrera insists Manchester United's plans for Premier League glory remain intact despite the 2-1 derby defeat to...

International

US and Russia Agree Peace Moves

Russia and the US have announced an agreement on Syria starting with a "cessation of hostilities" from sunset on...

International

MasterCard Sued For $19 Billion In Britain’s Biggest Damages Claim

Some 46 million people in Britain could potentially benefit from a legal case brought against Mastercard (MA. N)...

International

Facebook U-Turn Over ‘Napalm Girl’ Photograph

Facebook says it will allow an iconic photograph of a girl fleeing a Napalm attack taken during the Vietnam war in 1972...

International

Zimbabwe To Cut 25,000 Civil Service Jobs

Zimbabwe's government is axing 25,000 civil service jobs in an effort to rein in government spending. It is also...

Opinion

The Jungle Poor and Our GJA Award

I was in the Department of Communication Studies’ library at the University of Ghana one morning when I got a...

International

Brazil Police Seek To Question IOC Head

Brazilian police say they want to speak to International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach about an alleged...

International

Theresa May and Donald Tusk Holding Brexit Talks

Theresa May is meeting European Council President Donald Tusk for the first time since becoming UK prime minister...

International

Harare Protest Ban Overturned By Court

Zimbabwe's high court has overturned a two-week ban by police on demonstrations in the capital Harare. The challenge...

International

Denmark To Buy Leaked Data

Denmark will buy data leaked from the law firm at the heart of the Panama Papers scandal, Taxation Minister Karsten...

International

South African Mayor Rejects Luxury Cars

A new mayor in South Africa has rejected a fleet of luxury cars he inherited from his predecessors. Solly Msimanga,...

International

First Face Transplant Patient Dies In France

The first-ever person to have a face transplant, Frenchwoman Isabelle Dinoire, has died, French doctors say. In 2005,...

International

‘Stateless’ Girl Granted SA Citizenship

A top South African court has cleared the way for an eight-year-old girl, born to Cuban parents, to be granted South...

International

Somalia Suspends Flights From Kenya

The Somali government says it has suspended all flights transporting khat from Kenya to Mogadishu. The Somali Minister...

International

Tech Inspired By Faith Booms In Africa

"You sign up to a church here and you are in multiple countries, because you have branches all over the world. So, from...

International

Kabul Charity Hit By Bomb and Gun Attack

Smoke could be seen coming from the area of the attack in Shar-e-Naw An attack on the offices of an international...

International

Uzbekistan To Bury President Islam Karimov

Uzbekistan is preparing to bury President Islam Karimov, one of Asia's most authoritarian leaders, who died this week...