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Syria Conflict: Aid Convoy Attack Was Air Strike

Analysis of satellite imagery taken after a deadly attack on an aid convoy in northern Syria last month shows that it...

International

Yahoo ‘secretly Scanned Emails For US Authorities’

Yahoo secretly scanned millions of its users’ email accounts on behalf of the US government, according to a report....

International

Protests Hit Ethiopia After Stampede Deaths

Protests broke out in some areas of Ethiopia's Oromiya region on Monday, a day after dozens of people were killed in a...

International

Aleppo Bombing Shuts Largest Hospital

Russian and Syrian air raids on the rebel-held eastern half of the city of Aleppo have forced the closure of the...

International

Pope Preaches In Half-Empty Stadium

Pope Francis has said Mass in a largely empty stadium on a visit to Georgia after the majority Orthodox Christian...

Politics

Hurricane Matthew Heads For Jamaica Packing Strong Winds

Hurricane Matthew has weakened slightly as it moves towards Jamaica, but is still packing winds of up to 250km/h...

International

Hurricane Intensifies In Carribean

The most powerful hurricane in the Atlantic for nine years is moving towards Jamaica with wind speeds of up to 260km/h...

International

Central African Republic Militiamen Ordered To Vacate Schools

Armed groups in the Central African Republic (CAR) have been told to leave the schools they are occupying or face...

International

Obama ‘deeply Concerned’ About Aleppo

US President Barack Obama has expressed "deep concern" about the situation in rebel-held parts of Aleppo, amid an...

International

Ping Rejects Court Ruling On Bongo Election Win

Announcing its decision in the early hours of Saturday morning, the Constitutional Court also partially changed the...

International

Does the Media Needlessly Foster Fear?

The Vatican’s Pope Francis has strived to be a voice of peace and unity on a continent struggling to deal with a...

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Plane Crew Douse Smoking Samsung Phone

Cabin crew on an Indian passenger aircraft have used a fire extinguisher to tackle a smoking Samsung handset. The Note...

International

Tanzanian Lecturer Charged For Insulting President On WhatsApp

A Tanzanian lecturer has been charged with insulting President John Magufuli in a WhatsApp message, a senior police...

Business

Ghana To Receive US$500m World Bank Guarantee For ENI Gas

The World Bank will provide up to $500 million to Ghana in the form of a partial risk guarantee for use if the country...

International

Uganda To Spend $2 Billion To Connect Citizens To Electricity Grid

Uganda plans to spend at least $2 billion in the next five years to connect more people to its electricity grid and...

International

More Than $1 Billion In Power Africa Commitments Finalised

More than $1 billion in debt and financing commitments from US agencies and private investors is set to be announced on...

International

Mugabe Must Step Down

Zimbabwe's 92-year-old President Robert Mugabe should step aside without delay and allow new leadership of a country...

International

Pastor Propagating the Killing of Gays, Pedophiles Deported From Botswana

President Ian Khama of Botswana said on Tuesday he had ordered the arrest and deportation of U. S. pastor Steven...

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Botswana To Deport Anti-Gay US Pastor

Botswana is to deport controversial US pastor Steven Anderson after he said on a local radio that homosexuals should be...