Centre-left Labour is projected to win its first general election since 2005 by historic proportions. Britons head to the polls Thursday in a general election widely expected to emphatically return the opposition Labour Party to power and end nearly a decade and a half of Conservative rule. The c...
Chronic issues such as unemployment, poverty, and inadequate services have accumulated over the years. Increased taxes was the final straw. Kenyan President William Ruto is often called ‘Zakayo’, the Swahili equivalent of Zacchaeus, the infamous tax collector from the Bible known for his wealth a...
Lotfi Mraihi, a presidential candidate in Tunisia, has been arrested over alleged money laundering. The head of a Tunisian opposition party, Lotfi Mraihi, who has announced his intention to run in a presidential election set for October, has been arrested by police on suspicion of money launderin...
Les enseignements d'Ebola servent maintenant aux scientifiques dans cet autre combat qu'ils mènent contre la fièvre de Lassa, à commencer par la région de Kenema, la première en Sierra Leone où Ebola fut signalée il y a une décennie. Fourrageant dans le noir d'une petite maison de terre de l'est...
An appeals court in Morocco has ordered the country's leading telecommunications company to pay a rival firm $630 million over unfair competition practices. A Moroccan appeals court on Wednesday upheld a ruling ordering Maroc Telecom to pay a compensation of 6.3 billion dirhams ($630 million) to...
Le chef de l’État turc a réitéré son appel à des actions concertées pour mettre un terme aux dérives israéliennes. L’agression israélienne sur la bande de Gaza, les menaces d’Israël contre le Liban, les relations bilatérales ainsi que les questions d’ordre régional et international ont été discut...
Twenty-five people fleeing war in Sudan have drowned, pro-democracy activists said on Thursday. Pro-democracy activists in Sudan have said that around 25 people drowned in the Nile while trying to flee fighting between the Sudanese army and paramilitary forces in the southeast. "Around 25 citizen...
The floods that grounded business and commercial activities to a halt on Wednesday followed a 10-hour downpour. Several areas in Nigeria’s commercial city of Lagos have seen heavy floods that inundated homes and led to the collapse of a two-storey building that resulted in multiple injuries. The...
Russian president says Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, economic bloc BRICS serve as pillars of multipolar world. Russian President Vladimir Putin has said a multipolar world has become a reality, with international structures like the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) and the economic bl...
The 50-year-old former gang leader was this week named in South Africa’s cabinet as the country formed a government of national unity (GNU). It is a history that he can’t escape from – but Gayton McKenzie embraces his prison sentence for bank robbery as a turning point in his unusual rise to powe...
Ils ont été accusés et condamnés pour "fuite devant l'ennemi", "dissipation de munitions de guerre", "violation des consignes" et "vol". La justice militaire congolaise a infligé une condamnation à mort à 25 militaires jugés en procédure de flagrance pour avoir fui face à la progression des rebel...
Rivers United announced a two-year contract had been agreed upon. Top Nigerian club Rivers United have announced they have agreed to a two-year contract with former Nigerian coach Finidi George. The 53-year-old previously coached another Nigeria Premier Football League side, Enyimba, guiding them...