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Donald Trump must apologise for comments – African Union
The organisation representing African countries has demanded that US President Donald Trump apologise after he reportedly called nations on the continent "shitholes".The African Union mission in Washington DC expressed its…
Clashes in Equatorial Guinea as state says it thwarted coup
Clashes were reported in Equatorial Guinea near the border with Cameroon on Wednesday, shortly after the West African state said it had thwarted a coup against President Teodoro Obiang Nguema, Africa's…
Mugabe’s final words of wisdom to African leaders
Robert Gabriel Mugabe sat reclined in a leather sofa cutting the pose of a man totally oblivious of what was going on around him. In the expansive living room was FL Grace, pacing up and down. Presently, she was on phone…
Ethiopian dispatches all-female crew to man historic intra-Africa flight
Ethiopian Airlines is set to make history with an all-female crew for a trip within African. The Ethiopia national carrier has announced that the special crew will man a flight heading to Nigeria. The entire team managing…
Militiamen jailed in DR Congo’s Kavumu for raping 40 children
A group of 11 militiamen in the Democratic Republic of Congo have been jailed for life for raping about 40 children, including at least one baby.The girls they raped between 2013 and 2016 were aged between eight months and…
Kenya election: Kenyatta vows to overcome divisions
Uhuru Kenyatta has vowed to overcome Kenya's divisions after being sworn in for a second term as president, at a ceremony boycotted by the opposition.Speaking after his inauguration in the capital Nairobi, he said he would…
Zimbabwe latest: Mugabe ‘resisting calls to resign’
Zimbabwe's long-time President Robert Mugabe is reportedly refusing to step down immediately, despite growing calls for his resignation.The 93-year-old was put under house arrest during a military takeover on Wednesday,…
Four workout routines that guarantee you quicker weight loss
The purpose of working out is to stay in shape and lose weight. As long as you exercise, weight loss is guaranteed. However, how quickly one loses weight can sometimes be a product of their workout routine. Here are…
Facebook founding president sounds alarm
“God only knows what it’s doing to our children’s brains.” A view on social media shared not by some uninformed luddite, but by one of the people responsible for building Facebook into the social media titan it is today.…
You’ll not deprive yourself of sleep after reading this
Sleep is seen by a lot of folks as a waste of ‘precious’ time that could be invested into making money. And that’s exactly the problem of some of us humans — money, wealth, riches, and more of them. We are willing to sleep…
Life hack: Five things you should know to survive life beyond the big 30
Thirty is not really old, I know, but at that age, you’re only twenty years away from fifty, which is considered the golden age of an average human being.So it’s also expected that some things would already have been…
Burundi bans women from playing traditional drums
Burundi's president, Pierre Nkurunziza, has introduced strict controls over the country's renowned drumming rituals, banning female drummers and limiting the sacred tradition to official events. "It is strictly…
New York truck attack: Five Argentine friends killed
Five friends from Argentina were among those killed in a truck attack in New York on Tuesday. Eight people were killed and 11 injured when the driver of the truck hit people on a cycle path in Lower Manhattan.A 29-year-old…
Uganda MPs get $8,000 each for work on Bill to extend Museveni’s rule
Ugandan legislators have each pocketed Ush29 million ($8,000) as a payout for consultations on legislation to extend the president’s rule, a parliamentary spokesman said on Tuesday, a move opponents denounced as a…
Mogadishu bombings: Top Somali officials fired over deadly blasts
The Somali government has fired two top security officials after twin blasts and a siege left at least 27 people dead on Saturday.They came just two weeks after at least 358 people died in another attack, one of the…
Nursing staff warn to stage strike in 14 days
The nursing staff unions-SYNAPA and SNTS met on 22 October to discuss health care, security at work and personnel management. As the health care is a priority issue, the two nursing unions therefore urge Burundi government…
Another MP from Coalition « Amizero y’Abarundi » beaten
Dorothée Hatungimana, a Member of Parliament from the coalition “Amizero y’Abarundi” has been seriously beaten when she was coming from Kimati hill in Rutana commune of Rutana province, this 21 October, to pay a visit to her…
Stress can be as bad for your body as junk food
Stress is one of those things most people know they need less of, but struggle to actually put that in practice. Now, here’s more motivation to try cut back on your stress levels: It could wreck havoc on your health. …
Dare Not Linger: Mandela’s book sequel launched in South Africa
The new instalment of Nelson Mandela's autobiography, Long Walk to Freedom, has been released in Johannesburg.Dare Not Linger tackles his five years as South Africa's president after the collapse of apartheid and gives…
Uganda postpones bill to extend Museveni’s rule after protests
Ugandan authorities postponed a bill to extend leader Yoweri Museveni’s rule after protesters took to the streets against it on Thursday, confronting police who fired teargas.Parliament speaker Jacob Oulanyah told lawmakers…
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