Security forces in Saudi Arabia have reportedly arrested a number of people accused of trying to smuggle cheetahs into the country. Local media said the suspects had traveled on foot across rough terrain on the border with Yemen. The security personnel noticed movements in bags that the smugglers had on their backs. They were opened, […]
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President Museveni makes a firm stand against acts of homo-sexuality saying, he will not amend the current law under the penal code act that punishes whoever involves themselves in carnal knowledge of person against the order of nature. Museveni says this is not something knew to Ugandans, but has been there since time immemorial among […]
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A passenger plane has crashed in Kazakhstan, killing at least 15 people. The aircraft from Bek Air a Kazakh airline went down and crashed into a building shortly after take-off from Almaty airport early on Friday morning. Survivors described walking from the wreckage into the dark and snow. At least 60 injured people, including children, […]
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At least 30 people died yesterday when a crowded bus came off the road on a highway west of the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Kinshasa, and burst into flames,. According to the Red Cross spokesman David Nsiala , the current death toll is 30 and 18 others have third-degree burns. He […]
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The Rwandan government will today sign an agreement to host 500 refugees from Libya. The deal will be signed in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia between the Government, the African Union and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, according to the Ministry of Emergency Management. This follows a commitment by the Government in 2017 to host African refugees trapped […]
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South Africa’s high commissioner to Nigeria, Bobby Monroe, has denied attacks on Nigerians in his country saying that the attacks were not only targeted at Nigerians in the country. Monroe argued that businesses belonging to other South Africans were equally affected in the violence Bobby Monroe, the South Africa’s high commissioner to Nigeria, has denied reports […]
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United Nations – Violence and disease have displaced hundreds of thousands of people in the northeast Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the threat of new clashes is stopping civilians from going back to their homes, a United Nations official has warned. Leila Zerrougui, head of MONUSCO, the UN peacekeeping force in the country, described on Wednesday “simultaneous emergency situations” including outbreaks of Ebola and […]
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The Anglican Church of Canada — which has more than 500,000 members — has rejected a motion to modify its definition of marriage to embrace same-sex unions. The motion heard at the church’s general assembly, called a synod, would have changed its marriage canon to remove references to unions between a man and a woman. […]
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Tunisian Prime Minister Youssef Chahed has banned the wearing of the niqab in all government offices, citing security reasons. Niqab, is wearing of clothes that cover the entire face, save for the eyes. The directive came following three suicide bombings in a space of one week in the country’s capital, Tunis. However, a human rights […]
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Sudan’s military leaders have agreed with the opposition form an alliance until elections are held. With the mediators from Ethiopia and African Union, the two sides agreed to rotate control of the sovereign council – the top governing body for the next three years. According to the sources, the two sides pledged to form an […]
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