2017-11-07 06:29
Cartoonists Rights Network International (CRNI) has named a detained Equatorial Guinea catroonist as winner of the ’2017 Courage in Cartooning Award.’CRNI said the choice of… Read More
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2017-11-07 06:27
An Ethiopian – born business mogul has been named in an anti-corruption crackdown by the Saudi Arabia government over the weekend.Mohammed Hussein Al Amoudi, 71, was detained along wit… Read More
2017-11-07 06:25
The Democratic Republic of Congo announced on Sunday that much delayed elections to replace President Joseph Kabila would take place in December 2018, but the opposition demanded the longtim… Read More
2017-11-07 06:24
A key community leader from Nigeria’s tense Delta oil-producing region called on militants on Sunday not to resume their attacks until they had further time to negotiate their demands… Read More
2017-11-07 06:22
South Sudanese President Salva Kiir on thursday accused Sudan of being a “source of weapons” fuelling the brutal civil war in his country.Mr Kirr said this as he met leader Omar… Read More
2017-11-07 06:21
South African Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa, a leading contender to become head of the ruling ANC in December, has named science and technology minister Naledi Pandor as his run… Read More
2017-11-07 06:19
Liberia’s Supreme Court has ordered the elections body to investigate fraud allegations brought by a losing aspirant in the October 10, 2017 presidential elections, local news portals… Read More
2017-11-07 06:15
Zimbabwe’s First Lady Grace Mugabe and the country’s Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa have been archrivals in the succession wars over President Robert Mugabe’s position.T… Read More
2017-11-07 06:12
A former lawmaker filed a petition at Kenya’s Supreme Court on Monday challenging President Uhuru Kenyatta’s victory in last month’s presidential election in a last minute… Read More
2017-11-07 06:08
Somalia’s Islamist al Shabaab insurgency shot four men accused of spying on Monday in a public execution which underscored the insurgents’ control of swathes of the country&rsquo&hell…Read More
2017-11-07 05:29
Doctors working in Ugandan public hospitals went on strike on Monday to protest low salaries and shortages of essential supplies, a spokesman for their union told Reuters.The last such natio… Read More
2017-11-07 05:27
Katanga mine in the DR CongoOne of the world's largest firms loaned a businessman previously accused of corruption $45m and asked him to negotiate mining rights in a poor central African nat… Read More
2017-11-07 05:24
An investigator named four North Korean men in court in connection with the murderA senior police officer has told a trial in Malaysia that four North Korean men were involved in killing the… Read More
2017-11-07 05:22
Globally, temperatures in 2017 look set to be the third highest on recordThe year 2017 is "very likely" to be in the top three warmest years on record, according to provisional figures from… Read More
2017-11-07 05:19
Mr Mnangagwa had been a leading candidate to succeed President MugabeZimbabwe's Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa has been removed from his post, the country's government has announced.Mr Mn… Read More
2017-11-07 05:17
Despite losing her job, the 50-year-old says she does not regret "flipping off" the motorcadeA woman pictured raising her middle finger toward US President Donald Trump's motorcade has repor… Read More
2017-11-07 05:14
The purge bolsters the position of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin SalmanThe arrest of dozens of Saudi royal figures, ministers and businessmen is just the start of an anti-corruption drive… Read More
2017-11-07 05:12
The 81-year-old's long political career has been plagued by scandalsFormer Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi looks set for another political comeback after a coalition he backed won S… Read More
2017-11-07 05:09
The men have been without electricity, food, security and medical staff for a week.A Papua New Guinea court has ruled against restoring basic services to refugees staying in a closed Austral… Read More
2017-11-07 05:05
Diego Angelini was buried at Rosario's main cemeteryThe first funerals of five Argentine tourists killed in last Tuesday's truck attack in New York have taken place in their home town of Ros… Read More
2017-11-07 05:00
Police investigate the crash in the Sydney suburb of GreenacreTwo eight-year-old boys have died after a car crashed into a primary school classroom in Sydney, police have said.The incident a… Read More
2017-11-07 04:58
Mr Trump's Seoul visit is perhaps the most symbolic stopover in his tour of AsiaUS President Donald Trump has arrived in South Korea, where he is due to meet leader Moon Jae-in to discuss tr… Read More
2017-11-07 04:55
Kelley is believed to have been in a family row with his ex-wife and in-laws, police sayThe US Air Force has said it is investigating its apparent failure to enter information about Texas sh… Read More
2017-11-06 05:48
Thirty-one new cases alleging sexual abuse or exploitation by United Nations personnel, nearly half of which involve the U.N. refugee agency, were filed between July and September for events… Read More
2017-11-06 05:47
Afghanistan has sparked an outcry after it moved to block WhatsApp and Telegram messaging services.Journalists, media groups and users of social media have accused the government of censorsh… Read More
2017-11-06 05:45
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe is set to appoint a woman deputy after a special ruling party congress next month, the first lady said on Saturday and added that there was nothing wrong i… Read More
2017-11-06 05:43
Kenyan nurses on Thursday called off their five-month-long strike after reaching an agreement with the country’s Council of Governors (CoG), Xinhua reports.Kenya National Union of… Read More
2017-11-06 05:42
Zimbabwean police arrested a US citizen on Friday for apparently tweeting that President Robert Mugabe is a “goblin whose wife and step-son bought a Rolls Royce”, lawyers said.Zi… Read More
2017-11-06 05:41
Niger will allow US forces stationed in the country to arm the drones being used to track jihadists, having previously allowed their use only for surveillance, the government said Saturday.T… Read More
2017-11-06 05:39
The US mission to Somalia on Saturday urged all of its non-essential staff to leave Mogadishu immediately following a specific threat against them at the capital’s international airpor… Read More
2017-11-06 05:38
China will experience an online shopping bonanza on Singles Day next SaturdayChina has created a new law to impose heavy fines on internet shopping websites which publish false advertisement… Read More
2017-11-06 05:35
Supporters of the radical opposition Artillery Preparation group were arrested as they convened beside the Kremlin in central MoscowAt least 260 people have been arrested while protesting ag… Read More
2017-11-06 05:33
Mr Guevara is the leader of the Popular Will party, which is part of the opposition coalitionA prominent Venezuelan opposition politician has taken refuge in the Chilean ambassador's residen… Read More
2017-11-06 05:29
Jonathan Daval passed behind a poster of his murdered wife during the silent marchFamily and friends have joined a march of some 10,000 people through a French town in response to the murder… Read More
2017-11-06 05:27
A typhoon which battered southern and central Vietnam has left at least 27 people dead, and more than 20 missing.Typhoon Damrey made landfall on Saturday, with winds of up to 90 km/h.More th… Read More
2017-11-06 05:23
Saad al-Hariri resigned on Saturday in a broadcast from Saudi ArabiaThe leader of Lebanon-based Shia group Hezbollah has said that Saudi Arabia forced the Lebanese prime minister to resign.S… Read More
2017-11-06 05:20
US President Donald Trump said no nation should underestimate American resolve, as he arrived in Japan at the start of a marathon Asian tour.Addressing US troops at Yokota air base near Toky… Read More
2017-11-06 05:12
File photo: A Saudi special forces helicopter flying in Riyadh, 2015A Saudi prince has been killed when the helicopter he was travelling in crashed near the border with Yemen, state televisi… Read More
2017-11-06 04:34
US soldiers take part in "Warrior Strike" exercises in South Korea in SeptemberA Pentagon assessment has declared the only way to completely destroy all parts of North Korea's nuclear weapon… Read More
2017-11-06 04:31
Catalan independence supporters protested outside the prosecutor's office in BrusselsFormer Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont and four former ministers have been freed with conditions by an i… Read More
2017-11-06 04:25
The leaks show about £10m of the Queen's private money was invested offshoreA huge new leak of financial documents has revealed how the powerful and ultra-wealthy, including the Queen'… Read More
2017-11-06 04:21
At least 26 people have been killed after a gunman opened fire at a church during Sunday services, officials say.The attack happened at the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, a smal… Read More
2017-11-04 06:44
Liberia’s apex court has reserved ruling on the poll challenge for Monday after listening to submissions by presidential aspirant and leader of the Liberty Party, Charles Brumskine.Bru… Read More
2017-11-04 06:39
The United States carried out its first air strikes against Islamic State militants in Somalia and killed “several terrorists,” the U.S. military said on Friday.The Pentagon&rsqu&hell…Read More
2017-11-04 06:37
Eritreans living abroad have staged protests decrying the human rights situation back home. The protests held on Friday were originally planned for Washington, London and Stockholm. It comes… Read More
2017-11-04 06:29
Kenya’s opposition coalition has asked supporters to boycott three big companies it says benefit from ties to the government of President Uhuru Kenyatta, who won last week’s repe… Read More
2017-11-04 06:27
Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari has ordered that an ailing former vice-president, Alex Ekwueme, be immediately flown abroad for treatment.A November 3, 2017 press release signed by Garba… Read More
2017-11-04 06:24
One hundred and sixty-five Gambian migrants voluntarily returned home from Libya on Thursday, the Interior Minister, Mai Ahmad Fatty has disclosed.According to the minister, the return of th… Read More
2017-11-04 06:21
Nigerian militant group Niger Delta Avengers said on Friday its ceasefire on attacks in the country’s southern oil-rich region was at an end.“We can assure you that every oil ins… Read More
2017-11-04 06:18
Mr Boudou was arrested in an upper class neighbourhood of Buenos Aires.The Argentine police have arrested a second high-level official in the administration of former President Cristina Fern… Read More
2017-11-04 06:15
Farmers will be compensated if they switch from growing coca (shown) to safer cropsColombia has signed a $300m (£230m) agreement with the United Nations aimed at reducing the productio… Read More
2017-11-04 06:11
The bill seeks to prosecute websites that encourage ads selling sexThe internet’s most powerful companies say they will support new measures that seek to prevent online sex trafficking… Read More
2017-11-04 06:07
The actions of the Taliban, the Afghan government and US troops are likely to be examinedThe prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) is seeking a formal investigation into alleg… Read More
2017-11-04 06:02
Weinstein has "unequivocally denied" any allegations of non-consensual sexNew York police say they have a viable case against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein after an actress accused him… Read More
2017-11-04 05:57
Jesus Martin was a gang leader for "Huachicoleros" who live from stealing fuel mostly from pipelines in Puebla stateA gang leader in Mexico has been killed while undergoing plastic surgery t… Read More
2017-11-04 05:54
It is not clear if Rosa Maria Hernandez will be allowed to stay in the USA 10-year-old undocumented Mexican migrant with cerebral palsy, detained last month after undergoing surgery in Texas… Read More
2017-11-04 05:51
President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump scattered flowers at the USS Arizona Memorial in Pearl Harbor, HawaiiUS President Donald Trump has embarked on an 11-day trip to Asia during whic… Read More
2017-11-03 19:20
Paz de la Huerta said Weinstein behaved "like a pig" during their alleged encountersAnother actress has come forward with an allegation that US producer Harvey Weinstein raped her.Boardwalk… Read More
2017-11-03 19:13
The age-old African tradition of paying “bride price” – a sum of money or its equivalence in goods – to a bride’s family by the groom or his family has come und… Read More
2017-11-03 19:11
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… Read More
2017-11-03 19:08
The Togolese government has lifted the ban on weekday protests which was imposed last month and unsuccessfully executed after anti-government protesters defied the order.This was part of mea… Read More
2017-11-03 19:06
Two South African traffic police officers seen in a viral video eating from the boot of a car around stacks of cash and playing loud music have been suspended for three months.The South Afri… Read More
2017-11-03 19:02
Interned refugees and asylum seekers on Papua New Guinea’s Manus Island protested on Friday (November 3), three days after Australia cut off food, water and health services to about 60… Read More
2017-11-03 18:59
Though initially reluctant to commit funding, the United States has promised up to $60 million to support the Group of Five Sahel States G5 Joint Force’s counter-terrorism efforts.Comi… Read More
2017-11-03 18:58
Ethiopia’s Ministry of Education has made changes to placement of freshmen into universities located in the Oromia and Somali states.The latest move effectively means students from Oro… Read More
2017-11-03 18:55
Zimbabwe police have charged a U.S. citizen for insulting president Robert Mugabe in a tweet sent out last month.Martha O‘Donovan, 25, according to her statement to the police had been… Read More
2017-11-03 18:52
Melina Roberge (left) and Isabelle Lagace before they were arrestedA Canadian woman who pleaded guilty to smuggling cocaine into Australia has been jailed for seven and a half years.Isabelle… Read More
2017-11-03 18:49
A surrogate mother from California, who gave birth to two babies, found out one of the children was biologically hers.Jessica Allen became pregnant with her own biological child while she wa… Read More
2017-11-03 18:48
Tjibaou Cultural Centre in Nouméa: Colonial history left some bitterness towards FranceThe French Pacific territory of New Caledonia will hold a referendum on self-rule next year, und… Read More
2017-11-03 18:45
Kevin Spacey is facing a number of sexual assault allegationsKevin Spacey is being investigated by UK police over an alleged sexual assault.The Sun newspaper said a man, aged 23 at the time… Read More
2017-11-03 18:33
South African prosecutors are appealing for a longer sentence for Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius for murdering girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.They told the Supreme Court of Appeal the six-year… Read More
2017-11-03 18:28
Several hundred people in Malta have taken part in the funeral of a journalist killed by a car bomb attack that shocked the country last month.The crowd applauded when the coffin with Daphne… Read More
2017-11-03 18:23
Ebola claimed at least 10,000 lives across West AfricaThe Red Cross has confirmed that more than $5m (£3.8m) of aid money was lost to fraud and corruption during the Ebola epidemic in… Read More
2017-11-03 18:20
Bergdahl was facing up to life in prison after he pleaded guilty last month to desertionUS Army soldier Bowe Bergdahl will be spared prison time after deserting his Afghan outpost in 2009, a… Read More
2017-11-03 18:17
So-called Islamic State (IS) has lost control of two of its last remaining strongholds in Syria and Iraq.Early on Friday Syria's army announced it had taken Deir al-Zour. Later in the day th… Read More
2017-11-03 06:55
More than 824,000 civilians were displaced by the nine-month battleAt least 741 civilians died in "execution-style killings" by Islamic State militants during the battle for the Iraqi city o… Read More
2017-11-03 06:44
After announcing its intention to withdraw last year, Burundi has become the first nation ever to leave the international criminal court ICC.Its withdrawal last week Friday was hailed b… Read More
2017-11-03 06:42
British Defence Secretary Michael Fallon has resigned, admitting that his behaviour towards women had in the past fallen short of the standards expected by the UK military.“I realise t… Read More
2017-11-03 06:41
Egyptian president Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi has pledged to support Somalia in its reinforced fight against extremist group al Shabaab.Sisi assured his Somali counterpart Mohamed Abdullahi Mohame… Read More
2017-11-03 06:35
Hundreds of Ethiopian soldiers have been spotted crossing the border town of Dolow into Somalia carrying heavy artillery.Residents of the town in the Gedo region told VOA Somali th… Read More
2017-11-03 06:34
The Turkish government has delivered 450 of its newly designed and manufactured MPT-76 assault rifles to Somalia to fight al Shabaab.This was revealed in a report by the Turkish news ag… Read More
2017-11-03 06:33
Ethiopia’s security forces on Wednesday announced the arrest and detention of two members of an outlawed group, Ginbot 7. The federal authorities said it took the vigilance and coopera… Read More
2017-11-03 06:31
South Africa’s scandal-prone President Jacob Zuma told lawmakers on Thursday that he had received no payments from private companies or individuals during his tenure.“I did not r… Read More
2017-11-03 06:27
Embattled president of Togo Faure Gnassingbe and his Guinean counterpart Alpha Conde have entered Liberia’s political standoff ‘acting in a mediatory role,’ the AFPnew… Read More
2017-11-03 06:24
Africa’s richest woman and daughter of the immediate past Angolan leader, Isabel dos Santos is the 74th most powerful woman in the world.The 44-year-old was also the only African to ha… Read More
2017-11-03 06:22
The United Kingdom has updated its Foreign travel advice in respect of Ethiopia. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) in its latest release of Thursday November 2, 2017 cited visa requi… Read More
2017-11-03 06:21
The Eritrean government has formally responded to media reports suggesting that protests in the capital Asmara had led to deaths.The government categorically dismissed reports that protester… Read More
![[Photos] U.S. Museum Expert Savours Ethiopia's Lalibela Heritage Site](https://cdn.blogarama.com/images/posts_thumbs_site_id/3300/330045-3421555068.w320.jpg "[Photos] U.S. Museum Expert Savours Ethiopia's Lalibela Heritage Site")
2017-11-03 06:18
An American museum expert, Stephen Estrada, is currently in Ethiopia where he is savouring the country’s famed religious tourist attraction, the Lalibela heritage site.The United State… Read More
2017-11-03 06:16
Shalom Ouanounou was intubated after an asthma attackA Canadian judge has allowed an Orthodox Jewish family to keep their son on life support after he was declared brain dead by doctors.Shal… Read More
2017-11-03 06:14
Jerome Powell was appointed to the Federal Reserve board in 2012President Donald Trump has named Jerome Powell as his pick to lead the Federal Reserve.Mr Powell, a Republican and multi-milli… Read More
2017-11-03 06:11
Abdelkader Merah went on trial at the start of OctoberThe brother of the French jihadist who murdered seven people in Toulouse, including three Jewish children, has been jailed for 20 years… Read More
2017-11-03 06:07
Campaigners say 50% of abusers are known to the child or are "persons in trust and care-givers"A fast-track court in India has sentenced two men to life in prison for raping their 10-year-ol… Read More
2017-11-03 06:00
Doaa Salah dressed to appear pregnant when she addressed single motherhood on her showAn Egyptian TV presenter has been sentenced to three years in jail after she discussed ways of becoming… Read More
2017-11-03 05:59
Rick Perry said electricity will "shine righteousness" on acts of sexual assaultUS Energy Secretary Rick Perry has said an increase in the use of fossil fuels in Africa may prevent sexual as… Read More
2017-11-03 05:55
US President Donald Trump has repeated calls for the suspect in the New York truck attack to get the death penalty.But Mr Trump backed away from his call a day earlier to send Sayfullo Saipo… Read More
2017-11-03 05:49
Donna Brazile says the deal was "not a criminal act," but "compromised the party's integrity"The Democratic Party's ex-interim chief has accused Hillary Clinton of seizing control of the par… Read More
2017-11-03 05:46
Nawaz Sharif denies any wrongdoingPakistan's court has adjourned the hearing of two cases of alleged corruption against former PM Nawaz Sharif until 7 November.He and some of his family memb… Read More
2017-11-03 05:42
For a short time visitors could only see a message that read: "Sorry, that page doesn't exist!"US President Donald Trump's Twitter account briefly vanished on Thursday, but has since been re… Read More
2017-11-03 05:32
Thousands of Catalans have protested against the detention of eight regional ministers sacked over Catalonia's push for independence from Spain.The officials - who appeared in Spain's high c… Read More
2017-11-02 06:04
Asylum seekers have dug holes in the ground, hoping to find fresh waterAsylum seekers who are refusing to leave an Australian detention centre in Papua New Guinea say they are digging into t… Read More
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