Many Kenyans were outraged by the report, which suggested Obama was likely to be attacked during his historic visit to the land of his father’s birth. While the country has suffered a string of atrocities by the Somalia-based al-Shabaab...
The two men are said to have disagreed on a number of issues including the use of aid money and the return to Guinea-Bissau of a former army chief of staff. The West African state returned to civilian rule in June last year. With a history of...
As many as 52 people are believed to have been injured, a military source told Reuters news agency. The blast struck Jebo livestock market in Sabon Gari town in southern Borno at about 13:30 local time (12:30 GMT), sources said. Suspected Boko...
PM Najib Razak said experts examining the debris in France had "conclusively confirmed" it was from the aircraft. However investigators have stopped short of confirming the link, saying only that it is highly likely. Australia says it remains...
In a press statement released on Friday afternoon, government spokesperson Jeff Ramsay condemned the killing of the famed lion. “The Government of Botswana has learnt with deep concern of the killing of a collared and protected lion by an...
A two-metre long piece of wreckage was found on Wednesday. Malaysia's Deputy Transport Minister, Abdul Aziz Kaprawi, said it was "almost certain" that the wreckage was from a Boeing 777 aircraft. MH370 is the only Boeing 777 to have disappeared...
Professional hunter Theo Bronkhorst and farm owner Honest Ndlovu, are charged with poaching offences for not having the required hunting permit. US dentist Walter Palmer shot the animal with a crossbow and rifle outside Hwange National Park. Police...
Already there are numerous young Barack Obamas living in Kogelo, the president’s ancestral village, but soon after Obama touched down on Friday night two mothers in the western city of Kisumu took the unusual decision to name their sons after...
"I'm the first Kenyan-American to be president of the United States. That goes without saying," Obama said. Inside a packed Nairobi gymnasium filled with nearly 5,000 cheering Kenyans, Obama offered his own personal history as evidence that all...
“President Barack Obama is not just heading to his father's homeland, but to a hotbed of terror,” the CNN report read, raising concerns about al-Qaeda affiliated terror group al-Shabaab. The Kenyan are using the hashtag...
Al-Shabaab militants in East Africa are now posing new worries for the President's trip to Kenya this week. CNN has learned that, in just the last week, the U.S. military has conducted nearly half a dozen secret air strikes in Somalia against al...
Data in its first call home since Tuesday's flyby suggest the spacecraft experienced no upsets as it hurtled past the icy world at 14km/s (31,000mph). The signal came through a giant dish in Madrid, Spain - part of a Nasa network of communications...
Members of Prophet Penuel's End Times Disciples Ministries in Soshanguve, Pretoria ate parts of a snake, believing it would become chocolate. Images posted onto the church's social media sites show Penuel dangling a live snake and dropping it into...
The coroner, Oyetade Komolafe, blamed poor construction work for the collapse of a Lagos church guesthouse on Sept. 12, 2014 and said weak foundations led to the disaster. "Synagogue Church of All Nations should be investigated and prosecuted by the...
Speaking to this reporter in confidentiality, the former employee of a lodging located in the CBD of Bulawayo said the exercise which is predominantly done in Harare is slowly finding its way to most Bulawayo lodges and low class hotels. According...
The Scotch Whisky Association (SWA) said Botswana now recognised the spirit as a geographical indication (GI). The move means only whisky that has been made in Scotland can legally be sold as Scotch in the country. SWA said the "legal breakthrough"...
The accused, who were all Muslims, had pleaded guilty, the head of Kano's religious police, Aminu Ibrahim Daurawa, told the BBC. The trial was speedily done in secret after a section of the court was burnt down by angry protesters last month. It is...
But, according to Swiss newspaper Blick, Blatter told a party at a Fifa museum: "I did not resign. I put myself and my office in the hands of the Fifa congress." Blatter is thought to be considering standing for re-election as president. Two...
The so-called "S.T.EYE" condom is a conceptual design that changes color when it comes into contact with an STI such as chlamydia or syphilis. The idea is the brainchild of Muaz Nawaz, 13, Daanyaal Ali, 14, and Chirag Shah, 14, who attend the Isaac...
It invited the public prosecutor to investigate if the government had broken the law by letting him leave. He faced the possibility of arrest due to an International Criminal Court (ICC) warrant on genocide charges. But he flew out of South Africa...
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