US President Donald Trump has met Rwanda’s Paul Kagame at Davos in Switzerland. Mr Trump told the new head of the African Union: “It’s an honour to have you as a friend.” Mr Kagame has been credited with restoring peace and economic growth to Rwanda after the 1994 genocide. His critics accuse him of widespread […]
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Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said that his predecessor, Robert Mugabe, forgot he had fired him as his deputy as he tried to quell the crisis that eventually led to his being ousted as leader of the country, according to a BBC report. Mr Mnangagwa made the comments on Thursday during a one-day visit to […]
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Posted by layo on 20 Jan 2018 /
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Today, 20 January 2018, marks the first anniversary of Donald Trump’s inauguration as the president of the United States and the beginning of the very first US government shutdown with the same party in control of both the Presidency and Congress. The shutdown became inevitable after a bill to fund the federal government until 16 […]
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Posted by layo on 11 Jan 2018 /
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The president of Angola, João Lourenço, has sacked the son of his predecessor José Eduardo dos Santos as head of the country’s sovereign wealth fund, according to a BBC report. Mr Lourenço said he was replacing José Filomeno dos Santos after an external inquiry into the fund’s governance. The $5bn (£3.7bn) fund has been mired […]
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A pregnant woman bit the penis of a man who raped her at knife-point in front of her child after giving them a lift near the small town of White River in South Africa’s Mpumalanga province, police have said. The woman, who was three months pregnant, was raped after being taken into a bush, and […]
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Posted by layo on 09 Jan 2018 /
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Donald Trump’s lawyers are in talks with investigators who are seeking to interview the US president as part of a justice department probe, reports say. The Washington Post, quoting an unnamed person close to Mr Trump, says investigation lead Robert Mueller is likely to interview him within weeks. Mr Trump’s legal team has not confirmed […]
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There appears to be a breakthrough in talks between korean peninsular countries as North Korea has agreed to send a delegation to the 2018 Winter Olympic Games taking place in South Korea in February, officials from the South say. The breakthrough announcement came as the countries met for their first high-level talks in more than […]
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Posted by layo on 05 Jan 2018 /
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A 29-year-old engineer, Vinod Kumar, was reportedly kidnapped and forced to marry a woman at gunpoint in the Indian state of Bihar. He was, however, rescued later after his family approached the police. The girl’s family is still on a run. The practice is common in the state where poor families cannot afford a dowry. […]
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Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has said that he has been invited by the new Liberia president George Weah to his inauguration later this month. Wenger was Weah’s manager at French side Monaco between 1988 and 1992 but he is not sure he will able to attend. “I have been invited by George to come to […]
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Posted by layo on 04 Jan 2018 /
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Lawyers for US President Donald Trump are seeking to stop the release of a book containing damaging allegations about his administration. Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House is due for release on Tuesday. It cites former top aide Steve Bannon as describing a meeting with a group of Russians as “treasonous”. It also […]
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