Tough battle for World Team Cup slots on the cards in Mauritius

By Agencies,

The already confirmed 22 teams including continent’s powerhouses – Nigeria and Egypt are expected to battle for the 2019 ITTF World Team Cup at th...

2019 ITTF World Team Cup , 22 teams , Khaled El-Salhy , Nigeria and Egypt

Africa’s trafficking gangs flourish as nations fail to work together

By Reuters,

Trafficking gangs are flourishing across Africa through the exploitation of hundreds of thousands of migrants, yet nations are failing to dismantle ne...

african migrants , anti-human trafficking , crime , domestic servitude , forced labour , Mediterranean , Sexual slavery , Trafficking gangs , U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)

1,500 migrants have died in Mediterranean in 2018 -UN

By Reuters,

For the fifth straight year, at least 1,500 migrants have perished in the Mediterranean, with the route between Libya and Italy being the deadliest, c...

International Organization for Migration (IOM) , Mediterranean Sea , UNHCR

Iran threatens to cut cooperation with nuclear body after Trump move

By Reuters,

Iran could reduce its co-operation with the U.N. nuclear watchdog, President Hassan Rouhani told the body’s head on Wednesday, after he warned U.S. ...

Iran , Iranian Oil Exports , Iranian President Hassan Rouhani , The International Atomic Energy Agency , The United States , U.S President Donald Trump , U.S. SANCTIONS

Deaths surpass 1,000 this year after surge in attempts to cross Mediterranean

By Reuters,

More than 1,000 people have drowned in the Mediterranean this year sailing from Libya to Europe, with a rush in the past few days to beat an anticipat...

Brussels , Chancellor Angela Merkel , European union , German , International Organization for Migration , IOM chief William Lacy Swing , IOM’s Libya Chief of Mission Othman Belbeisi , libya , Libya's coast , Libyan Coast Guard

Boris Becker’s diplomatic passport is ‘fake’ – CAR

By Abednego Tendu,

The Central African Republic (CAR) has said a diplomatic passport that tennis star Boris Becker claims entitles him to immunity in bankruptcy proceedi...

Aquarius ship migrants finally reach land in Spain after week-long odyssey

By AFP,

The 630 migrants whose rescue sparked a major migration row in Europe began disembarking in Spain on Sunday, after a turbulent week that saw Italy tur...

Aquarius ship , italy , Mediterranean Sea , migrants in the Mediterranean , Spain , Spain's deputy prime minister Carmen Calvo

Italy, Malta standoff leaves migrant rescue boat stuck at sea

By AFP,

Hundreds of people on board a migrant rescue boat have been stranded in the Mediterranean between Italy and Malta in a standoff between the two nation...

European union , German Chancellor Angela Merkel , italy , Malta , migrants , migration crisis , standoff

North Korea, U.S. officials meet to narrow differences on eve of Trump-Kim summit

By Reuters,

U.S. and North Korean officials were in talks in Singapore on Monday in a late bid to narrow differences before their leaders hold an unprecedented su...

North Korea , North Korea leader Kim Jong Un , President Donald Trump , The United States , Trump- Kim summit

Trump and Kim could meet for second day in Singapore

By CNN,

Talks between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leadrer Kim Jong Un in Singapore could go into a second day if they are going well, sources ...

North Korea , North Korean leader Kim Jong Un , Singapore , Trump- Kim summit , US President Donald Trump

World less peaceful than a decade ago – global index

By Reuters,

The world is less peaceful than a decade ago, mostly due to conflict in the Middle East and Africa that is costing the global economy trillions of dol...

libya , migrants , refugees

At least 48 people dead after migrant boat sinks off Tunisian coast

By CNN,

At least 48 people died after a boat carrying around 180 migrants sank off the coast of Tunisia late Saturday, according to official Tunisian news age...

libya , migrants , tunisia

Migrant ‘Spiderman’ who saved 4yr-old child gets French citizenship

By AFP,

A Malian migrant who scaled a Paris apartment block to save a four-year-old child was praised as an "example" by President Emmanuel Macron. The Fre...

France spiderman , Mamoudou Gassama

North Korea threatens to cancel Trump summit

By CNN,

North Korea has threatened to abandon planned talks between leader Kim Jong Un and US President Donald Trump in June if Washington insists on pushing ...

Denuclearization , Donald Trump , Kim Jong-un , North Korea , USA

Libyan coastguard prevents NGO boat from rescuing migrants

By AFP,

The Libyan coastguard on Sunday prevented a rescue ship belonging to two NGOs from approaching a boat in distress carrying migrants. The Aquarius, ...

Doctors Without Borders (MSF) , Italian deputy Riccadro Magi , Libya coastguard , NGO , SOS-Mediterranee

Suicide attack targets electoral commission in Tripoli

By Reuters,

A group of militants including at least two suicide bombers stormed the head offices of Libya's electoral commission in Tripoli on Wednesday, killing ...

Khaled Omar , libya , Muammar Gadaffi , NATO , Tripoli , United Nations

Trump lifts travel ban on Chad citizens

By Reuters,

President Donald Trump has lifted a U.S. travel ban on citizens from Chad after a review that found improvements in the African country’s security s...

Chad , Chad Travel ban , President Donald Trump

Muthinja says inadequate facilities hurting Kenyan volleyball

By Stanley Mativo,

Kenya Prisons head coach Paul Muthinja says lack of indoor facilities is slowing the growth of Kenyan volleyball following yet another dismal CAVB Afr...

GSU , Kenya Pipeline , Kenya Prisons

Libyan returnees stuck in desert say no going back

By Reuters,

Hundreds of people who were stranded while trying to return to a town emptied in an act of collective punishment during Libya's 2011 revolution have s...

Gaddafi , Garart al-Gatef , libya , NATO-backed revolt

Ex-French President Sarkozy in police custody

By Reuters,

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy is in police custody, court sources said on Tuesday morning. Sarkozy is to be questioned as part of an inve...

FRANCE PRESIDENT , NICHOLAS SARKOZY