Land reform in South Africa will not violate constitution: Ramaphosa

By Reuters,

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa told the European Parliament on Wednesday that South Africa will enact land reforms in adherence to the countr...

African National Congress (ANC) , ANC President Cyril Ramaphosa , Land Reforms

Israel defense minister quits over Gaza truce in blow to Netanyahu

By Reuters,

Israel Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman announced his resignation on Wednesday in protest at a Gaza ceasefire that he called a “capitulation to te...

Gaza , Hamas Islamists , Israel Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman , Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Women tweeting underwear pics after thong used as evidence in rape trial

By CNN,

Women around the world are posting pictures of their underwear on Twitter after a 27-year-old man was acquitted in a rape trial in Ireland during whic...

Dublin , Rape protest , Women protest

MP Gideon Keter pushes for youth elective posts on the ballot

By Citizen Reporter,

Nominated Member of Parliament Gideon Keter has come up with a legislative proposal seeking to have the law amended to provide for eight special seats...

Sri Lanka’s top court stays president’s order to sack parliament

By Reuters,

Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court on Tuesday suspended a presidential decree to dissolve parliament and hold fresh elections, heightening the country’s po...

President Maithripala Sirisena , Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe , Sri Lanka

Rival Libya leaders meet for first time since May

By Reuters,

Libya’s two main rival leaders met for the first time in more than five months at a conference hosted by Italy on Tuesday and the prime minister end...

Col Muammar Gaddafi , Egypt , Khalifa Haftar , libya , Prime Minister Fayez al-Serraj , The United Arab Emirates (UAE)

As slavery evolves in Mauritania, silent victims prove harder to ind

By VOA,

Day after day, Aminetou Mint Yarg and her fellow villagers in southern Mauritania haul water from the river and tend to their crops under a burning de...

Haratines , Initiative for the Resurgence of the Abolitionist Movement (IRA) , Nouakchott , USA

UK PM May stares into Brexit abyss as domestic opposition mounts

By Citizen Reporter,

Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit strategy came under attack from all sides on Monday, increasing the risk that her plan for leaving the EU will b...

Zimbabwe’s unlicensed foreign currency traders face 10-year jail

By Reuters,

Unlicensed foreign currency traders in Zimbabwe face up to 10 years in jail if convicted and lose their money and assets when new exchange control rul...

Foreign Currency , President Emmerson Mnangagwa , Virginia Mabhiza , Zimbabwe

UK parliament will vote down May’s Brexit deal, former minister says

By Reuters,

The British parliament will vote down Prime Minister Theresa May’s possible Brexit so voters should be given a new referendum, May’s former educat...

brexit , Justine Greening , Prime Minister Theresa May

MPs dismiss reports of fresh ICC investigations against DP Ruto

By Ian Omondi,

A section of Members of Parliament have dismissed reports of fresh investigations by the International Criminal Court (ICC), accusing opponents of Dep...

2022 politics , DP William Ruto , Dr. Wahome Gakuru Memorial Half Marathon , ICC investigations , Jubilee Mps , nyeri county

Facebook refuses Singapore request to remove post after critical website blocked

By Reuters,

Facebook has rejected a Singapore government request to remove a post of an online article that the government said was “false and malicious”, pro...

facebook , Infocommm Media Development Authority (IMDA) , Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) , Najib Razak , Phil Robertson , Singapore , Singapore central bank , States Times Review (STR)

Athletes urge AK, ADAK to step up doping fight

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

Athletes have urged Athletics Kenya (AK) and the Anti-Doping Agency of Kenya(ADAK) to step up their fight against doping in order to save the image o...

ADAK , AK , doping

Rains and floods kill eight in Jordan, force tourists to flee Petra

By Reuters,

Heavy rains and flooding killed at least eight people in Jordan and forced authorities to evacuate more then 3,700 tourists from the ancient city of P...

floods in Jordan , Jordan , Petra , Red Sea port city of Aqaba

Korir’s marathon comeback the focus in Beirut

By IAAF,

Wesley Korir will be hoping to resume his racing career with a win at the 16th edition of the BLOM Bank Beirut Marathon on Sunday morning. The 35-y...

Beirut Marathon , Blom Bank Beirut Marathon , Lebanon , Wesley Korir

MP Gideon Keter wants National Youth Council Act overhauled

By Citizen Reporter,

Nominated MP Gideon Keter wants the structure and operation of the current National Youth Council Act overhauled in a bid to have the issues affecting...

South Korea’s Moon to replace finance minister this week: media

By Reuters,

South Korean President Moon Jae-in plans to replace his finance minister with another veteran bureaucrat as early as Friday, local media reported citi...

MOON JAE-IN , South Korea

14-member sugar task force unveiled

By Sam Gituku,

The government has announced a 14-member task force in a fresh initiative to try and rescue the crippled sugar sector. The task force to be gazette...

Six arrested in France over suspected far-right plot to attack Emmanuel Macron

By CNN,

Six people linked to the far-right were arrested in France on Tuesday as part of an investigation into a suspected plot to attack President Emmanuel M...

Emmanuel Macron , France

Facebook referred to EU watchdog over targeting, fake ads

By Wycliffe Nyamasege,

Britain’s information watchdog has referred Facebook to the lead regulator under Europe’s data regime to look at how the social network targets, m...

Cambridge Analytica , Data privacy , facebook