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A Zimbabwean journalist who wrote a story on a local daily claiming that President Robert Mugabe’s wife, Grace had issued second-hand undergarments to supporters has been arrested.
A Zimbabwean Human Rights attorney revealed that Kenneth Nyangani, a NewsDay reporter, was taken in by police on…
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(AP) A gunman perched high on the 32nd floor of a Las Vegas Strip casino unleashed a shower of bullets down on an outdoor country music festival below, killing at least 50 people and wounding more than 200 as tens of thousands of frantic concert-goers screamed and ran for their lives, officials…
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US Secretary for Health and Human Services Tom Price has resigned.
Price resigned on Friday amid heavy criticism following revelations that he has taken 26 domestic and international trips since May of this year in private jets, costing US taxpayers over $1 million.
The White House released a…
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Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe on Thursday traded his guns on US President Donald Trump in his speech at the United Nations Assembly, mocking the US Head of State as the "Giant Gold Goliath."
Delivering his speech at UN General Assembly, where reproaches of other leaders are usually less personal…
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A powerful 7.1-magnitude earthquake that struck Mexico on Tuesday has left over 200 people dead.
In his address to the nation following the disaster, Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto said that over 20 children had passed on, while 30 others were missing after a school collapsed.
The 7.1…
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Two health officers were on Friday caught red handed soliciting for bribes after Uganda’s Minister for Health Sarah Opendi conducted a dramatic sting operation at a Kampala hospital.
Dressed in a hijab and veil, the minister arrived at the hospital posing as a patient, which helped nab a laboratory…
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A US-Africa Energy Summit that was expected to take place later this month has been cancelled after US declined to issue travel African invitees.
A notice to prospective attendees from organizers said that the fully booked two-day event had been abandoned “because of the denial of US visas to the…
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A suspected mastermind of an international drug-smuggling operation linked to the Akashas family in Kenya has been arrested in London, United Kingdom and is facing deportation to the United States.
Muhammad Hafeez is facing drug smuggling charges that could see him jailed for 30 years, prosecutors…
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(Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Friday fired Stephen Bannon as his chief strategist in the latest high-level White House shake-up, removing a powerful and controversial figure known for far-right political views.
Bannon was a force behind some of Trump's most contentious policies, including a…
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(Reuters) A van plowed into crowds in the heart of Barcelona on Thursday and Spanish media reported at least 13 people were killed, in what police said they were treating as a terrorist attack.
Regional authorities said one death had been confirmed so far, with 32 injured, 10 seriously. But radio…
