Nigeria arrests 22 Indian ship crew members in drug bust
Lagos – Nigeria’s drug enforcement agency Sunday said it had arrested 22 Indian crew members of a merchant ship... Read more
5 Jan
Ugandan opposition faces ‘brutal repression’ before election: Amnesty
Nairobi – Amnesty International said Monday that Ugandan security forces have used torture and arbitrary arrests to intimidate the... Read more
5 Jan
Guinea’s Supreme Court validates Mamady Doumbouya’s election victory
Conakry – Guinea’s Supreme Court on Sunday validated an overwhelming presidential election victory for junta chief Mamady Doumbouya, crediting... Read more
5 Jan
Malian lawmaker facing trial for insulting Ivory Coast leader
Abidjan – A member of Mali’s transitional parliament, arrested early July in neighbouring Ivory Coast for allegedly insulting Ivorian... Read more
31 Dec, 2025
Congo president to stand for re-election in 2026
Brazzaville – Congo’s President Denis Sassou Nguesso will stand for re-election in March next year, his party said on... Read more
31 Dec, 2025
Guinea junta chief Doumboya elected president: election commission
Conakry – Guinea’s junta chief Mamady Doumbouya, who had pledged not to run for office after seizing power four... Read more
31 Dec, 2025
Arsenal end Villa winning run, Man Utd, Chelsea stumble
London – Arsenal snapped Aston Villa’s 11-game winning run with a dominant 4-1 win to open up a five-point... Read more
31 Dec, 2025
TSMC says started mass production of ‘most advanced’ 2nm chips
Taipei – Taiwanese tech titan TSMC has started mass producing its cutting-edge 2-nanometre semiconductor chips, the company said in... Read more
31 Dec, 2025
Trump admin seizes on fraud case to target Somali immigrants
Washington – The Trump administration in recent months has latched onto news of a large-scale public benefit fraud scandal... Read more
31 Dec, 2025
Train crash near Peru’s Machu Picchu kills one, injures 40
Lima – A head-on collision between two trains on the line that services Peru’s Machu Picchu killed one person... Read more
31 Dec, 2025
