Embattled Credit Suisse to buy back $3 billion of debt
Zurich – Troubled Swiss banking giant Credit Suisse, which has scrambled to ease fears about its financial health, announced... Read more
7 Oct, 2022
Biden pardons thousands for cannabis possession
Washington – US President Joe Biden on Thursday pardoned thousands of Americans convicted of marijuana possession in a major... Read more
7 Oct, 2022
Kenya’s Safaricom launches in Ethiopia
Addis Ababa – Kenya’s Safaricom on Thursday became the first private telecommunications operator in Ethiopia and also announced a... Read more
7 Oct, 2022
Diamond millionaire hopes to rock Lesotho vote
Maseru – Sitting at the desk of a grand office in Lesotho’s capital of Maseru, Sam Matekane doesn’t attempt... Read more
7 Oct, 2022
Nearly 200 dead in Niger floods
Niamey – Flooding caused by heavy rains in the West African state of Niger has claimed nearly 200 lives... Read more
7 Oct, 2022
Liverpool face Arsenal test, Man City fuelled by red-hot Haaland
London – Liverpool’s faltering Premier League title challenge could suffer a fatal blow if leaders Arsenal win Sunday’s marquee... Read more
7 Oct, 2022
Libya PM defends undersea gas deal with Turkey
Tripoli – Libya’s Tripoli-based prime minister Abdulhamid Dbeibah has defended a deal signed earlier this week with Turkey over... Read more
7 Oct, 2022
‘Calm’ South Africa down India in rain-hit ODI
Lucknow – Heinrich Klaasen and David Miller hit unbeaten half-centuries to set up a nine-run win for South Africa... Read more
7 Oct, 2022
In Senegal, ancient male rite collides with modern times
Kabrousse – The dancers are a blaze of colour, swirling amid a deafening, pounding noise. In their midst, a young... Read more
7 Oct, 2022
Lesotho since independence: coups, turmoil and murder
Maseru – Key dates since independence in the southern African mountain nation of Lesotho, which holds legislative elections on... Read more
7 Oct, 2022
