Twitter shuts propaganda accounts in six countries
San Francisco – Twitter on Thursday said it had shut down nearly 3,500 accounts that were posting pro-government propaganda in... Read more
3 Dec, 2021
Libya court reinstates Gaddafi’s son as presidential candidate
Tripol – A Libyan court on Thursday reinstated Seif al-Islam Gaddafi, son of slain dictator Moamer Kadhafi, as a... Read more
2 Dec, 2021
Facebook whistleblower warns US lawmakers of regulation deadlock
Washington – Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen urged a US Congress panel on Wednesday not to get mired in drawn... Read more
2 Dec, 2021
Trump tested positive for Covid just before Biden debate: book
Washington – Donald Trump had a positive Covid-19 test, quickly followed by a negative, shortly before he went into a... Read more
2 Dec, 2021
Senegalese opposition leader court case postponed
Dakar – A court in Senegal’s capital Dakar on Wednesday postponed an appeal hearing from a leading opposition figure, whose... Read more
1 Dec, 2021
Libya on bumpy road to uncertain elections
Tripoli – Libya is less than a month from elections seen as crucial to ending its long-running civil war,... Read more
1 Dec, 2021
Google to halt election ads ahead of 2022 Philippines vote
Manila – Google will stop carrying election ads in the Philippines ahead of the May 2022 presidential vote, the internet... Read more
1 Dec, 2021
Ghana parliament approves budget days after rejecting it
Accra – Ghana’s parliament approved the country’s 2022 budget on Tuesday, days after it was rejected over feuding between rival... Read more
1 Dec, 2021
Corruption, Poverty: Zambia’s Hichilema urged to walk the talk after ‘slow’ start
Lusaka – The August election of Zambia’s president Hakainde Hichilema, which he won by a landslide, was widely hailed... Read more
1 Dec, 2021
Lesotho ex-PM Thomas Thabane, 82, charged with estranged wife’s murder
Johannesburg – Lesotho’s former prime minister Thomas Thabane was charged on Tuesday with the brutal murder of his estranged... Read more
30 Nov, 2021
