China lifts tariffs on US goods to 125% as trade war escalates
Beijing – China said Friday it would raise its tariffs on US goods to 125 percent in a further... Read more
11 Apr, 2025
Sudan paramilitaries used women as sex slaves: Amnesty
Cairo – Sudan’s paramilitary forces subjected women to sexual slavery and gang raped women and girls as part of... Read more
11 Apr, 2025
15 killed in Darfur camp as battle for last army-held city intensifies
Khartoum – Shelling by Sudanese paramilitaries killed at least 15 civilians in a Darfur displaced persons’ camp Thursday, a medical... Read more
11 Apr, 2025
US firm says it brought back extinct dire wolves
Washington – They whimper, drink from baby bottles and crawl oh so tentatively – they look like cute white... Read more
11 Apr, 2025
Despite US tariffs pause, southern African economies under threat
Johannesburg – Washington’s 90-day pause on higher tariffs is of little comfort to southern African economies facing the collapse... Read more
11 Apr, 2025
Zimbabwe begins land reform payouts – Farmers get first cut of $311m
Harare – The Government of Zimbabwe has commenced compensation payments to 740 white commercial farmers who were displaced during... Read more
10 Apr, 2025
Almost 7.7 million in South Sudan face ‘crisis’ hunger levels: UN
Juba – Almost 7.7 million people in South Sudan face crisis levels of hunger, the United Nations said Wednesday,... Read more
10 Apr, 2025
Dominican Republic ends search for nightclub collapse survivors
Santo Domingo – Dominican Republic rescue workers on Wednesday ended the search for survivors of a nightclub roof collapse... Read more
10 Apr, 2025
Tanzania arrests top opposition figure Lissu after rally
Dar es Salaam – High-profile Tanzanian opposition figure Tundu Lissu was arrested by police on Wednesday, his party said, after... Read more
10 Apr, 2025
Zelensky says Russia dragging Beijing into war by recruiting Chinese fighters
Kyiv – President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday said Russia was “dragging” China into the war in Ukraine, as he... Read more
10 Apr, 2025
