World

Washington ramps up security for Trump inauguration

Washington — With endless perimeter fencing, all-seeing drones and some 25 000 security personnel, the US capital is preparing... Read more

16 Jan

Paris — World figures hailed the announcement on Wednesday of a ceasefire and hostage-prisoner exchange agreement between Israel and... Read more

16 Jan

Victoria Tanimonure, Obafemi Awolowo University Food security in Nigeria is at a critical point and needs urgent attention. Over... Read more

16 Jan

Nina Wilén, Lund University and Paul D. Williams, George Washington University Since 1948, more than two million uniformed peacekeepers... Read more

16 Jan

Niamey – At a Niamey market, mother of five Rakia Abdou haggles hard for a sack of rice, a... Read more

16 Jan

Kano – Despite four years in prison for blasphemy, Mubarak Bala defends his atheist beliefs but says he keeps... Read more

15 Jan

Maputo – Mozambique’s new president Daniel Chapo vowed to unite the country upon taking the oath of office under... Read more

15 Jan

Tokyo — After travelling to Tokyo for meetings, Yoshiki Kojima’s IT company employees crash out in a capsule hotel,... Read more

15 Jan

Maputo – Mozambique kicked off an inauguration ceremony on Wednesday where President-elect Daniel Chapo will be sworn into office... Read more

15 Jan

Hanoi — One of Vietnam’s largest state TV broadcasters went off air Wednesday as part of sweeping bureaucratic reforms... Read more

15 Jan