Zimbabwe’s new president on Tuesday gave a three-month ultimatum for the return of funds syphoned out of the country by individuals and corporations, as he moves to stem graft and revive the moribund economy. “The government of Zimbabwe is gazetting a three-month moratorium within which those
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Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta said on Tuesday that any African can get a visa on arrival in Kenya, and will be free to settle in the country if they marry a Kenyan, removing restrictions on some nations. “If you wish and find a willing partner, you can marry and settle in Kenya,” he said during […]
Uhuru Kenyatta on Tuesday was sworn in for a second term as president of Kenya, after a bruising election process that has left the nation deeply divided. Kenyatta, 56, took two oaths of office as his second five-year term was sealed by the signature of Chief Justice David Maraga. An election victory in August was […]
Russian air strikes on Sunday killed 34 civilians, among them 15 children, in a village held by the Islamic State group in Syria’s eastern Deir Ezzor province, a monitor said. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the strikes hit the village of Al-Shafah, on the eastern bank of the Euphrates River, in the […]
A man who loved to swallow coins and metal objects was shocked when surgeons checked his stomach and found 7kg of metal. The 35-year-old had kept his bizarre eating habits to himself, but surgeons found 263 coins, 100 nails and dozens of razor blades. Maksud Khan was rushed into surgery at Sanjay Gandhi Hospital in […]
The death toll in a bomb attack on a packed mosque in Egypt’s restive North Sinai province has risen to 235. Gunmen attacked set off a bomb, killing at least 235 people in one of the country’s deadliest attacks in recent memory, state media reported. A bomb explosion ripped through the Rawda mosque roughly 40 […]
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