Burundi election officials finished vote-counting yesterday, a day after internationally condemned polls boycotted by the opposition, with the ruling party…
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Greece asks for bailout extension
Greece pleaded for a short-term bailout extension yesterday to avert a midnight default as frantic efforts gathered pace to salvage…
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Sadc deploys Ramaphosa to Lesotho
Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa has been urgently sent to Lesotho to consult with Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili following fears of…
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Plane crash claims 113 people
At least 113 people aboard an Indonesian air force C-130 were killed when the plane crashed in a residential neighbourhood…
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Chibok girls forced to join Boko Haram
Some of the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped in Nigeria have been forced to join Islamist militant group Boko Haram, the BBC…
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Greek banks shut as crisis deepens
Greeks struggled to adjust to shuttered banks, closed cash machines and a climate of rumours and conspiracy theories yesterday as…
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Mozambique decriminalises homosexuality
Mozambique decriminalised homosexuality yesterday when a new penal code came into force that swept away old Portuguese colonial laws, in…
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AU refuses to observe Burundi polls
Voting in Burundi’s controversial elections opened yesterday despite a string of grenade attacks on polling stations, the latest in weeks…
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Uganda, Zambia urged to revive JPC
Ugandan Prime Minister Ruhakana Rugunda has called on foreign Ministers from Zambia and Uganda to expedite the process of reviving…
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