Category: Africa

  The controversy trailing the death of former Libyan strongman, Moamer Gadhafi further deepened yesterday after Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin accused United States of complicity. Speaking in his annual...

  President Goodluck Jonathan has assured Nigerians that he will not be party to inflicting pains on Nigerians, but warned that the country cannot continue to borrow to fund its...

  Operatives of the State Security Service have arrested the wife of Mallam Abubakar Shekau, who is believed to be the leader of the Boko Haram sect. Shekau, who succeeded...

    ABUJA— Contrary to reports that the federal government has finally removed fuel subsidy, the Coordinating Minister for the Economy and Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, disclosed yesterday,...

  ALGIERS (Reuters) - A lawyer for Muammar Gaddafi's daughter said on Wednesday he had written to the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to ask if an investigation...

Officials in New York have returned to Iraqi diplomats dinnerware once belonging to Saddam Hussein and the family of King Faisal II that was looted, then illegally imported to the...

  WASHINGTON (AP) — Squeezed by rising living costs, a record number of Americans — nearly 1 in 2 — have fallen into poverty or are scraping by on earnings...

Robert Mugabe surprised delegates at the ZANU PF conference in Bulawayo last week when he blasted them for using violence to win elections. The 87 year old, long accused of...

  South African president, Jacob Zuma, Saturday called for closer ties between his country and Nigeria to save the Africa continent from Western domination. Speaking against the backdrop of the...

  The massive security presence on the streets of Nigeria's capital city, Abuja, and several cities across the country's northern states is a vivid narrative of the security challenges that...