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N. Korea Warns of Returning to Nuclear Policy
North Korea has warned the United States it will "seriously" consider returning to a state policy aimed at building nuclear weapons if Washington does not end tough economic sanctions against the impoverished regime.
For years, the North…
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Egypt Security Kills 19 Militants After Attack On Christians
Egyptian security forces killed 19 Islamist militants from a cell believed to be responsible for an attack on Christians in Minya province in central Egypt in which seven people died, the interior ministry said on Sunday.
Security forces…
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Nigerians React as WAEC Presents Certificate to Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari last Friday received the attestation certificate and confirmation of school certificate result from the West African Examination Council, WAEC.
President Buhari had been under attack after he failed to submit…
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Coptic Christian Attack: Egypt Police ‘Kill 19 Attackers’
Nineteen Islamist militants accused of carrying out a deadly attack on Christians in Egypt have been killed by police, the interior ministry says.
They died in a shoot-out after police pursued "fugitive terrorist elements" into the…
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Zimbabwean Men Say Condoms ‘Too Small’ For Them – Report
Men from a small Zimbabwean town have reportedly pleaded with condom manufacturers to supply them with larger condoms, saying those available in local shops were "too small for them".
According to New Zimbabwe.com, men from Mpandawana…
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Gabon Opposition Leader Reignites Election Row
Gabon's opposition leader Jean Ping has again claimed victory in elections held in 2016, as President Ali Bongo is being treated in a hospital abroad.
Speaking in Libreville, Mr Ping urged the nation to overcome its divisions and rally…
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South Africa Airways ‘Should Be Shut Down’
South Africa's state-owned airline should be shut down, the country's new finance minister has said.
"It's loss-making, we are unlikely to sort out the situation, so my view would be close it down," Tito Mboweni told an investor…
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Google Employees Demonstrate Over Sexual Harassment
Google employees in Asia kicked off a global protest on Thursday over how the company deals with sexual harassment.
The demonstrations, dubbed "Google Walkout," follow an outcry over a New York Times investigation that detailed years of…
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Tiny frog takes giant leap for the world’s endangered species
Humans have proven adept at wiping out vast numbers of animals. Can we atone by saving species through captivity breeding?
When 200 captive-bred frogs were set free in an ancestral swampland in South Africa recently, their simple…
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North Korea: Sexual Abuse Of Women ‘Common’ – Report
North Korean officials commit sexual abuse against women with near total impunity, according to a report from rights group Human Rights Watch (HRW).
HRW said such abuse is so common it has become part of ordinary life.
The report is…
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