WORLD

China’s number two leader Li Keqiang has warned the country faces “a tough struggle,” as he laid out plans to prop up the world’s second-largest economy. Opening the annual session of China’s parliament, he forecast slower growth of 6% –…
Read More...

A UK patient’s HIV has become “undetectable” following a stem cell transplant – in only the second case of its kind, doctors report in Nature. The London patient, who was being treated for cancer, has now been in remission from HIV for…
Read More...

Volkswagen Rwanda will have assembled a total of 90 cars by end of March to meet demand on the local market. The firm, which launched operations in Rwanda in June last year, has so far assembled 55 vehicles and has another 35 set to be…
Read More...

A helicopter has crashed in northern Kenya, killing four American tourists and their Kenyan pilot, officials say. The helicopter reportedly crashed in Central Island National Park on Sunday. Police said two helicopters had landed on the…
Read More...

Five young men have been sentenced to death by firing squad for the gang-rape of an unnamed woman in Galkayo, the main city in Somalia’s semi-autonomous region of Puntland. Their trial, in a civilian court, lasted for only a day after the…
Read More...

The opposition centre-right Reform party has won Estonia’s general election, beating the ruling Centre. Reform, led by former MEP Kaja Kallas, took about 29% of the vote to 23% for Centre in Sunday’s ballot. Meanwhile the far-right…
Read More...

Algeria’s veteran President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has defied protesters by confirming he will run again – but says he will not serve a full term. In a letter he said if he won April’s vote he would oversee a national dialogue leading to…
Read More...

At least 23 people have been killed as tornadoes struck Lee County in eastern Alabama, authorities say. County Sheriff Jay Jones said there had been “catastrophic” damage and that were fears more bodies would be found. The number of…
Read More...

The grand imam of Egypt’s top Islamic institution, Al-Azhar, has said polygamy can be an “injustice for women and children”. Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayeb, Sunni Islam’s highest authority, said the way it is often practiced comes from “a lack of…
Read More...

A senior South African Airways (SAA) pilot has reportedly been forced to step down after it emerged he’d flown aircraft for more than 20 years with a fake licence. According to the Mail & Guardian, SAA discovered that William…
Read More...