Mugabe becomes AU chairman at 90
Ninety-year-old Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe, one of Africa's most divisive figures, ascended to the rotating…
9 years ago
International
Zimbabwean jailed nine years for eating python
A Zimbabwean has been jailed for nine years for eating python, a protected species, a…
9 years ago
Obama backs precision medicine with $215mn
President Barack Obama on Friday unveiled plans to plough $215 million into "precision medicine" research,…
9 years ago
Court drops baby trafficking charge against Nigerien speaker, 19 others
A court in Niger Republic on Friday dropped charges against some 20 people accused of…
9 years ago
Saudi postpones flogging of sentenced blogger
Saudi Arabia postponed Friday for a third week in a row the flogging of a…
9 years ago
New Saudi king reshuffles the deck
Saudi Arabia's new King Salman has tightened his hold on power, firing two sons of…
9 years ago
Mauritius jails French woman for drug smuggling
A court on the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius on Friday sentenced a French woman…
9 years ago
AU backs 7,500 regional troops to battle Boko Haram
The African Union has endorsed a West African plan to set up a regional task…
9 years ago
Chadian army flushes out Boko Haram from Nigerian town
Troops from Chad have driven Boko Haram fighters from a northern Nigeria border town seized…
9 years ago
Nigerian, Chadian fighter jets bomb Boko Haram
Nigerian fighter jets have bombed the northeast town of Malam Fatori, controlled by Boko Haram…
9 years ago