adminCook removed as England ODI captain
ALASTAIR COOK has been removed as England one-day captain and replaced by fellow batsman Eoin Morgan, less than two months before the World Cup.
Consultant at TB Joshua church says it had no permit
Lagos – A town planner who worked for influential Nigeria preacher TB Joshua told an inquest on Thursday that the building which collapsed at Joshua’s church, killing 116 people, did…
Kenyatta signs tough ‘anti-terror’ law
Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta has signed into law a contested security bill, saying it would help fight armed groups operating in the East African country.
UN peace mission to DRC ‘has stalled’
Kinshasa – The multinational effort to bring peace to the war-torn east of Democratic Republic of Congo is in danger of failing, the International Crisis Group (ICG) warned on Thursday.
1m wounded, diseases rife in Syria – WHO
Beirut – One million people have been wounded during Syria’s civil war and diseases are spreading as regular supplies of medicine fail to reach patients, the World Health Organisation’s Syria…
Mozambique offers opposition leader $2m post
Maputo – Mozambique’s President Armando Guebuza has signed into law a bill granting special status to opposition leader Afonso Dhlakama, who lost October’s presidential elections.
Eight children found slain in Australia home
Eight dead children and a woman suffering from stab wounds have been found inside a home in a northern Australian city, police said. Police believe the 34-year-old woman with chest…
ISIL top commanders killed in air strikes
US-LED air strikes against ISIL in Iraq have killed several of the group’s senior leaders, but not the group’s top commander, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, US officials have said.
Vietnam ‘Rat King’ helps rice farmers fight costly vermin
Hanoi – Grinning widely, Tran Quang Thieu brandishes the day’s haul: 10kg of rats caught in rice paddies near Hanoi. A menace to Vietnam’s rice crop, the vermin are regularly…
Why married women cheat
Vaidah Mashangwa Infidelity has been cited as one major reason why couples divorce. While historically it was maintained that men cheat on their wives, there is growing body of evidence…