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Online Reporter THE AUSC Region 5 Under-20 Youth Games athletics competition which was scheduled to begin today has been postponed to tomorrow as the lines that have been drawn…
US protest over Garner death turns violent
New York – Authorities say a protest in California turned violent when masked demonstrators smashed windows and threw objects at police. Demonstrations around the country continued over a New York…
Obama hospitalised for tests
Washington – US President Barack Obama has a sore throat and has gone to Walter Reed military hospital for testing, the White House said on Saturday. Obama’s doctor, Captain Ronny…
FNB ordered to withdraw ‘Steve’ ad
Johannesburg – The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has ordered First National Bank to withdraw its “Steve” advertisements as it was harmful to children. “The potential harm in the current matter…
Nigeria detains Russian cargo plane
Kano – Nigeria detained a Russian cargo plane and its French-speaking crew on Saturday after it made an unauthorised landing in the northern city of Kano with military hardware bound…
Syria accused of using chlorine gas on ISIL
The Syrian government has been accused of using chlorine gas against the Islamic State of the Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), the latest allegations of chemical weapons use in the…
200 prisoners escape in Nigeria
Abuja- Gunmen broke into a prison in the central Nigerian city of Minna, freeing around 200 inmates, a police spokesperson and security sources said. The sources said the gunmen stormed…
Dozens dead in DRC massacre
An overnight attack by suspected Ugandan rebels in the area of Beni in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has left at least 30 people dead, authorities have said. The…
Israel opens new probe into Gaza war
The Israeli military has ordered eight new criminal investigations into cases involving Palestinian civilian casualties in this summer’s Gaza war, a move that is seen as another attempt to head…
Sierra Leone seeing 80-100 new Ebola cases daily
New York – Sierra Leone says between 80 and 100 new cases of Ebola are being reported every day and it desperately needs over 1,000 beds to treat victims in…