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Chinese state media and the public have criticised the government and police for failing to prevent a New Year’s Eve stampede in Shanghai that killed 36 people and dented the…
Dozens arrested after failed Gambia coup
Banjul – Several dozen military personnel and civilians were arrested, and a large cache of weapons and explosives were found following a reported coup attempt in Gambia, an intelligence source…
Let’s work to fulfil our New Year resolutions
B E A Make a Difference It is that time of the year once more when everyone is filled with promise. Because it is the beginning of a brand New…
Sierra Leone leader urges prayer to end Ebola
Sierra Leone President Ernest Bai Koroma has asked the country to begin a week of fasting and prayers to end the Ebola virus that has killed more than 2,700 people…
AirAsia crash: 7 more bodies recovered
Pangkalan Bun — Investigation into the AirAsia crash has turned to the ocean floor, with more sonar equipment and metal detectors deployed yesterday to scour the seabed for wreckage, including…
Syria’s war ‘killed 76,021’ in 2014
The conflict in Syria killed 76,021 people in 2014, just under half of them civilians, a group monitoring the war has said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Thursday…
1,143 die in SA road accidents
Durban – Altogether 1,143 people have died in 924 crashes during the festive season up to December 28, Transport Minister Dipuo Peters said on Tuesday. KwaZulu-Natal had the most fatal accidents,…
DRC rape doc protests seizing of hospital accounts
Kinshasa – Congolese doctor Denis Mukwege, famed for helping rape victims in the Democratic Republic of Congo, on Thursday called the seizure of his hospital’s bank accounts “unjustified” and fiscal…
Kenyan court suspends parts of security law
Nairobi – Kenya’s High Court yesterday suspended some of the anti-terrorism measures signed into law two weeks ago by President Uhuru Kenyatta, saying objections raised by the opposition over the…
Carnival to remember
Melissa Mpofu Showbiz Editor WOW is the word which aptly describes festivities at the just-ended Jameson Vic Falls Carnival. Held in the resort town from December 29 to 31, the festival, which…