BREAKING: ZIM expelled from World Cup 2018

THE official Fifa website reports that “The FIFA Disciplinary Committee today, 12 March 2015, notified the Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) that it was expelled from the preliminary competition of the…

International body calls for reducing traffic fatality in Africa

ADDIS ABABA — The International Road Federation (IRF) has called for concerted efforts to reduce road traffic fatalities in Africa, which remain high on the continent, and also to achieve…

South African journalists’ mugging caught on camera

JOHANNESBURG – Muggers robbed at gunpoint a South African journalists’ crew as they prepared to go live on air, raising safety concerns for media workers, with police Wednesday vowing to…

Militants loyal to ISIS claim police station attack in Tripoli

TRIPOLI – Militants claiming loyalty to Islamic State said they were responsible for a bomb attack on a police station in the Libyan capital on Thursday, a statement posted on…

BREAKING NEWS: Zim expelled from 2018 World Cup

Online Reporter The Zimbabwe national soccer team, Warriors has been expelled from 2018 FIFA Soccer World Cup qualifying matches for failing to pay former coach Jose Claudinei Georgini. Jose who…

Al-Shabaab launches attack in central Somalia town

MOGADISHU – Suspected members of Somalia’s al-Qaeda-affiliated al-Shabaab militants on Thursday attacked a fortified area containing regional government headquarters, an airport and a United Nations compound in the central town…

LATEST: Eskom suspends CEO ahead of inquiry into utility

CAPE TOWN – Eskom chairperson Zola Tsotsi announced on Thursday that CEO Tshediso Matona has been suspended as well as three senior executives and a full independent inquiry is to…

Canada measles outbreak spreads

Ottawa – A measles outbreak linked to a flare-up of the virus in the United States has spiked in neighbouring Canada’s Quebec province to 119 cases, health officials said Wednesday.

Morocco recalls its ambassador to Nigeria over royal phone call

RABAT – Morocco has recalled its ambassador to Nigeria, in a row over whether the president of Nigeria is trying to use the king of Morocco to win over Muslim…

BREAKING NEWS: Two police officers shot as Ferguson protests turn violent

FERGUSON – Two officers were shot in front of the Ferguson Police Department early Thursday, authorities said, as demonstrators gathered after the resignation of the city’s police chief in the…

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