Tensions as Tanzania readies for tight vote

Zanzibar — As Tanzania gears up for what is expected to be the tightest electoral race in the country’s history, tensions are rising on the semi-autonomous Zanzibar archipelago. Campaigning has been…

Tensions as Tanzania readies for tight vote

Zanzibar — As Tanzania gears up for what is expected to be the tightest electoral race in the country’s history, tensions are rising on the semi-autonomous Zanzibar archipelago. Campaigning has been…

Eritrean mistaken for Palestinian shot dead in Israel

An Eritrean man has died after he was shot and beaten by a mob after he was mistaken for an attacker during a raid in southern Israel, Israeli police say. The…

Eritrean mistaken for Palestinian shot dead in Israel

An Eritrean man has died after he was shot and beaten by a mob after he was mistaken for an attacker during a raid in southern Israel, Israeli police say. The…

Lungu seeks divine help as kwacha freefalls

Lusaka — Zambia’s president Edgar Lungu prayed to God to “heal” his country’s ailing currency on Sunday, with bars shut and football matches cancelled on a national day of prayer…

Lungu seeks divine help as kwacha freefalls

Lusaka — Zambia’s president Edgar Lungu prayed to God to “heal” his country’s ailing currency on Sunday, with bars shut and football matches cancelled on a national day of prayer…

Egypt enters second day of election without voters

Cairo — Egyptians appeared to be shunning the ballot box for a second day yesterday in what one newspaper called “an election without voters”, highlighting growing disillusionment since the army…

Egypt enters second day of election without voters

Cairo — Egyptians appeared to be shunning the ballot box for a second day yesterday in what one newspaper called “an election without voters”, highlighting growing disillusionment since the army…

Canadians poised to oust Conservative Harper

Ottawa — Canadians appeared set to end nine years of Stephen Harper’s Conservative rule yesterday and elect a Liberal government led by Justin Trudeau, the son of a charismatic former…

Canadians poised to oust Conservative Harper

Ottawa — Canadians appeared set to end nine years of Stephen Harper’s Conservative rule yesterday and elect a Liberal government led by Justin Trudeau, the son of a charismatic former…

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