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Malawi to probe bribery bid in alleged poll fraud case
Malawi’s anti-graft body said on Monday it probe alleged attempts to bribe judges tackling a case linked to a controversial election which handed President Peter Mutharika a second term. The…
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Queen ‘entirely supportive’ of Harry, Meghan
Cape Town — Following a meeting with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, as well as Prince Charles and Prince William, the queen has released a statement after the Duke and…
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- January 14, 2020
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Iran makes first arrests after downing
Iran’s judiciary has announced the arrests of an unspecified number of suspects in the accidental downing of a commercial passenger jet during a major confrontation with the United States last…
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‘Plane victims would be alive if not for US-Iran tensions’
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has said the 176 people, including 57 Canadians, on board the Ukrainian aircraft shot down by a missile shortly after it took off from Tehran…
adminUN says desert locust poses unprecedented food security threat in Ethiopia
ADDIS ABABA. — The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) on Tuesday warned that “numerous and very large” desert locust swarms have posed an unprecedented threat to food security…
Libya’s Haftar leaves Moscow without signing peace deal
MOSCOW. – Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar left Moscow on Tuesday without signing a ceasefire agreement aimed at ending nine months of fighting, leaving the future of a fragile truce uncertain.…
Murder scandal captivates Lesotho
MASERU. – Police in Lesotho, who are investigating the killing of the prime minister’s estranged wife in 2017, say they may ask international law enforcement agencies to help them track down…
Oceans were hottest on record in 2019
BEIJING. – The world’s oceans were the hottest in recorded history in 2019, scientists said on Tuesday, as manmade emissions warmed seas at an ever-increasing rate with potentially disastrous impacts…
Iran nuclear deal: European powers trigger dispute mechanism
BRUSSELS. – European powers have triggered a formal dispute mechanism over Iran’s breaches of key parts of the 2015 nuclear deal – a move that could spell its end. Iran…
SADC countries to implement satellite sharing system
LUANDA. — The implementation of a satellite sharing system would boost the sustainable development of the African continent, Angola’s Secretary of State for Telecommunications Mario Oliveira said Monday at a…