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Lagos — Nigeria’s president is ordering all schools and non-essential government offices in the capital to close during an international conference as a precaution against terror attacks. The order on…
Pope sex abuse panel highlights accountability
Vatican City — Members of Pope Francis’ sexual abuse advisory board say they will develop specific protocols to hold bishops and other church authorities accountable if they fail to report…
Families refuse to bury dead in India’s Assam
Relatives of those killed in India’s northeastern Assam state have refused to bury their dead, demanding that the state’s chief minister, Tarun Gogoi, visit their area, according to local media…
Three killed in Kenya hit by twin attacks
Mombasa — At least three people were killed and several others injured on Saturday as Kenya’s port city of Mombasa was hit by new militant attacks, officials said. One blast…
Libya congress to elect new PM
Libya’s national congress was set to undertake the final vote for a new prime minister yesterday, after clashes hit the country’s parliament building in Tripoli during two previous rounds of…
Pro-Moscow rebels free kidnapped OSCE team
Slavyansk — The OSCE team captured by pro-Moscow rebels in eastern Ukraine was freed on Saturday after more than a week of captivity in the flashpoint town of Slavyansk, the…
Militants claim responsibility
Cairo — An Egyptian militant group has claimed responsibility for twin suicide bombings that killed three people and wounded eight on Friday in the southern Sinai Peninsula. In a statement…
ANC alliance partners, leagues pledge support
The ANC’s leagues and alliance partners pledged their support for the party at its Siyanqoba rally at the FNB Stadium in Soweto yesterday. Congress of SA Trade Unions president Sidumo…
No ballot selfies allowed
South Africans must not take “selfies” in the ballot booth or of their ballot papers during Wednesday’s elections, authorities said yesterday. “It is an offence to take and/or publish photographs…
Branding helps safeguard cattle
Leonard Ncube DESPITE deterrent sentences which attract a mandatory nine-year sentence for each stolen beast, cases of livestock rustling have been on the increase. Farmers, both communal and commercial should…