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LOS ANGELES. — The 23-year-old man accused of opening fire at Los Angeles International Airport, killing an airport security officer and wounding three other people, could face the death penalty…
Tanzanian develops software to improve health care
ARUSHA. — A Tanzanian young graduate of the Institute of Accountancy Arusha (IAA) has developed a software that would help reduce patients’ queues in public health facilities. The Patients’ Record…
Gunmen kill over 30 wedding guests in Nigeria
LAGOS. — Gunmen have attacked a wedding convoy in Nigeria, killing more than 30 people including the groom. Islamic militants were blamed for the ambush on the notorious Bama-Banki Road…
150 migrants rounded up
NIAMEY. — Niger has rounded up close to 150 migrants crossing the Sahara to Algeria in the past two days, in a crackdown on illegal migration after 92 people died…
Maldives warns foreigners
MALE. — Maldives President Mohamed Waheed yesterday said that foreigners should not interfere in the domestic issues of the country. In a speech to mark the National Victory Day, President…
Kenya’s public debt surges to 55pc of GDP
NAIROBI. — Kenya’s public debt has surged to 55 percent of the nation’s gross domestic product, according to a debt bulletin from National Treasury. The debt stood at 52 percent…
Iran pessimistic about nuke talks
TEHRAN. — The Islamic Republic of Iran is not optimistic about the on-going nuclear talks with the major powers, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said yesterday. “As I have…
UN condemns journalists’ murder
UNITED NATIONS. — The United Nations Security Council has “strongly condemned” the kidnapping and slaying of two French radio journalists in Mali’s troubled northeast. Ghislaine Dupont and Claude Verlon of…
EDITORIAL COMMENT: Stands Debacle: Stitch in time saves nine
The move by the Ministry of Local Government, Public Works and National Housing to investigate illegal and wrong allocation of land in all towns and cities is not, as some…
It’s political economy, stupid!
Literature today with Stanly Mushava A DEBATE is underway in literary circles, with authors and critics exchanging fire on multiple fronts. The object of controversy is what should constitute African…