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UN environment talks open under shadow of Ethiopian plane crash
Delegates arrived with the UN flag flying at half-mast, and the flags of all UN nations that usually adorn the UNEP headquarters…
British museum agrees to return Ethiopian Emperor Tewodros hair
During that campaign, in which 13,000 troops were deployed to free several British hostages, the emperor killed himself and his…
Eight rescued from flooded Zimbabwe gold mine
Citizens told that floods caused the water level to rise till neck level, forcing them to stand for days until it receded.
Extremists attack hotel in Nairobi as police yet to give death toll
While Somalia-based extremist group Al-Shabab took responsibility for the attack, police were unable to count the bodies despite…
Emmerson Zimbabwe erupts in anger after 150 per cent fuel price hike…
On January 12, Mnangagwa announced an increase in petrol prices from USD 1.34 to USD 3.31 per litre and diesel prices to USD 3.11…
India hands over first 50 houses built for Rohingya refugees in Myanmar
The housing units were handed over after President Ram Nath Kovind and his Myanmar counterpart U Win Myint held delegation-level…
In Kenya, free cash is the latest solution to poverty
According to the World Bank, over a third of Kenya's nearly 50 million citizens live below the international poverty line of USD…
Hospitals jail patients who fail to pay bill in this country
Given how brazenly transparent hospitals are about imprisoning patients in Congo, it is difficult to believe that international…
As Donald Trump arrives at UN, world leaders honour Nelson Mandela
A statue of Nelson Mandela, who led South Africa's transition from the apartheid system of white minority rule over the majority…
Final farewell to former UN secretary general Kofi Annan at Ghana state…
The current UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, praised his close friend as an "exceptional global leader" who was dignified,…