Monthly Archives: January 2017

Gunmen launch fatal Somali hotel attack

Ten people have died and more than 50 are wounded after a car bomb and gun attack at a hotel in the Somali capital Mogadishu, a senior minister has said. The attack took place at the Dayah hotel, where some members of parliament were thought to be staying, police said on Wednesday. Somali security minister Abdirizak Omar Mohamed said the ...

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Prince among seven prisoners executed by Kuwait

Kuwait has executed seven prisoners for the first time since 2013, including a member of the ruling royal family. They were hanged at the central prison, according to a statement carried by state news agency Kuna. The royal family member was named as Faisal Abudallah Al Jaber Al Sabah, who was convicted of premeditated murder and illegal possession of a ...

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Ghana bonuses cut by 50 percent

Ghana’s Black Stars have agreed a 50 percent slash in their winning bonuses after a meeting with the country’s Sports Minister designate. The reduction was announced by the Sports Minister designate, Hon. Isaac Asiamah in their camp in Gabon, in a specially arranged press conference to address the bonus situation. “We are going to have a stake holders meeting to ...

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Madonna applies to adopt two children

Pop star Madonna has applied to adopt two more children in Malawi. The 58-year-old appeared in court in the Malawian capital Lilongwe to make the application. She previously adopted two children from the African country: David Banda in 2006 and Mercy James in 2009. The star has two other children – Lourdes and Rocco – from previous relationships. Last year ...

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Donald Trump: ‘We will build Mexico border wall’

Donald Trump has said a “big day” is planned on national security, including an announcement to build a wall on the border between the US and Mexico. The new US president is expected to sign several executive orders regarding immigration and border security over the next few days. They are likely to include the “extreme vetting” of people coming from ...

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Zambia Under-20 arrive in Spain

The Zambia U-20 men’s national football team arrived in Madrid on Wednesday morning aboard an Iberia Airlines flight. The team then connected to Tenerife where it will be based for ten days. The Zambia U-20 national football team is in Spain as part of preparations for the 2017 Africa U20 Cup of Nations competition which starts in Lusaka on February ...

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Mixed feelings for Renard

Morocco head coach Herve Renard has shown sympathy for his successor at Ivory Coast Michel Dussuyer after the latter’s side was eliminated from Afcon 2017 at the first hurdle. The two-time Afcon champion orchestrated his side’s important victory at the Stade d’Oyem on Tuesday, a 1-0 win that sent the Atlas Lions into the last eight as second placed side ...

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Zambia stagnates on TI Corruption Perception Index

The latest Corruption Perception Index (CPI) for 2016 has seen Zambia stagnate in the rankings for the fourth time in a row on The CPI conducted by Transparency International shows that 87 countries performed better than Zambia out of the 177 countries, while Zambia performed better than 87 countries sharing the same score of 38 with Mongolia and Panama. Eleven ...

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Zambia to maintain ties with both Morocco & SADR – Kalaba

ZAMBIA will maintain bilateral ties with both Morocco and Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) as one of the ways through which to help promote cordial relations between the two countries. Foreign Affairs Minister, Harry Kalaba has said that Zambia will, however, ensure that the interests of the country came first as the country pursued this position. Mr. Kalaba has said that ...

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