World

By Ebi Kesiena The Uganda Government has terminated the operations of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in Uganda. OHCHR, a department of the United Nations Secretariat, is mandated to...

By John Ikani  The United States (US) has announced a new visa policy aimed at reducing waiting times for applicants from third-countries. With the new policy, applicants can now apply for a visa appointment at US...

By Ebi Kesiena Some economists have called for President Cyril Ramaphosa to make sweeping changes to his Cabinet in a bid to boost the country's ailing economy. The comments come on the back of grim projections...

Enyichukwu Enemanna The publisher of the newspaper L'Anecdote, Jean-Pierre Amougou Belinga has been arrested in connection with the murder of a Cameroonian influential journalist, Salomon Mbani Zogo better known as Martinez Zogo. Belinga was arrested on...

Enyichukwu Enemanna Nigeria's President, Muhammadu Buhari on Monday condemned the killing in Burkina Faso of travellers, including 16 Nigerians, saying those culpable will be “appropriately sanctioned.” The President therefore directed the Foreign Affairs ministry to engage...

By Ebi Kesiena A UN peacekeeping helicopter has been shot at in the violence-ridden eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) leaving one South African peacekeeper killed and another seriously wounded. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres who "strongly"...