World

By Emmanuel Nduka The Taliban Government in Afghanistan has set out a new decree ordering barbers and barbershops to refrain from shaving or trimming customers’ beards, citing that it is forbidden in Islam. The decree was...

By Ebi Kesiena At least eight people, including two children, died in a shooting in a region of central Mexico plagued by turf wars between rival drug cartels, authorities said Wednesday. Two gunmen on a motorcycle...

By Ebi Kesiena With a few white plastic chairs in front of his house and umbrellas to shield the midday heat, neighbours in Soweto, South Africa’s bustling township where Desmond Tutu lived during apartheid, have paid...

As the world weaves its way to emerge out of the setback incurred during the two-year-long running COVID-19 pandemic, recent data by an economic think tank has suggested that the global economy will top $100 trillion...

By Emmanuel Nduka FORTY SEVEN opposition activists of Maurice Kamto's party, MRC, in Cameroon have been sentenced to prison. The activists will serve between one and seven years for acts of rebellion. The opposition supporters were...

By Emmanuel Nduka Kenya’s Parliament went into a brawl on Wednesday as lawmakers were debating a controversial bill governing political parties ahead of next year's election. Speaker, Ekwee David Ethuro suspended the session briefly after the...