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Former Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe has been in hospital in Singapore for the past four months, his predecessor Emmerson Mnangagwa has divulged. In a statement on Monday, President Mnangagwa said Mugabe has been undergoing medication for an undisclosed ailment in the Asian country and was…

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Monday led the country in planting more than 300 million trees in 12 hours, which officials believe is a world record. Ethiopian government officials said the project aims to counter the effects of deforestation and climate change in the drought-prone nation.…

US President Trump is once again facing accusations of racism following his attacks on Maryland Congressman Elijah Cummings, a black lawmaker. In a thread of sharply-worded tweets on Saturday directed at Cummings, a staunch critic of Trump’s administration, President Trump described the majority-…

Former London Mayor Boris Johnson is the new Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Boris becomes the British Prime Minister after he was overwhelmingly elected as new Conservative Party leader by members in an election held on Tuesday. He garnered 92,153 votes ahead of his closest rival Jeremy Hunt…

Mexican drug lord Joaquín Guzmán, popularly known as “El Chapo”, has been sentenced to life in prison plus 30 years.  El Chapo was handed the sentence by a United States federal court after he was found guilty of 10 charges among them drug trafficking and money laundering in February this year…

The United States President Trump is under fire for using language considered racist to attack Democratic Congresswomen. In a series of tweets on Sunday, Trump implied that the Congresswomen were not natural-born US citizens. He accused them of lecturing him and the US on how the government is run…

Three Kenyans are among more than 20 people who were killed during a terror attack at a hotel in Kismayu, Somalia. Also confirmed dead are two British nationals, two Americans and three Tanzanians as death toll hit 26, VOA reported. In a statement, Jubbaland region’s president said a presidential…

The wife of Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum has reportedly left him and fled to Europe. The Sun reported that Princess Haya sought asylum in Germany and filed for divorce from her husband immediately after arriving there. Princess Haya is said to have fled with their son Zayed,…

43 miners have so far been confirmed dead following Thursday's landslide at a copper and cobalt mine operated by Glencore in southeast Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The death toll hit 43 on Friday and is expected to rise further as the search for missing workers continues, Reuters reported.…

An American missionary who runs a charitable organization in Uganda has been sued for allegedly killing more than 100 children. Renee Bach, who runs an NGO named Serving His Children in eastern Uganda, is accused of posing as a doctor and treating children in her care.  Ms. Bach is said to…