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A Latvian man who was arrested trafficking miraa from Nairobi into the United Kingdom has been handed a ten-month jail term by a judge at Warwick Crown Court. 27-year-old Nauris Ennitis was handed the sentence after pleading guilty to charges of illegally sneaking 35 kilograms of miraa valued at…

US President Donald Trump has come out to defend himself against accusations of being a racist. This comes after his last week's remarks describing African Nations and Haiti as "Shithole" countries elicited global outrage, many viewing the sentiments as being racist. Speaking to journalists at the…

54 African countries at the United Nations have condemned United States President Donald Trump over his "shithole" slur and now want him to publicly withdraw the words and apologize. In a joint statement, African ambassadors at the UN said they are "extremely appalled at, and strongly condemns the…

Former football great George Weah has been declared the new Liberian President by the country's electoral commission. The senator of Montserrado County trounced his 73-year-old rival, Vice President Joseph Boakai to be announced the winner of the presidential run-off held on Tuesday. Liberia went…

US President Donald Trump reportedly described Nigerians as people living in "huts", which they refuse to return to after arriving in America, the New York Times reported on Saturday. The paper claims that Trump said this during a meeting about his administration’s immigration policy in June. Since…

The UN member states have overwhelmingly voted for a motion to reject United States decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israeli capital despite threats by President Donald Trump to cut off aid. Of the 193-member General Assembly, 128 voted against US decision, nine supported it, while 35 abstained.…

United States President Donal Trump has threatened to withdraw aid from any country that on Thursday votes against his decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israeli's capital city. Speaking at the White House on Wednesday, Trump said the US would be “watching those votes” at the General Assembly. “…

Two of former Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe’s key confidants and their families are said to have sought refuge in Kenya after the long-serving head of state was ousted from power in a "bloodless military coup", media in Zimbabwe reports. The press in the South African country claims that…

A Turkish Airlines plane headed to Egypt from Nairobi was on Thursday forced to make an emergency landing at an airport in Khartoum, Sudan following a bomb scare. Sudanese civil aviation authority spokesman Abdul Hafiz Abdul Rahim said the aircraft, a Boeing 738, carried 107 passengers of different…

Zimbabwe has declared former President Robert Mugabe's birthday as a national holiday only a week after he relinquished power, a state daily reported. Mugabe resigned following pressure by the country's military, who took over power a week after he fired his Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa. "It…