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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…

President Uhuru Kenyatta has mourned the deaths of 235 people killed in a horrific mosque attack in Egypt on Friday. Militants arrived at a mosque in North Sinai on Friday and detonated a bomb before shooting indiscriminately at fleeing worshipers. Friday's ambush is one of the deadliest of such…

75-year-old Emmerson Mnangagwa has taken oath of office as the new President of Zimbabwe following the resignation of long-serving President Robert Mugabe. Mnangagwa was sworn-in as the new commander-in-chief at a ceremony held at the National Sports Stadium in the outskirts of Harare on Friday. "I…

Opposition chief Raila Odinga has reacted to the removal of long-serving Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe from power. In a statement on Wednesday ,Raila praised the bloodless ouster of Robert Mugabe from helm of power and called on Zimbabwe to take the path of credible elections. “You have…

(AFP) Robert Mugabe resigned as president of Zimbabwe Tuesday, parliament speaker Jacob Mudenda announced. This brings the curtain down on a 37-year reign of Mr Mugabe. Mugabe was swept from power as his autocratic rule crumbled within days of a military takeover. "I Robert Gabriel Mugabe in terms…