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Former United States President Barack Obama appeared to mock his successor President Donald Trump when he jokingly said that he was "born in Kenya" during a speech on Tuesday in Chicago. "The reason i am excited to see you here today is because this is where i started ... this isn't where I was…

A man in a rented pickup truck mowed down pedestrians and cyclists along a busy bike path near the World Trade Center memorial Tuesday, killing at least eight and injuring 11 others in what the mayor called "a particularly cowardly act of terror." The driver was shot in the abdomen by police and…

Burundi has become the first country to withdraw its membership from the International Criminal Court (ICC). The East African country first notified the global judicial institution in September of last year, saying the court unfairly and deliberately targets Africans for prosecution. The ICC is…

Former US President George H.W. Bush is being accused by two women of sexual assault. Actress Heather Lind earlier this week said the 93-year-old former president, who is confined to a wheelchair, touched her from her behind and told her a dirty joke in 2014 while posting for a photo. "He didn't…

The proposal by US President Donald Trump's administration to cut down aid for programs in the Africa continent has been met with opposition. Two officials from the State Department were were put to task members of the US Congress rejected the plans by Trump's government. It was even a blow to…

Former football great George Weah leads in the race to become Liberia’s next president. Weah is currently leading 20 other candidates in the vote tally in a race to succeed current president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. His running mate is Joseph Boakai, the country’s current Vice President. To declared…

US First Lady Melania Trump on Monday fired back to claims by Donald Trump’s ex-wife Ivana Trump that she [Ivana] in the “first lady.” Speaking in an appearance on “Good Morning” America show on ABC News on Monday to promote her “Raising Trump” book, Ivana Trump said she has direct number to the…

Tanzanian President John Magufuli recently revealed he takes home a monthly salary Sh400,000 a month, making him one of the lowest paid head of state in Africa, but how small is his earning compared to his fellow Presidents in the continent? Magufuli's pay is less than an eighth of that of the…

Former International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo could find himself in trouble, after accusations of using his position to help high profile inductees escape the hook emerged. Leaked Investigative documents documents by reputable media outlets among them Germany’s Der Spiegel…

A Zimbabwean journalist who wrote a story on a local daily claiming that President Robert Mugabe’s wife, Grace had issued second-hand undergarments to supporters has been arrested. A Zimbabwean Human Rights attorney revealed that Kenneth Nyangani, a NewsDay reporter, was taken in by police on…