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Over 9,900 in employees in Tanzania face dismissal from their positions after Tanzanian President John Magufuli ordered an immediate axing of more than 9,900 civil servants found with forged academic credentials following a nationwide probe into academic certificates of all civil servants. This…

Former Nigeria President Goodluck Jonathan now blames retired US president Barack Obama for his 2015 presidential election lose that saw Muhammad Buhari elected the new Nigerian President. In his new book, The Run of Play, which documents how he became the first incumbent Nigerian President to lose…

The United States has issued a travel advisory to her citizens planning to visit Ethiopia following a series of grenade attacks targeting hotels and homes in the Horn of Africa country. According to the US embassy in Addis Ababa, there have been four grenade blasts in the span of one month in the…

Uganda President Yoweri Museveni has lashed at African leaders for what he termed as “ideological meandering”. Museveni expressed his love for American President Donald Trump for his approach to offering home-based solutions to the US asking African leaders to adopt such ideologies. “I love Trump.…

After three months away from the public limelight, retired U.S. President Barack Obama is set to make a comeback into public. The first black American president is scheduled to participate in a discussion with students at the University of Chicago on Monday, his office said. According to his office…

France went to the polls on Sunday to choose their next president, amid high security following a deadly attack in its capital, Paris three days ago. Security was high in the country with about 50,000 police and 7,000 soldiers being deployed across the country to secure polling. A total of eleven…

A Kenyan lawyer has filed a case at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) at The Hague accusing Israel of committing atrocities including torture  and crucifixion against Jesus Christ over 2,000 years ago. The lawyer, Dola Indidis, wants Israel held accountable for the acts that led to the…

An Egyptian woman believed to have been the worlds heaviest at 1102 pounds, says she has lost 500 pounds after surgery in an Indian hospital. According to Eman Abd El Aty's family she originally weighed 1102 pounds - and was unable to leave her home for 25 years. Ms Abd El Aty underwent bariatric…

Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators are expected to hit the streets of about 150 cities across the U.S. on Saturday to demand that President Donald Trump releases his tax returns. The demonstrations, dubbed ‘Tax March’, have been planned to coincide with the usual tax filing deadline of April…

The United States military on Friday announced it is sending dozens of soldiers to Somalia to help defeat Al Shabaab. The US African Command said about 40 soldiers will be deployed to train and equip about 22,000 Somalia and AMISOM forces currently fighting Al Shabaab. "United States Africa Command…