World

Venezuela cocoa trader, Freddy Galindo, has battled highway robberies, kidnapping of family members and declining quality in his 19 years exporting the nation’s legendary beans. This year’s harvest brought a new worry: meddling by the…

Death toll in Indonesia after a tsunami slammed into densely-populated coastal areas along the Sunda Strait on Saturday night has climbed to 430, the UN has said. Government-led relief efforts are being stepped up at the tip of the…

The United Nations and the United States have strongly condemned a terrorist attack on the Libya’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the capital, Tripoli, which killed five people. The head of the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL),…

Freshly-caught rat is at the top of the holiday menu for crowds flocking to a market in northeastern India that specialises in rodents from local fields. Destined to be boiled, skinned and then cooked in a spicy gravy, rat is more…

The order to withdraw American troops from Syria has been signed, the US military said Sunday, after President Donald Trump and his Turkish counterpart agreed to prevent a power vacuum in the wake of the controversial move. The…

Togolese headed to the polls, on Thursday, to vote in legislative elections amid an ongoing political crisis and increasing demands to end the 50-year rule of the Gnassingbe family. With a group of 14 opposition parties boycotting the…

Cameroon National Communication Council, on Wednesday, suspended Vision 4, a private television channel based in the capital city of Yaounde for fake news about the death of the president of Gabon, Ali Bongo. “Following the publication…

The Turkish authorities, on Tuesday, arrested 118 soldiers over their alleged links to a group believed to be behind a coup attempt in 2016. The defendants, all soldiers in active service, were put behind bars for being members “of an…

Enugu, capital of Enugu State, on Tuesday, worn new look with  locations, shopping malls and premises of corporate organisations colourfully decorated with displayed gift items. A News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent who visited…

The Board of African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved additional funding support of €115 million to Rwanda’s Sustainable Water Supply and Sanitation Programme. The assistance is to enable 1.5 million people have access to improved,…