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Austria heads to polls after far-right corruption scandal
on: by Fernil News
Austrians are electing a new Parliament, four months after a corruption scandal brought down ex-Chancellor Sebastian Kurz’s coalition government with the far-right Freedom Party. Some 6.4 million voters aged 16 and up are eligible to cast ballots for Sunday’s election. The
Egypt re-arrests leading pro-democracy activist
on: by Fernil News
The family of one of Egypt’s most prominent pro-democracy activists, Alaa Abdel-Fattah, says security forces have re-arrested him while he was under probation. His mother, Laila Soueif, tells The Associated Press that Abdel-Fattah was arrested on Sunday from Dokki police station
Mugabe funeral: Zimbabwe ex-president laid to rest in Kutama
on: by Fernil News
Zimbabwe’s former President Robert Mugabe has been laid to rest in the rural village where he was born, three weeks after his death at the age of 95. He was buried in the courtyard of his home in Kutama, about 90km
Cars seized from Equatorial Guinea leader’s son worth $18.5M at auction
on: by Fernil News
An auction house in Switzerland is set to sell 25 luxury cars including Ferraris, Rolls-Royces, and Lamborghinis that Geneva authorities seized from the son of Equatorial Guinea’s president in a money-laundering probe. Swiss authorities say the sale Sunday by auctioneer Bonhams
US-based Ghanaian doctor jailed 15 months for passport fraud
on: by Fernil News
A U.S-based Ghanaian physician, Michael Nana Baako, has been sentenced to 15 months in federal prison by a U.S Court for the federal charge of passport fraud. Baako, 50 years, was a physician who practiced in hospitals in Maryland and maintained




