Africa Archive

The first remains of the 39 people found dead in a truck in Britain last month arrived in Vietnam early Wednesday, capping a weekslong wait by families eager to bury their loved ones. Sixteen bodies arrived on a Vietnam Airlines commercial

The National Service Scheme (NSS) has assured to repost personnel who were deployed to some financial institutions which had their licenses revoked recently. Speaking to Accra based CITI FM, the Executive Director of the National Service Scheme, Mustapha Ussif called on personnel

A 24 year-old man was on Tuesday sentenced to three years in prison for having terror-related videos. Mr Abdala Mustafa was given the option of a Sh50,000 fine in the ruling delivered by Kisumu Senior Resident Magistrate Stella Telewa. Ms Telewa

Outgoing Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri Tuesday announced that he would be withdrawing his candidacy for the premiership. The announcement came nearly a month after he resigned amid ongoing protests as well as a severe economic and financial crisis with no

An illegal migrant told Turkish authorities Tuesday that Greek soldiers tortured him while blindfolded and burned him with a cigarette. The testimony supports the claims made by hundreds of other illegal migrants, who said Greek authorities beat them and tortured them

The lack of support from banks may have played a role in the struggles of local rice producers in the country, according to some industry players. Yaw Adu-Poku, the convenor of the Rice Millers Association, complained that banks were unwilling to support

Akufo Addo to make final decision on referendum soon President Nana Akufo-Addo is expected to take a final decision in the coming days on whether the December 17 referendum will come off as planned. According to Deputy Minister of Information, Pius

The US State Department on Saturday called on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter to suspend the accounts of Iranian government leaders until Tehran re-establishes internet coverage throughout the riot-torn country. The government imposed a near-total Internet blackout more than a week ago