Friday, March 29, 2024

US warns South Sudan to sign peace deal or face UN sanctions

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The US says it is consulting with other countries about imposing UN sanctions on anyone who undermined the peace process in warn-torn South Sudan. Susan...

Israel ex-PM Ehud Olmert to serve jail term for bribery

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Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has been ordered to serve 18 months in jail for bribery. Olmert had been sentenced to six years by...

President Barack Obama commutes sentences of 46 drug offenders

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President Barack Obama commuted the prison sentences of 46 drug offenders, saying in a video posted online Monday that the men and women were...

Tanzania police arrests ‘prophet’ who preaches with beer in hand

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Police in the Tanzanian capital Dadoma on Tuesday arrested a preacher who reportedly roams the streets preaching with a bottle of beer, The Citizen...

Vietnam vet who left High School and became a Marine finally gets Diploma after...

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Jesse Castillo waited more than half a century for this moment. Fifty-two years after he left his Texas high school, the Vietnam veteran finally received his diploma on Monday. The...

Refugees and riot police face off in Hungary

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A standoff at a train station between refugees and Hungarian riot police continues for a second day as hundreds refuse to go to a...

Turkish warplanes bomb ISIS positions in Syria for the first time

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Turkish warplanes bombed ISIS positions in Syria for the first time early Friday, escalating the conflict in the region a day after members of...

Kenya to ‘ban pornographic sites for teenagers’

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Kenya's government plans to restrict access to online pornographic sites in a bid to reduce pregnancies among schoolchildren, Information Minister Joseph Mucheru has told...

Coronavirus in Africa: 63,293 cases; 2,290 deaths; 21,837 recoveries

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There are now more than over 60,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus across the continent, with a number of African countries imposing a range of...

I acted as a man to get work until I was accused of rape...

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Pili Hussein wanted to make her fortune prospecting for a precious stone that’s said to be a thousand times rarer than diamonds, but since...