Reddit shuts down ‘harassing’ forums
Social news site Reddit has shut down five of its forums because they were being used to "harass individuals".
The closures follow an announcement in...
Rlg Gambia to join ECOWAS Trade Liberalization Scheme
Mobile phones, computers and other electronic devices manufactured by Rlg Gambia has been given the approval to join the ECOWAS Trade Liberalization Scheme (ETLS)...
Buhari leads Summit on Boko Haram
Three African Heads of State in the Lake Chad Basin Commission and Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari will on Thursday in Abuja hold a summit...
UN peacekeepers ‘barter goods for sex’
UN peacekeepers regularly barter goods for sex with people in the countries the world body is meant to be helping, a draft UN report...
Burundi UN mediator Said Djinnit steps down
UN envoy Said Djinnit has stepped down as mediator in the Burundi crisis - a demand of those opposed to the president's third-term bid.
Said...
China ex-security chief Zhou Yongkang gets life sentence
China's former security chief Zhou Yongkang has been sentenced to life in prison, Chinese media report.
He was found guilty of bribery, abuse of power...
African leaders agree on a Cape Town to Cairo free-trade zone
African leaders have agreed to create the continent's largest free-trade zone, covering 26 countries in an area from Cape Town to Cairo.
The deal, signed...
Fifa World Cup 2026 bidding process delayed
Russia and Qatar were selected to host the 2018 and 2022 World Cups by a secret ballot of Fifa's 22 executive members in December...
Drone deployed to monitor students from cheating in exams
The latest weapon in the fight against cheating for China's all-important university entrance exam was a six-propeller drone.The drone flew over two testing centres...
Facebook offers businesses free Place Tips beacon devices
Facebook has begun a roll-out of Place Tips - a system allowing businesses to send updates to a person's smartphone when they are nearby.
Keen...