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A rapid intervention force of Senegalese troops will soon be deployed in central Mali, which has seen an increase in jihadist attacks and communal violence since 2015, the new UN peacekeeping chief said. “We are awaiting the upcoming deployment in the centre (of Mali), by Senegal, of a rapid intervention …

Zimbabwe’s largest workers union, the  Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions says the country’s unemployment rate is now at 90-percent. The unions said a change of leadership is the only solution to the country’s economic crisis. Addressing the workers day celebrations in Harare, Zimbabwe’s main opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai said President …

Britain’s Labour party on Friday beat UKIP to win a by-election in the Brexit bastion of Stoke-on-Trent, but suffered a historic defeat by the ruling Conservatives in a separate local vote. Labour clung on to its Stoke-on-Trent seat with Gareth Snell taking 7,853 votes to 5,233 for Paul Nuttall, leader …

Islamic State claimed responsibility on Wednesday for a suicide attack that killed at least 22 people outside Afghanistan’s Supreme Court. The bomber, identified as Abu Bakr Altajiki by the militant group, detonated an explosive belt as court employees were leaving work in downtown Kabul on Tuesday evening. “The apostates must …

‘As a woman, a Bruneian woman, it is such a great achievement. It’s really showing the younger generation or the girls especially that whatever they dream of, they can achieve it’ The first ever all-female flight deck crew for Royal Brunei Airlines has operated a plane from Brunei to Jeddah …

Russian rescuers working round the clock have found the main black box from the Syria-bound military plane that crashed into the Black Sea with 92 people on board, authorities said Tuesday. The defence ministry said the box, which could provide vital clues as to why the Tu-154 jet crashed, was …

A Bahamian man was sentenced to five years in US prison on Tuesday for hacking into celebrities’ email accounts to steal unreleased film and television scripts, personal information and sexually explicit videos in order to sell them. Alonzo Knowles, who maintained a list of 130 celebrities’ emails and phone numbers, …

An administrative chief from Nakuru County Francis Kariuki has added another trophy to his growing collection after he won an award for innovative use of social media to run his village. Kariuki, who is popularly known as the “tweeting chief”, clinched the Champions’ Award at the Kenya Open Data Initiative …

UN Integrated Multifaceted Stabilisation Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) on Wednesday continued to patrol the streets of Bria in the Central African Republic (CAR) following clashes between elements of the Front populaire pour la renaissance de la Centrafrique (FPRC) and the Union pour la paix en Centrafrique (UPC) …

Above the sacks of seeds and coal, three kerosene lamps gather dust in the tiny shed that Kenyan chicken farmer Bernard calls home. He prefers to use solar energy to light up his evenings, listen to the radio or watch television, after abandoning a diesel generator he said was expensive …