Yearly Archives: 2013
Plea bargain keeps fractious 50 on the street
Rapper 50 Cent has dodged a prison sentence following his violent outburst at his baby mother’s house back in June by striking a plea...
Rat jibe lands journalists in dock
Amnesty International has called on Sierra Leonean authorities to drop proceedings against two editors charged with 26 counts of seditious libel after they published...
Peace plan to bring back Mobutu
In what is being viewed as an attempt at reconciliation with rebels in the east of the country, DR Congo’s President Joseph Kabila has...
17 sackings as Westgate inquiry continues
Fifteen immigration officers and two soldiers have so far been sacked in the wake of the Westgate shopping mall attack in Nairobi last month.
The...
Australia to pull Afghanistan security force
New Prime Minister Tony Abbott has announced the withdrawal of Australian troops from Afghanistan, declaring that the return home of more than 1,000 troops...
Putin reaches out to gays for Sochi 2014
Russian leader Vladimir Putin has officially welcomed gay athletes and visitors to the 2014 Winter Olympics.
Putin, who has been accused of discrimination against homosexuals...
Heartless Hollande’s Hobson’s choice
France’s government has been branded conniving and heartless after a 15-year-old Kosovar girl whose deportation has dominated French airwaves and newspapers in the past...
Asylum system nearing breaking point
MPs attack government over backlog promises
The Home Affairs Select Committee, led by Keith Vaz MP, has warned of the ‘severe pressure’ Britain’s asylum system...
NHS set to charge students, visitors and migrants
The surcharge set at £150 for students and £200 for temporary migrants
The UK Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt revealed that up to £500 million could...
Dos Santos slams Portugal over corruption probes
President Jose Eduardo dos Santos has criticised former colonial ruler Portugal over its investigations of top Angolan officials.
President dos Santos described Portugal’s relationship with...
