Yearly Archives: 2013
President’s plane allegedly catches fire in mid air
The plane of Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud was forced to make an emergency landing in Mogadishu last Monday after reportedly catching fire during...
State of emergency lifted
The state of emergency in place in Mali since January, when France intervened to help drive out Islamists occupying the north, has at last...
Tutu warns against Mandela family feud
Archbishop emeritus Desmond Tutu has urged the Mandela family not to “besmirch” the former president’s name with their squabble over the reburial of three...
Met officer sacked for racial abuse
A Metropolitan Police constable has been dismissed for “gross misconduct”, following an incident in 2011 in a police van in Newham, London, in which...
Border agency ignored police data on asylum seekers
A damning report into the now defunct United Kingdom Border Agency (UKBA) has concluded that it continued to overlook important police information on asylum...
Students from a disadvantaged backgrounds are now set to be encouraged to take up...
In February of last year Universities expressed deep concerns towards what they believed was an education crisis within the UK. A report by the...
New Lung Cancer Campaign warns “Don’t Ignore Your Cough”
Almost 24,000 people every year within England receive the dreaded lung cancer diagnosis when the disease is in its later stages- comparing that to...
New Contraceptive service aims to continue decrease of HIV in England
Terrence Higgins Trust and its partners in HIV Prevention England (HPE) have launched a new online tool that hopes to aid in helping Africans...
Mayor backs illegal immigration amnesty
Mayor of London Boris Johnson has expressed his support for a one-off amnesty for illegal immigrants in direct contradiction of David Cameron, who said...
Toyota cleans up at Nigeria Auto Awards
The eighth Nigeria Auto Awards held recently in Lagos confirmed the supremacy of the Toyota brand, as the car maker went away with six...
