Tag: African news
20 years jail for Muslim Brotherhood leader and cleric
An Egyptian court has sentenced a leader of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood and an Islamist cleric to 20 years in prison for attempting to...
First Senegal Ebola victim hid vital information
Authorities in Senegal are trying to contact everyone who has come into contact with a 21-year-old student who lost three family members to Ebola...
Rights group protests Rabaah massacre witness arrest
A New York-based rights group is protesting the detention of a key witness in its investigations into last summer’s mass killings in Cairo’s Rabaah...
Ebola nurses demand better protection, more money
Striking nurses in Ebola-hit Liberia are demanding higher salaries and improved protection from infection.
John Tugbeh, spokesman for the strikers at the Monrovia hospital treating...
Foreign students should be exempt from immigration cuts, says MP
A call to exclude international students from immigration cuts has been made by ministers highlighting the invaluable contribution they make to the UK economy.
Cuts...
Senegal moves to isolate itself from Ebola epidemic
The Interior Ministry in Dakar announced last week that it would seek to shut off access to Guinea, which borders the southeast of Senegal...
Kenya to send envoy to resolve SA visa row
Kenya’s Foreign Affairs Secretary Amina Mohamed has said the government is working to resolve the diplomatic spat with South Africa over visa restrictions by...
Judge gets vexed as man drops his kecks
A man has been charged with contempt of court after he pulled down his trousers while giving evidence.
Loveness Mutezo, aged 40, was seeking an...
UK universities put on Ebola alert
Universities in the UK have been alerted about potential Ebola outbreaks once school resumes this September, as several thousand students prepare to arrive in...
Social media exposes students’ deep-rooted racism
Two white South African students have reportedly been evicted from their campus’ halls of residence but are unlikely to face expulsion from the University...
