Facebook has opened its first headquarters in Africa as it looks to add to its existing 120 million users on the continent. The new office in Johannesburg will focus on growing markets in Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa, it says. About one in five people in Africa have internet access, but almost double that figure
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By Khalid Abdelaziz KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Twelve Sudanese medical students, most carrying Western passports, are believed to have travelled to Turkey with the intention of crossing into Syria to join Islamist militant groups, the university’s dean of students said on Sunday. If confirmed by authorities, the group would be the second of its kind from
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BBC- Ethiopia have stepped in to replace Rwanda as hosts of November’s east and central Africa’s regional championship, the Cecafa Senior Challenge Cup Rwanda had been due to host the event but have withdrawn as they preparing to host the African Nations Championship (CHAN), next January. The tournament had to be cancelled last year after
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RIYADH — A total of 1,351 terrorists belonging to Daesh (the self-proclaimed IS) have been arrested in various parts of the Kingdom over the past eight months. A source reported the terrorists make up 29 different nationalities, but most of them are Saudis. “There were 1,058 Saudi terrorists and most of them were very young.
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By Michelle Nicholas UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United States has proposed six rival commanders from South Sudan be the first people blacklisted by the United Nations Security Council for threatening the peace and stability of the world’s newest state. The council’s 15-member South Sudan sanctions committee operates by consensus, so if there are no
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Protests have been repressed since a failed coup attempt, and the country is now gripped by a spate of grenade attacks. Nkurunziza’s bid for a third term in Burundi’s upcoming elections plunged this tiny nation in the heart of Africa into crisis in April. The protests have been repressed since a failed coup attempt, but
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NAIROBI – South Sudanese armed opposition faction led by former vice- president, Riek Machar, said their forces have captured Malakal, state capital of the oil-rich Upper Nile state, on Saturday after hours of fierce battle with government troops. In a statement to the media on Sunday, rebel leader’s official spokesperson, James Gatdet Dak, said the
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By Aaron Maasho ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – The African Union has called for Britain to release Rwanda’s intelligence chief after his arrest on a warrant issued by Spain, which accuses him of killings after the 1994 genocide, Rwanda’s foreign minister said on Friday. After a meeting of the African Union’s Peace and Security Council, Rwandan
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The latest Ebola cases were recorded in a densely populated slum, adding to fears it will spread Two new cases of Ebola have been recorded in the Sierra Leone capital Freetown, weeks after the city was thought to be free of the disease. Health officials say there are fears of further infections as the cases
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Seven passengers – including two children – on the inaugural Ethiopian Airlines flight through Dublin claimed asylum at the airport’s immigration gates. A Garda spokeswoman this morning confirmed that it was five adults and two children that claimed asylum. “We are working with Ethiopian Airlines to ensure proper processes are in place for people coming
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