3+ hour, 25+ min ago  (822+ words) Haysom went on from high-level positions promoting human rights in his home country to a distinguished career as a U.N. diplomat, serving in hot spots from Afghanistan and Iraq to Somalia and South Sudan. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Haysom "devoted his…...

9+ hour, 39+ min ago  (174+ words) President Michael Randrianirina, who took power in a coup in the Indian Ocean island in October, said Madagascar had acquired a polygraph machine and a specialist to operate it to vet new government ministers. "We will know who is corrupt…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (262+ words) WASHINGTON " Love is in the air for penguins at the Edinburgh Zoo as breeding season begins. For a fourth year in a row, children at the Edinburgh Children's Hospital Charity helped the penguins in their courtship for a partner by…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago  (1059+ words) A graphic symbol of the dispute: an unfilled, coffin-size hole in a cemetery in Zambia's capital, Lusaka, where the current president, Hakainde Hichilema, had hoped Lungu would be buried in a state funeral. But Lungu, in his last days, told…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago  (575+ words) More Ghanaians are wearing the colorful traditional outfit with pride in a trend triggered by online mockery. Ghana's President John Dramani Mahama in early February visited Zambia wearing a fugu garment, prompting ridicule from some social media users. Ghanaians responded…...

1+ mon, 15+ hour ago  (320+ words) Mugabe is the youngest son of Zimbabwe's former leader, who died in 2019, and his second wife, Grace Mugabe. South African national broadcaster SABC said the shooting occurred at the younger Mugabe's home in a plush Johannesburg suburb and that he…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (448+ words) Madagascar's weather service issued red alerts for several regions warning of possible floods and landslides as the storm made landfall late Tuesday with wind speeds of more than 195 kph (121 mph). It then roared across the large island of 31 million people,…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (154+ words) 3 French tourists drown when their boat capsizes in Oman'khou.com 3 French tourists drown when their boat capsizes in Oman The Royal Oman Police said the ship carried 25 French tourists, as well as a tour guide and a boat captain, when…...

4+ mon, 18+ hour ago  (306+ words) China is heavily invested in mining in Zambia, which is one of the world's top producers of copper that is integral to the production of electronic devices. Li, who holds China's No. 2 leadership position after President Xi Jinping, will meet…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (318+ words) Nyoka's fatal shooting at his family home near Johannesburg during the period of white minority rule was one of many alleged abuses by apartheid police that went unpunished for decades. Abraham Engelbrecht and Pieter Stander, who prosecutors said are both…...