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Harare – Former president Robert Mugabe‘s wife Grace has reportedly complained about how her family, businesses and allies were being treated since the fall of her ageing husband. Grace Mugabe (Picture: AP) According to The Zimbabwe Independent, although the Mugabes seemed to be quiet in the public domain, the former first lady has been complaining behind-the-scenes about how her […]

An aging global population could be putting the brakes on economic growth, resulting in an almost permanent squeeze on living standards, a leading investment bank has warned. mercatornet.com Older workers are typically less dynamic than younger participants in the labor market, economists believe, while pensioners spend their investments rather than making new ones. Slower growth […]

President Donald Trump’s administration has withdrawn the United States from a United Nations pact to improve the handling of migrant and refugee situations, deeming it “inconsistent” with its policies, the US mission to the UN announced Saturday. © Drew Angerer, AFP | The US ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley, said “our decisions on immigration […]

Former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh said on Saturday he was ready for a “new page” in relations with the coalition fighting in Yemen. The call came as his supporters managed to control the majority of Sanaa. The clashes extend to other neighborhoods in the direction of Saleh’s house (Reuters) So far, here are the […]

Japan and South Korea, whom the US is trying to involve in provocations against North Korea, will become the first victims if conflict breaks out in the region, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has warned. Seoul, South Korea © Reuters “While condemning Pyongyang’s nuclear missile adventurism, we cannot but condemn the provocative behavior of our […]

Borno state police command has confirmed that, 15 persons have been killed, including two suicide bombers that attacked Biu Market in Biu local government area of Borno state, northeast, Nigeria. A statement from the Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Victor Isuku said, the number of injured persons stood at 53. The statement reads: “Today 2/2/2017 […]

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will visit Greece on Dec. 7-8, the presidency’s press information center confirmed on Saturday. Erdoğan — upon the invitation of Greece’s President Prokopis Pavlopoulos — will embark on the two-day official visit, where bilateral relations and regional issues are expected to be discussed. Presidential aide Ibrahim Kaın, also commented on Erdoğan’s […]

Abdulkadir Muktar is the Commander of a special branch of the Somali Police called the Maritime Police Unit, operating in the capital Mogadishu. Abdulkadir Muktar is the Commander of a special branch of the Somali Police called the Maritime Police Unit, operating in the capital Mogadishu. Abdulkadir was born in 1991, the year Siad Barre’s […]

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un, shown in this November 29, 2017 photo released by the country’s official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), has been accused of putting nuclear ambitions ahead of the well-being of his citizens  Photo: KCNA via KNS/AFP UNITED NATIONS The United States, Britain, France and six other countries on Friday requested a meeting of […]

Washington should explain to the Russian ambassador why it had confiscated Russian diplomatic property and does not allow him to inspect the premises. This is what Former US Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul has suggested. McFaul, a vocal Kremlin critic, who was one of the first to float the idea of registering RT as a […]