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Former Zambian president Edgar Lungu said he is ready to face the law as his former government officials and family members, have been subjects of investigation for crimes allegedly committed when he was president. He was particularly displeased that state investigators on Thursday went to a piece of land that …

US Embassy in Moscow urged all its nationals to leave Russia immediately as long as opportunities for commercial travel remain limited, deploring the filling of flights and the closing of borders by Russian troops. “All Americans in Russia should leave immediately to avoid being drafted into the military” the embassy …

Russian President Vladimir Putin has addressed the intelligence chiefs of Commonwealth of Independent States countries, saying Western supremacy is crumbling. The Russian president, who spoke isolated in a room and by videoconference, did not fail to sharply criticize the West in this new speech. “Under current conditions, conflicts are escalating, …

The director of the National STI and HIV/AIDS Control Program (NACP) in Ghana, Dr. Stephen Ayisi-Addo, advised young people to refrain from replacing the use of condoms with emergency contraceptives. Dr. Stephen Ayisi-Addo said it was important the youth used contraception correctly, consistently and continuously if they want to be …

At least 19 people died and dozens others are in intensive care after consuming toxic alcohol from a roadside kiosk in northern Morocco, local media reported on Wednesday. “19 people died and 30 were taken to hospital in critical condition on Wednesday,” a local health ministry official told reporters. Police …

Hundreds of Ugandan students are demonstrating against the European Union parliament, after it opposed an oil pipeline project with neighbouring Tanzania. EU lawmakers earlier this month passed a resolution warning of human rights abuses and the social and environmental risk posed by the project. The students are marching in the …

Five people died from Ebola in Uganda and another 19 deaths were likely caused by the disease, President Yoweri Museveni said on Wednesday. In a televised address President Museveni said that in addition to five confirmed Ebola fatalities, another 19 deaths in the community were likely due to the disease. …

US rapper Coolio, 59, known for the iconic hit Gangsta’s Paradise, was found unresponsive on the bathroom floor of a friend’s house in Los Angeles, his longtime manager Jarez Posey told US media. The exact cause of his death on Wednesday has not yet been revealed. He recorded eight studio …

At least thirty four people died in road accident in the Southeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, authorities said on Wednesday. The administrator of Lubudi territory, Clementine Lupanda, told Anadolu Agency that the accident occurred when “a truck coming from Mbuji-Mayi failed to climb a slope in the locality of Nguba …

Algerian authorities ordered the closure the Roman Catholic Church’s charity, Caritas, after 60 years of work in the country. The Archbishop of Algiers, Jean-Paul Vesco, said Caritas was deemed an unauthorized organisation and that work such as aid to migrants would stop completely at the end of the month. Religious …