Tanzania opposition figure Tundu Lissu arrested in crackdown
Dar es Salaam, Aug. 12—Tanzanian police have arrested prominent politician Tundu Lissu and two other opposition Chadema officials, the party has said. It says the...
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Paris 2024 Olympic games close as the flame passes to Los Angeles
Paris Aug. 12—The Paris 2024 Olympic games sensationally closed last night with Hollywood star Tom Cruise abseiled from the roof of the Stade de France...
Death toll from a garbage slide at Kiteezi landfill rises to 21
Kampala, Aug 12—Rescue operations at Kiteezi landfill entered day 3 in a bid to find more bodies of victims of a vast garbage slide that...
Trump and Harris to debate on ABC; Trump says he wants two more
Detroit, Aug 9—U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and Democratic opponent Kamala Harris will debate on Sept. 10 on ABC, setting up the first face-to-face...
DR Congo military court sentences 26 armed group members to death
Kinshasa Aug. 9—A military court in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has sentenced 26 people accused of involvement in armed groups, including the M23,...
Thousands of displaced Palestinians forced to flee again
Cairo, Aug 9—Thousands of Palestinians have again been displaced from eastern Khan Younis, only two weeks after being forced to flee another Israeli assault. 30...
Muhammad Yunus takes oath as head of Bangladesh’s interim government
Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, centre, takes the oath of office as the chief adviser of Bangladesh’s new interim government during a ceremony administered by President...
Putin accuses Ukraine of ‘major provocation’ in attack on Russia’s Kursk
Putin and senior government officials discussed the Kursk situation on Wednesday Moscow Aug. 8—Russian President Vladimir Putin has accused Ukraine of a “major provocation” after...
Kenya police clear pockets of protesters in capital with tear gas
Nairobi, Aug 8—Police fired tear gas to clear pockets of anti-government demonstrators from the centre of Kenya’s capital Nairobi on Thursday, as their protest movement...
Israel kills 25 Palestinians in Gaza airstrikes amid fears of wider war
Cairo, Aug 8—Israeli forces stepped up strikes across the Gaza Strip on Thursday, killing at least 25 people, Palestinian medics said, in further battle with...