INTERNATIONAL

Rights group: Israeli bombing of Gaza homes was policy

An Israeli rights group has criticised the government for what it called a deliberate policy of launching air strikes on…

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Nigeria’s Boko Haram unrest: African leaders urged to act

African states should act quickly and collectively to curb the growing threat posed by Nigeria's militant Islamists, the African Union…

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‘The international community is failing’: Angelina Jolie

Angelina Jolie has called on the world's leaders to do more to bring an end to the conflict in Syria…

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Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah dies at 90

King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia has died aged 90 after a short illness, state television announced late on Thursday. The…

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Teachers call strike as new term opens

Teachers have said they will, starting today, strike over government’s failure to remit Shs10b as part of President Museveni’s pledge…

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Burundi arrests radio chief over link with nuns’ murder suspect

The director of one of Burundi's popular private radio stations was arrested Tuesday evening after broadcasting the alleged confession of…

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President Kagame to attend World Economic Forum

President Kagame will join the World Economic Forum Annual meetings bringing together heads of states and governments as well as…

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Why Nigeria has not yet defeated Boko Haram

FOR the past five years an Islamic extremist group called Boko Haram has grown in stature and gruesomeness in Nigeria's…

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Boko Haram feared to have kidnapped up to 80 people, including 50 children

Suspected Boko Haram Islamist fighters from Nigeria kidnapped around 80 people, many of them children, and killed three others today…

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Pope demands Philippine leaders end ‘scandalous’ poverty

Pope Francis on Friday demanded leaders in the Philippines end "scandalous social inequalities", hitting out at corruption in a nation…

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