Section: Africa
- Angola (92)
- Ghana (31)
- Kenya (410)
- Liberia (28)
- Libya (187)
- Morocco (51)
- Nigeria (1,369)
- South Africa (2,850)
- South Sudan (18)
- Sudan (12)
- Swaziland (1)
- Tanzania (552)
All Responsible For Air Disaster Will Be Punished, Says Iran President
A handout picture provided by the official website of the Iranian Presidency on January 12, 2020 shows Iranian President Hassan Rouhani speaking during a joint press conference with the Emir of Qatar in Tehran. IRANIAN PRESIDENCY / AFP Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday that everyone responsible for the accidental shooting down...
Canada blames Trump for downed Ukrainian airliner
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said the 57 Canadians killed when Iran shot down Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 would be alive if not for recent escalations in tensions in the region, a point of view that appears not to spare US President Donald Trump. Trudeau spoke with Global National’s Dawna Friesen on Monday about...
Nancy Pelosi poised to send Trump impeachment charges to US Senate for trial
Washington – The Democratic-led U.S. House of Representatives is expected to formally send impeachment charges against President Donald Trump to the Senate this week, where Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has vowed to help acquit his fellow Republican. Rather than immediately sending the two articles of impeachment passed by the House on...
Trump impeachment: Fight for Bolton testimony echoes Monica Lewinsky saga
Washington – John Bolton meet Monica Lewinsky. Twenty-one years ago former White House intern Lewinsky was at the center of a tug-of-war over whether she would testify in the U.S. Senate impeachment trial of President Bill Clinton, a Democrat. Now it is Bolton, fired last September from his job as White House national security adviser, who...
Shutterbugs, have you entered the Andrei Stenin International Press Photo Contest?
Cape Town – Submissions for the 2020 Andrei Stenin International Press Photo Contest will be accepted until February 29. Submissions opened for the annual contest on December 22, the birthday of Stenin, who was born in 1980. The event was established in 2014 by news agency Rossiya Segondnya in memory of the photojournalist, whose car was...
Iranians suffer as they protest against their regime, face crippling sanctions
After days of denial and obfuscation, Iran’s authorities admitted that an Iranian surface-to-airmissile brought down Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 last week. The mistaken strike – carried out in the shadow of a retaliatory Iranian missile barrage on U.S. positions in Iraq – led to the death of all 176 passengers...
Downed Plane: Britain’s Envoy In Iran Denies Attending Protest Before Arrest
Iranians students demonstrate following a tribute for the victims of Ukraine International Airlines Boeing 737 in front of the Amirkabir University in the capital Tehran, on January 11, 2020. AFP Britain’s ambassador to Tehran denied Sunday that he took part in a demonstration that broke out at a memorial for the 176 people killed when a...
Trump tweets ‘world is watching’ amid Iranian protests over Ukrainian plane shooting
Tehran/London – Protests were reported late Saturday in several parts of the Iranian capital Tehran over the shooting down of the Ukrainian passenger plane by the Iranian military, according to Iranian media. Hundreds of people took part in Saturday night protest rallies outside Tehran, Amir Kabir and Sharif, according to news agencies IRNA...
Iran’s Top General Briefs Lawmakers Over Downed Ukrainian Jet
This handout picture provided by the Islamic Consultative Assembly News Agency (ICANA) on January 7, 2020 shows Iranian lawmakers raising their hands to vote during a parliamentary session in Tehran. ICANA NEWS AGENCY / AFP Iran’s top Guards commander briefed parliament on Sunday, a day after the armed forces said a Ukrainian airliner was...
Trump Warns Iran Against ‘Massacre’ As Protests Erupt Over Jetliner Downing
A file photo of US President, Donald Trump. AFP Photo. US President Donald Trump said Saturday the United States was monitoring Iranian demonstrations closely, warning against any new “massacre” as protests broke out after Tehran admitted to shooting down a passenger plane. Iran said earlier it unintentionally downed a Ukrainian jetliner outside...
