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9 years ago | March 1, 2015

Mexico captures drug lord

Mexico City — Mexican police nabbed most-wanted drug lord Servando Gomez last Friday, a former schoolteacher whose ...

9 years ago | February 22, 2015

Yemeni president flees house arrest

Sana’a — Yemeni President Abd Rabu Mansour Hadi has fled house arrests in Sana’a and is now in the southern province of ...

Zuma promises end to parly jamming

Pretoria – President Jacob Zuma assured editors on Friday that the jamming of cellphone networks in Parliament ...

Spotlight on Ukraine as Kerry arrives in London

US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in London yesterday for meetings with his British counterpart, and a senior ...

Somali hotel attack toll hits 25

Mogadishu – The death toll in Friday’s bombing of a hotel in the Somali capital has risen to 25, including two ...

9 years ago | February 15, 2015

Iran’s supreme leader sends letter to Obama

Iran’s supreme leader has sent a letter to US President Barack Obama in response to American overtures, amid talks to ...

Boko Haram takes fight into Chad

N’Djamena – Nigeria’s Boko Haram rebels carried out their first attack on Friday inside neighbouring Chad, ...

1,3m back in school in Ebola-hit Guinea

Dakar – More than 1,3 million children have returned to school in Guinea since the restart of lessons that were ...

Sierra Leone locks down 700 homes after Ebola death

Freetown – Sierra Leone said on Friday it had placed hundreds of homes in the capital under quarantine, in a huge ...

Police foil Valentine’s Day mall killing plot

Toronto – A senior police official said on Friday police foiled a plot by two suspects who were planning on going ...

Ukraine fighting continues despite ceasefire pact

Fierce fighting between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian rebels has ensued just hours before today’s ceasefire, signed ...

9 years ago | February 7, 2015

Simba Mhere laid to rest in Johannesburg

JOHANNESBURG — Television personality Simba Mhere was laid to rest in Johannesburg yesterday. Hundreds of people ...

Police quiz Gordon after suspicious injuries found on Bobbi

A criminal investigation has been launched in the case of Bobby Kristina, with police considering the possibility foul ...

SA will protect foreigners – Zuma

Johannesburg — President Jacob Zuma on Friday last week assured high commissioners and ambassadors that foreigners in ...

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