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US First Lady Melania Trump on Monday fired back to claims by Donald Trump’s ex-wife Ivana Trump that she [Ivana] in the “first lady.” Speaking in an appearance on “Good Morning” America show on ABC News on Monday to promote her “Raising Trump” book, Ivana Trump said she has direct number to the…

Tanzanian President John Magufuli recently revealed he takes home a monthly salary Sh400,000 a month, making him one of the lowest paid head of state in Africa, but how small is his earning compared to his fellow Presidents in the continent? Magufuli's pay is less than an eighth of that of the…

Former International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo could find himself in trouble, after accusations of using his position to help high profile inductees escape the hook emerged. Leaked Investigative documents documents by reputable media outlets among them Germany’s Der Spiegel…

A Zimbabwean journalist who wrote a story on a local daily claiming that President Robert Mugabe’s wife, Grace had issued second-hand undergarments to supporters has been arrested. A Zimbabwean Human Rights attorney revealed that Kenneth Nyangani, a NewsDay reporter, was taken in by police on…

(AP) A gunman perched high on the 32nd floor of a Las Vegas Strip casino unleashed a shower of bullets down on an outdoor country music festival below, killing at least 50 people and wounding more than 200 as tens of thousands of frantic concert-goers screamed and ran for their lives, officials…

US Secretary for Health and Human Services Tom Price has resigned. Price resigned on Friday amid heavy criticism following revelations that he has taken 26 domestic and international trips since May of this year in private jets, costing US taxpayers over $1 million. The White House released a…

Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe on Thursday traded his guns on US President Donald Trump in his speech at the United Nations Assembly, mocking the US Head of State as the "Giant Gold Goliath." Delivering his speech at UN General Assembly, where reproaches of other leaders are usually less personal…

A powerful 7.1-magnitude earthquake that struck Mexico on Tuesday has left over 200 people dead. In his address to the nation following the disaster, Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto said that over 20 children had passed on, while 30 others were missing after a school collapsed. The 7.1…

Two health officers were on Friday caught red handed soliciting for bribes after Uganda’s Minister for Health Sarah Opendi conducted a dramatic sting operation at a Kampala hospital. Dressed in a hijab and veil, the minister arrived at the hospital posing as a patient, which helped nab a laboratory…

A US-Africa Energy Summit that was expected to take place later this month has been cancelled after US declined to issue travel African invitees. A notice to prospective attendees from organizers said that the fully booked two-day event had been abandoned “because of the denial of US visas to the…