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Burundian security forces crushed anti-government demonstrations, including shooting protesters running away from them, to silence those opposed to President Pierre Nkurunziza bid for a third-term, a rights group said Thursday. “Burundian authorities

Portugal on Wednesday tightened its abortion laws, adopting a bill aimed at making women pay to end a pregnancy and requirements for more stringent tests before the procedure. The governing centre-right coalition

Johannesburg, July 23, 2015 (NAN) The founder of the Guild of Nigerian Professionals in South Africa, Mr Adetunji Omotola, on Thursday urged the African Union to tackle xenophobia on the continent. Omotola

Johannesburg, July 23, 2015 (NAN) An APC Chieftain in South Africa, Mr Ken Dike, said on Thursday that President Muhammadu Buhari would restore discipline in Nigeria. Dike, the Secretary of APC in

Burundian security forces crushed anti-government demonstrations, including shooting protesters running away from them, to silence those opposed to President Pierre Nkurunziza bid for a third-term, a rights group said Thursday. “Burundian authorities

South Korea’s economy slowed in the second quarter, with consumer spending stifled by an outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) and exports failing to lift from a lengthening slump. Asia’s fourth

EU foreign affairs chief Federica Mogherini will visit Iran and Saudi Arabia next week following the agreement she helped broker with Tehran on its contested nuclear programme, her office said Thursday. The

US Defence Secretary Ashton Carter arrived in Baghdad on Thursday for talks with top political and military officials on Iraq’s war against the Islamic State jihadist group. Carter, on his first visit

A leading Turkish daily has fired one of its most senior commentators after he sent a tweet bitterly critical of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s policy on Islamic State (IS) jihadists, reports said