Tunisian Prime Minister Habib Essid has fired a number of police commanders after last week’s deadly attack on a museum in the capital, his spokesman said on Monday. Among those sacked were the security chief for the Tunis region, local police chiefs and the director of tourist security, Mofdi Mseddi[…]
Yemeni rebel leader Abdul-Malik al-Houthi on Sunday raised the prospect of his forces moving on President Abd Rabu Mansour Hadi’s temporary capital of Aden after Houthi fighters advanced into the key central city of Taiz. Local officials said Houthi fighters captured several state facilities in Taiz, including the airport, airbase,[…]
Indonesian police have arrested five people for allegedly helping recruit and send Muslims to Syria and Iraq to join the Islamic State group, media reports said Monday. The suspects were arrested in three separate locations around Jakarta on Sunday, the Kompas daily said, citing the police. “The arrests are the[…]
Syrian insurgents captured several government airmen after their helicopter crashed in a rebel-held area of northwestern Syria on Sunday, activists said. The Idlib Media Center and the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the helicopter went down near Jabal al-Zawiya, some 10 kilometers (6 miles) north of the town[…]
Cape Town mayor Patricia de Lille wants Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa to send her evidence of alleged racist incidents which have happened in the city. “The City of Cape Town is taking the lead in South Africa in addressing these difficult issues of race,” she said in an open letter[…]
The DA will not take part in a “secret process” to cover up President Jacob Zuma’s financial liability regarding the security upgrades to his private home in Nkandla, the opposition party said on Sunday. “We will not be co-opted, behind closed doors, into agreeing to a sanitised version,” Democratic Alliance[…]
The government says Lee Kuan Yew, who as the founder of modern Singapore helped transform the sleepy port into one of the world’s richest nations, has died. He was 91. Lee was admitted to Singapore General Hospital on Feb. 5 for severe pneumonia and was later put on life support. The[…]
The Eskom board wants its chairman Zola Tsotsi removed, City Press reported on Sunday. In a meeting on Thursday, all board members unanimously resolved to pass a motion of no confidence in Tsotsi, according to the paper. “All of them want him out,” a unnamed source close to the board[…]
Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema has called on people to take down all statues that are a reminder of apartheid, the Sunday Independent reported. “I’m challenging you. Revolution is not a legal activity. You must stop listening to those things like: This is illegal. There’s nothing like this,” he[…]
Cape Town mayor, Patrica de Lille on Saturday marked Human Rights Day by launching the ‘Inclusive City’ campaign. The campaign was aimed at creating public platforms for dialogue to confront what makes some residents feel excluded, while others felt entitled. “We face many challenges to a culture of rights, and[…]
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