The trial before the Maputo City Court of six men accused of the 1999 attempted murder of lawyer Albano Silva took an unexpected turn on Monday when a former senior police officer was accused of offering journalists a huge bribe
Even as the south-west caucus in the House of Representatives is expected to officially protest the invitation of former president Olusegun Obasanjo to appear before the House of Representatives Committee on Power and Steel investigating the alleged expenditure of N16
There are heightened efforts and a strong political will in Cameroon to clean up the country from all forms of corrupt practices and embezzlement of public funds.
The Obong of Calabar, Obong Edidem Bassey Ekpo Bassey II, has accused Governor Liyel Imoke of Cross River State of sponsoring militants as the state has now become a safe haven for armed thugs. He also blamed the increasing cases
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has asked the chairperson of the Senate Committee on Health, Senator Iyabo Obasanjo-Bello, who is presently at large to come to court today if she wants the charges over her alleged involvement in the
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. government says Russia has expelled two U.S. military attaches. The order follows the expulsion of two Russians from Washington in the past six months.
NEW YORK (AFP) - Tribune Company said Monday it will sell New York daily Newsday to cable operator Cablevision in a 650-million-dollar deal as it pares debt from last year's private equity buyout.
YANGON (AFP) - The United States sent its first aid flight to Myanmar on Monday but experts warned the relief effort was floundering and 1.5 million cyclone survivors were at grave risk from hunder and disease.
CHONGQING (AFP) - A huge earthquake rocked southwest China on Monday, killing nearly 8,700 people and flattening schools, homes and factories in a powerful tremor felt across a swathe of southeast Asia.
BEIRUT (AFP) - Fierce fighting erupted in northern Lebanon on Monday, further exacerbating tensions after days of deadly sectarian battles that have driven the nation to the brink of full-blown civil war.
BELGRADE (AFP) - Pro-Western forces in Serbia began tough talks on Monday to cobble together a coalition, after the electoral commission confirmed they scored an upset poll victory over nationalist rivals.
The Polar Continental Shelf Project, located at the edge of Resolute Bay's tiny airport, has long been a magnet for polar researchers, but concerns such as climate change and Canadian Arctic sovereignty have stepped up traffic to this scientific staging
The $37-million package of meteorological instruments represents the Canadian Space Agency's first major investment in the exploration of the Red Planet. And if everything goes according to plan, the Canadian weather station will provide the first daily temperature, pressure and
A military C-130 cargo plane left a Thai air force base Monday and landed in Myanmar's biggest city Rangoon. Two more air shipments scheduled to land Tuesday.
The legal age for smoking in Japan is 20 and as the country's 570,000 tobacco vending machines are prepared for a July regulation requiring them to ensure buyers are not underage, a company has developed a system to identify age
Quarantine officials destroyed 15,000 chickens, ducks, pheasants and turkeys raised in farms, restaurants, schools and homes in the capital, said Kim Yoon-kyu, a Seoul Metropolitan Government official.
The country's once admired democratic institutions are buckling under the strain. It is worth recalling that the LTTE emerged in the late 1970s against a backdrop of mounting grievances in the north and east of the island country over declining
