(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) has reportedly told the US that he considered murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi to be a dangerous Islamist. MBS reported phone call to the White House came before Saudi Arabia admitted late Kashoggi was killed inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Turkey. Saudi Arabia has however denied […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – French authorities on Wednesday announced a nationwide probe into possible clusters of babies born without arms, forearms or hands. The announcement came a day after health authority Sante Publique France said it had identified 11 suspected cases in the eastern Ain department between 2000 and 2014. Seven other cases had already been […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – No fewer than 19 people have been killed and dozens wounded in a shooting at a college in Russian-annexed Crimea. Russian investigators alleged that an 18-year-old student Vladislav Roslyakov, ran through the technical college in Kerch firing at fellow pupils before killing himself. Officials and witnesses also confirmed that at least, one blast […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Amid growing tensions between the US and Saudi Arabia, many business executives including JP Morgan boss, Jamie Dimon have pulled out of an investment conference coming up later in the month in Riyadh. Other executives who have backed out are: Ford Chairman Bill Ford and Uber chief executive Dara Khosrowshahi. The business conference […]
Photo: UK Prime Minister, Theresa May (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – British Prime Minister Mrs. Theresa May has appointed the health Minister Jackie Doyle-Price as the country’s pioneer UK’s Minister for Suicide Prevention. The move according to a press release issued Thursday was taken in an effort to check the number of people taking their own lives. The […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Australia plans to restrict some new migrants from living in its largest cities: Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane, for “at least a few years’’. This is in an effort to ease urban congestion, a Government Minister Alan Tudge said on Tuesday. With immigration expected to be an issue in the next election, the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The number of people believed to have died in Friday’s Indonesia earthquake and tsunami has risen to 1,347. According to disaster response officials, the death toll Tuesday jumped from a previous confirmed figure of 844. The 7.5-magnitude quake struck just off the central island of Sulawesi, setting off a tsunami that engulfed the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Qatar’s authority Monday confirmed that the country had plans to produce her first electric cars by 2023. The Qatari media reported that the electric vehicles will be manufactured by the factory which will be established at a cost of $9bn. The Chairman of the Qatar Quality company, which is responsible for the project, Ali […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Turkish on Thursday said he is desperate to drop the surname ‘dollar’ surname because he was being teased. Ferhat Dolar, 48, from Dalaman in the Aegean province of Mugla, has asked the local civil registration office to replace his surname, explaining to the Milliyet daily: “Due to the recent economic sanctions imposed […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Late U.S. Senator John McCain will be buried on Sept. 2 in Annapolis, Maryland, his office said. McCain died at the age of 81 of brain cancer on Saturday. “On Sept. 2 … a private memorial service will take place in the U.S. Naval Academy Chapel in Annapolis, Maryland, honouring the life […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Pope Francis on Sunday in Dublin renewed his plea for forgiveness for all kinds of abuse of power practised by members of the church and all its institutions. In a speech during mass before 500,000 people in Dublin on Sunday the pontiff spoke of meeting eight survivors of sexual abuse on Saturday. […]
Washington (CNN) – Sen. John McCain has decided to stop treatment for the brain cancer he has been battling for over a year, his family said Friday in an announcement that precipitated a rare moment of bipartisan empathy in honor of the Vietnam war hero and Republican political veteran. Colleagues of McCain, 81, had been bracing […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Eight pilgrims from Kebbbi have fallen prey to the nefarious activities of some Saudi-based fraudsters in Madinah, losing their Basic Traveling Allowances, BTA. The fraudsters, mostly Nigerians resident in the Holy land illegally often gained access to Nigerian pilgrims outside their hotel accommodation, where they lured their unsuspecting victims into shady business […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Saudi Arabia is considering further measures against Canada, Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubair said on Wednesday, amid an escalating diplomatic row between the two countries. On Sunday, Saudi Arabia expelled the Canadian ambassador, and froze trade and new investments with Canada after Ottawa called on Riyadh to release detained rights activists. “Additional […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Uganda’s new social media tax will damage business and the economy and cool investor interest in its new IT sector that has wooed global giants Facebook and Google, industry executives said on Monday. Long-ruling President Yoweri Museveni, 73, has touted the levy as necessary to deter Ugandans from using social media for […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Eritrea and Somalia have taken up diplomatic relations after 15 years of hostility, the two East African nations said Monday. The thawing of relations comes after Somalia’s president on Saturday began a three-day visit to Eritrea in a bid to normalize relations. According to a joint statement, both countries plan to take […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – US President Mr. Donald Trump has admitted getting on with Russia is “a good thing, not a bad thing”. Trump made this assertion at the start of his first summit with the Russian President Vladimir Putin. President Trump affirmed he hoped for an “extraordinary relationship” as he met in Helsinki, Finland with […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Trending social media platform WhatsApp has announced the launch of a new feature globally. The new characteristic will highlight when a message has been forwarded and not composed by the sender. The platform announced the development Tuesday through its official blog following calls from various parts of the world, including India, to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Humanitarian rescue boat, which carried 60 migrants rescued off Libya, docked in Barcelona on Wednesday. The boat was docked after being turned away by Malta and Italy, in the latest example of European divisions on immigration. Spain’s new Socialist Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez, had offered, for the second time in a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Left-wing candidate Andrés Manuel López Obrador has won Mexico’s Presidential election. In his victory speech, Obrador said: “profound change” adding “we will pursue a relationship of friendship and co-operation with the United States, always rooted in mutual respect and in the defence of our fellow Mexicans who live and work honourably in […]
