BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The world oldest and giant panda Jia Jia, as well as ever kept in captivity has died at the age of 38 in Hong Kong. The death of Jia Jia whose age in human terms was over 100 years, according to officials was announced by the Hong Kong theme park […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – No fewer than 32 people have been killed, while over 60 injured in a suicide attack, which targeted Shia worshippers in Baghdad, the Iraq’s’ capital. According to officials, the blast was carried out on a tent in a crowded market in a northern district of the capital city. The attack […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Syrian rebels have established a secret confinement camp for former Islamic State (IS) fighters and their families. Already, 300 defectors and captured combatants, including many Europeans, are presently being held at the camp operated by the rebel – Jaysh al-Tahrir group. The group Commander, Mohammad al-Ghabi, said his organization planned […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Syrian rebels have established a secret confinement camp for former Islamic State (IS) fighters and their families. Already, 300 defectors and captured combatants, including many Europeans, are presently being held at the camp operated by the rebel – Jaysh al-Tahrir group. The group Commander, Mohammad al-Ghabi, said his organization […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Turkish authority has suspended about 13,000 police officers who allegedly have links with the Turkish US-based Muslim cleric, Sheikh Fethullah Gulen. Gulen is suspected to be the mastermind of Friday, July 15, 2016 Turkish failed coup attempt. The accused has however denied any wrongdoing; neither did he instigate his […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – World leaders Friday hailed the vision of the late Israeli leader, Mr. Shimon Peres, as he was buried three days after he died at the age of 93. The leaders one after the other again poured accolades on the late Prime Minister and Israeli’s President at the burial. Israeli Prime […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – US Secretary of State Mr. John Kerry has warned his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov that Washington will end Syria peace talks until Moscow stops the Aleppo bombing. In a phone conversation with Sergei Lavrov, Mr. Kerry said the US held Russia responsible for the use of incendiary and bunker bombs […]
– Obama, Pope Attend Funeral Friday BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Israeli’s Prime Minister and President Shimon Peres, has died at the age of 93. Mr. Peres suffered stroke two weeks ago, but his condition had improved before a sudden deterioration Tuesday. The former PM died in a hospital, near Tel Aviv early Wednesday, […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Republican Presidential candidate, Mr. Donald Trump has taken on the Moderator of the first TV Presidential debate Moderator Lester Holt, accusing him of being tougher on him than his rival, the Democratic flag bearer, Mrs. Hillary Clinton. Mr. Trump also complained about the poor state of his microphone, alleging that […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The arguably most watched US Presidential debate has held with the leading candidates – Democratic, Mrs. Hillary Clinton and her Republican counterpart, Mr. Donald Trump clashing over issues bothering on jobs; terrorism and racism. No fewer than 100 million viewers watched the first live New York Presidential debate, which involved […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Russia has condemned both US and UK for using “unacceptable” tone and rhetoric in speeches against Syria at the United Nations (UN). The country has also expressed reservation on “barbarism” accusation. US Permanent Representative Samantha Power Sunday alleged that Russian and Syrian forces were “laying waste” to besieged rebel-held areas […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – US President Barack Obama has appealed to China to accelerate measures to check challenge of overproduction of industrial products. In a statement from The White House, President Obama equally urged China to establish a level playing field, so as to ensure that all firms could compete fairly in the country. […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Following attack on its trucks by warplanes near Aleppo Monday, the United Nations (UN) has suspended all aid convoys in Syria. During the attack, 18 out of 31 lorries with wheat, winter clothes and medical supplies, were destroyed. A senior official of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent was among a […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has called on leaders of parties to the lingering conflict in South Sudan to honour the terms of the August 2015 Peace Agreement signed by them. While speaking at the meeting of the African Union Peace and Security Council on the Situation in South Sudan held on […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The New York officials have identified one Ahmad Khan Rahami – a naturalized US citizen as the mastermind of last Saturday explosion which rocked Chelsea area and injured 29 people. The 28-year-old suspect said to be born in Afghanistan has been declared wanted for questioning over the attack. In addition, […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The US-led coalition Force has admitted its planes carried out the attack on eastern Syria in which Russian army claimed not less than 62 Syrian troops fighting IS were killed. US indicated that its planes had halted the attack in Deir al-Zour when informed about the Syrian presence. The US […]
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered prompt and appropriate disciplinary action against those who were responsible for a wrongful insertion – part of US President Barrack Obama’s victory speech, in his address delivered on September 8, 2016 at the launch of the “Change Begins with Me’’ campaign. It was observed that […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An Indian special court in the city of Mumbai has sentenced a young man to death over a fatal acid attack on a woman at a busy railway station three years ago. The victim Preeti Rathi, who was 23 at the time of the attack, was murdered, on arrival from […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has disclosed plan by his country and US to launch attack to drive so-called Islamic State (IS) from its Syrian stronghold of Raqqa. President Erdogan indicated that the suggestion on allied forces with his US counterpart Barack Obama was raised when they met at the […]
Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, considered perhaps the most dangerous capital on Earth only a few years back, is preparing to host the 53rd summit of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development this weekend for the first time, following decades of civil war and instability in the Horn of Africa state. Leaders from all eight members of the […]
