…Leads Sanders With 3 million votes; 291 pledged delegates; 523 superdelegates, BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – US former Secretary of State Hilary Clinton is on her way to clinch the Democratic Presidential ticket as she has reached the required number of delegates. The count puts Mrs. Clinton on 2,383, which is the number needed to […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – US President Barrack Obama has paid tribute to the late world boxing legend, Muhammad Ali. Obama in his condolence message Saturday declared “Muhammad Ali shook up the world. And the world is better for it”. Ali, the three-time world heavyweight champion and one of the world’s greatest sporting figures – […]
BAILTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Two weeks after the accident, the French investigators have confirmed that signals have been detected from one of the black boxes of MS804 EgyptAir plane which crashed into the Mediterranean sea. Investigators indicated that the signals were picked up by the French vessel Laplace as it was searching the Sea. […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Chadian ruler Hissene Habre, has been convicted of crimes against humanity and sentenced to life in prison. The ex dictator was convicted by judge for raping, sexual slavery and killing orders he issued during his rule which lasted between 1982 and 1990. He however denied the accusations of killing […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Brazilian Police are hunting for over 30 men suspected of raping a teenage girl in Rio de Janeiro and later posted video of the attack on social media. The 16-years old girl, believed she was doped after visiting her boyfriend in house Saturday and says she woke up in a different house, surrounded […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The first world President, Barack Obama has broken the record of becoming the first serving US President to visit Hiroshima since the World War II nuclear attack. No fewer than 140,000 were killed in Hiroshima and another 74,000 two days later in a second bombing in Nagasaki, on August 6, 1945. […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Afghan Taliban has announced its former Deputy Head, Mawlawi Hibatullah Akhundzada as its new Leader. The announcement followed the killing last weekend, of its immediate past Leader, Mullah Akhtar Mansour who was killed in a US drone strike. Mansour was killed in a strike on his car in Pakistan’s […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Following threat to security, the Secret Service has shot an armed man outside the White House. US officials confirmed the development Friday. The Police explained that a man was spot, brandishing a weapon at a security checkpoint near the building, after which he was shot in stomach. After the shooting, the […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Multinationals operating in Nigeria have been urged to deploy the use of available Information and Communication technology (ICT) infrastructures to achieve their respective business goals. Vice President, Head of Africa Emerging Markets and Indirect Channels, Orange Business Services, Giorgio Heiman, made the call at the formal launch of the Orange […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The wreckage of EgyptAir flight MS804 has been found near Greek Island of Karpathos. Egyptian Aviation officials confirmed the latest development. The Airbus was en route from Paris to Cairo, Egypt’s capital with 66 passengers and crew when it went down overnight. Officials have reinforced likely terrorist attack, rather than […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Greece Defence Minister, Panos Kammenos has confirmed that the EgyptAir flight MS804 eralier declared missing, traveling from Paris to Cairo plunged into the Mediterranean Sea, after making two sharp turns. Kammenos said the Airbus A320 turned 90 degrees left and 360-degree to the right, after which the sad incident occurred. […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An EgyptAir flight from Paris to Cairo is believed to have crashed into the Mediterranean Sea after disappearing from radar overnight. The Airbus A320 went missing at 02:30 Cairo time (00:30 GMT), soon after leaving Greek airspace. There were 56 passengers – including three children – seven crew members and […]
Embattled Brazillian President Ms. Dilma Rousseff has insisted the plot to impeach her is a “coup” and sham. While making National broadcast since Senators voted overnight in support of her removal, over budgetary violations, Ms Rousseff vowed to fight what she described as “injustice” by all legal means. If she is impeached, Rousseff’s Vice, Michel […]
BAGHDAD, IRAQ (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – No fewer than 82 people were killed in a new three car bomb attacks in Baghdad, the Iraqi capital. Police and Medics officials who confirmed the attacks indicated that the deadliest of the attacks, struck a market in the Shia dominated district of Sadr City during the morning rush hour. […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Muslim Rights Group has blasted the British Prime Minister, David Cameron’s corruption comment about Nigeria saying the statement is “belated, misleading and hypocritical.” In a statement issued by the executive director of the group, Prof Ishaq Akintola, and made available to African Examiner online, the group explained further that […]
US President Barack Obama is set to break the record of American Presidency, as he is billed to visit Hiroshima, Japan later this month, since 1945 the city was hit by the world super power. Obama who is the first US Leader to visit the city since the sad event which claimed 140,000 lives scheduled […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Impeachment plot against the embattled Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has taken a confusing dimension. The new twist is on the account of the acting Speaker of the Brazilian Lower House, Waldir Maranhao’s annulment of a vote in the House on April 17, 2016 which allowed the impeachment proceedings to extend […]
LONDON – Sadiq Khan has been elected the new Mayor of London – boosting Labour after it slumped in Scotland’s elections. Mr Khan is the city’s first Muslim mayor, after beating Tory Zac Goldsmith by 1, 310,143 votes to 994,614. Mr Khan’s victory ends eight years of Conservative control of City Hall. The former Labour […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Following his political difference with the President, Turkish Prime Minister (PM), Ahmet Davutoglu has resolved to quit his position late May, this year. He is expected to resign at an extraordinary congress of the ruling AK (Party) slated for May end. The PM’s relationship with the Turkish President Erdogan went […]
More than 30 people were injured when an Etihad Airways flight hit “severe and unexpected turbulence” flying into Indonesia, the airline said. The flight from Abu Dhabi was about 45 minutes away from Jakarta on Wednesday when the turbulence hit. The plane, an Airbus A330-200, landed safely after the incident, but nine people were taken […]
