Authorities have not released an official death toll, but unconfirmed reports suggest the number of fatalities could exceed 1 000
In recent months, there has been a spate of abductions, assaults, arrests and murders, the victims all being opponents or critics of President Samia Suluhu Hassan’s government
There are many examples of this. Kenya is using blockchain-enabled AI solutions for the unbanked to secure loans
Support is growing in the European Parliament against Swiss banks’ role in money laundering
Global cooperation is essential if climate action is to be effective, amid the right-wing onslaught against multilateralism
Theresa May’s resilience has been remarkable. But it is also finite
The ballot, in which 13 million people are eligible to vote, will be widely watched abroad as a bellwether for European Parliament elections in May
With less than six weeks until Brexit day, European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker has agreed to meet May once again
Backing the draft were traditional media, in urgent search of income at a time when web users shun newspapers and television
Legislators call for a €200-billion-a-year financial transactions tax to be levied on banks to discourage speculative trading.
Municipal Systems Amendment Bill [B22-2010]
The European Parliament agreed on Thursday to vote next week on José Manuel Barroso’s bid for a second term as European Commission president.
European leaders pledged to steer the region through economic crisis after centre-right parties tightened their grip on the European Parliament.
President Nicolas Sarkozy of France said on Thursday that there had been no need for Ireland to vote on the European Union’s major reform package.
Some people simply lack a sense of occasion. It gets worse when these are public representatives. There was Freedom Front Plus leader Pieter Mulder smiling to the cameras this…
United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon flew to Burma on Thursday to press the ruling generals to allow a full-blown international aid effort for 2,4-million people left destitute by…
The worst of the financial-sector crisis is over, although the impact on the broader economy will likely drag on in coming months, International Monetary Fund (IMF) managing…
North Koreans waved flags, plastic flowers and danced in the streets of Pyongyang to welcome the Olympic torch on Monday after the destitute state had promised its main…
The European Union launched the second and final test satellite for its ,3-billion rival to the United States Global Positioning System on Sunday, brushing off industry doubts…
A suicide bomber blew himself up in a crowd of mourners in northern Iraq on Thursday, killing at least 50 people, a police officer said. The man detonated an explosives vest in…
