Category: Foreign
Saudi Arabia plans $64b splash on entertainment
Saudi Arabia has announced plans to spend $64 billion on building new venues and flying in Western acts, in a total overhaul of its entertainment sect [...]
Cyril Ramaphosa replaces Zuma as South Africa’s president
Barely a few hours after Jacob Zuma was pressured to step down as South Africa's president via a late night televised address, Cyril Ramaphosa was qui [...]
Oprah turns down $1billion war chest to battle Trump in 2020
America’s talk show queen, Oprah Winfrey said she has turned down would-be donors offer to raise $1 billion for her to take on Donald Trump in 2020, [...]
Trump’s lawyer confirms paying porn girl, Stephanie Clifford
President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer has revealed that he paid $130,000 of his own money to a porn star, Stephanie Clifford who once said she had [...]
We won’t kill you, we’ll just shoot your vagina, President Duterte to feminists
Philippines’ president, Rodrio Duterte has reportedly told his soldiers to shoot female rebels directly in the vagina because without their genitals t [...]
Ellen Sirleaf-Johnson wins Mo Ibrahim leadership prize
Former Liberian president Ellen Sirleaf-Johnson on Monday became the first woman to win the Mo Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership, in [...]
Saudi Arabian women may drop long robes
Saudi Arabian women need not wear the abaya, the loose-fitting, full-length robes symbolic of religious faith, a top muslim cleric said, another indic [...]
Jacob Zuma refuses to resign despite calls for him to go
Top officials from South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) met President Jacob Zuma late on Sunday, amid growing pressure for the 75-yea [...]
Liberian president, George Weah takes salary cut
President George Weah of Liberia has pledged to cut his salary by 25 per cent in a nationwide address in which he warned of tough times ahead for a br [...]
Kenya TV stations remain shut down after Odinga ‘inauguration’
Three of Kenya's biggest television stations will remain off-air until further notice because they had planned to broadcast Raila Odinga, Kenya's oppo [...]