AFRICA

36 people missing after boat sinks in Congo river: DRC police

8:00 pm September 15, 2019

Kinshasa: Thirty-six people are missing after a boat sank in the Congo river on the outskirts of Kinshasa, DR Congo police said on Sunday. The vessel, which was travelling to the capital, went down overnight in Maluku commune, about 100 kilometres (62 miles) from the centre of the city. Seventy-six people survived, police wrote on […]

Indian UN peacekeeper’s body found in Congo lake

Indian peacekeeper’s body found in Congo lake

12:05 pm September 14, 2019

United Nations: The body of an Indian peacekeeper, who drowned while Kayaking in Congo, has been found, the UN chief’s spokesperson has said. Lieutenant Colonel Gaurav Solanki, deployed with the UN mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo, had gone to Lake Kivu on September 8 for Kayaking but did not return, media reports from […]

Palace of modern Egypt’s ‘founder’ to return to former glory

11:48 pm September 12, 2019

Cairo: A once splendid but long dilapidated Egyptian palace built for a trailblazing Ottoman governor is being restored to its former glory and is on course to open next year, according to authorities. The 210-year-old palace of Mohamed Ali Pasha — credited with being the founder of modern Egypt — combined western and Muslim styles […]

Pope again updates Vatican legal code amid scrutiny, probes

Poverty, strife-hit Madagascar welcomes Pope Francis

2:29 pm September 7, 2019

Antananarivo: True to his reputation as “pope of the poor”, Pope Francis begins a visit Saturday to Madagascar, one of the world’s most impoverished nations. Arriving from Mozambique, where he pleaded for understanding and the renunciation of violence in a country riven by 16 years of civil war and now hit by jihadist attacks, the […]

India hails Mugabe as true friend, icon of liberation

7:35 pm September 6, 2019

New Delhi: India on Friday condoled the demise of former Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, hailing him as a “true friend” and “an icon of liberation”. Mugabe, who led Zimbabwe from 1980 to 2017, died aged 95, the country’s president announced Friday. The Ministry of External Affairs, in a statement, described Mugabe as a “true friend” […]