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Nairobi (Reuters/NAN) A commission of inquiry said 100 million dollars in revenue realised from a programme to sell Comoros Islands citizenship to fund development, are missing.Nearly a decade ago, Comoros launched a programme with the United Arab

The World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) said on Thursday that 2017 was the costliest year ever for extreme weather and climate events caused by heatwaves, hurricanes and floods.Petteri Taalas, Secretary-General of WMO, stated this in a new

Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa has on Wednesday, granted amnesty to at least 3,000 prisoners in a move meant to de-congest the country’s prisons.“Commutation of the death sentence to life imprisonment is, hereby, granted to all

As all eyes on the African continent on Wednesday are firmly fixed at the African Union (AU) Summit in Kigali where a crucial free-trade treaty is expected to be signed, rating agency Moody's Investor Services said the African Continental Free

London (dpa) - Renowned physicist Stephen Hawking died early Wednesday at the age of 76, his family said in a statement, adding that the professor died peacefully in his sleep at his home in Cambridge."We are deeply saddened that our beloved

One of the world's largest diamonds has been sold for 40 million dollars, mining company Gem Diamonds Limited said Tuesday.The 910-carat diamond, which is the fifth-largest gem-quality diamond ever found and bigger than a golf ball, was sold on

The Zambian government’s crackdown on sex dolls has made media headlines and provoked social media debate as offenders face heavy jail terms over the dolls which Lusaka describes as “very unnatural”.The brouhaha has made news

Investigative journalism in some parts of Africa is being hindered by the continued presence of criminal defamation laws, with journalists fearing arrests and persecution, writers organisation PEN International warned.PEN International, an

The recent mass poisoning of vultures in Mozambique is threatening several species with extinction.The Vultures Conservation Fund (VCF) reported that 87 vultures were poisoned in Mozambique and their remains were found near that of a poisoned lion