Category: Foreign
Zuckerberg shows remorse, says regulation of social media inevitable
In his first appearance before Congress since he launched Facebook from his Harvard dorm room 14 years ago, Mark Zuckerberg took responsibility on Apr [...]
Algerian military plane crashes, killing 257 people on board
An Algerian military plane crashed and caught fire today killing 257 people, mostly army personnel and members of their families. An AFP photographer [...]
Bloggers in Tanzania to pay government over $900 a year
Tanzania has finally signed into law its new regulation that will govern social media and blogging. The regulation known as the Electronic and Postal [...]
Another Nigerian, Israel Ogunsola, stabbed to death in the UK
Barely two weeks after the son of a member of the house of representatives, Abraham Badru, aged 26, was shot dead, another Nigerian, 18-year-old Israe [...]
Pippa Middleton’s father in law accused of raping minor, family friend
A woman has accused Pippa Middleton's father-in-law, David Mathews, of rape and this woman is believed to be a former family friend. The 74 year old m [...]
Government of Austria bans headscarf for school girls
The right-wing government in Austria today announced that girls attending day care centres and elementary schools should no longer be wearing headscar [...]
MMM officially closes shop following death of Mavrodi
Participants in the world’s most notorious ponzi scheme, Mavrodi Mundial Moneybox, MMM, are counting their losses as administrators of the programme h [...]
Botswana president appoints youngest female minister
The newly elected president of Botswana, President Mokgweetsi Masisi is on a different path in achieving a successful governance in his tenure, having [...]
Cinemas to open across Saudi Arabia from April 18
Saudi Arabia’s first cinema in over three decades will open on April 18 in Riyadh, after a ban was lifted last year as part of a far-reaching liberali [...]
YouTube HQ shooter identified as Nasim Aghdam
The woman who opened fire at YouTube’s California headquarters during lunchtime on Tuesday, wounding at least three, including her boyfriend, before k [...]