Violence at State of Nation address

Punches have been thrown in South Africa’s parliament as opposition MPs tried to disrupt the State of the Nation address by President Jacob Zuma. Members of the radical Economic Freedom Fighters’ party (EFF), all dressed in red, scuffled with security...

Race to save 100 stranded whales on New Zealand beach

Volunteers in New Zealand are racing to rescue survivors after more than 400 pilot whales beached themselves. About 300 have already died at Farewell Spit, on the South Island, in one of the worst such cases in the country. Hundreds of locals and conservation...

11 magistrates fired by JSC

Eleven magistrates have been fired for alleged professional misconduct. The accusations vary from corruption to reporting to work drunk. The Judicial Service Commission yesterday said it took into account the principles of natural justice in reaching its final...

Trump ,Trumped!

A US court unanimously refused to reinstate Donald Trump’s ban on refugees and nationals from seven Muslim-majority countries, dealing the new president and his controversial law-and-order agenda a major defeat. The ruling from the federal appeals court in San...

Stop Laikipia Invasions, leaders says

Experts have explored ways to reach a win-win situation for wildlife conservation and livestock keeping, in light of the ongoing invasions of Laikipia conservancies by armed herders. In the last five months, about 10,000 armed pastoralists from Baringo, Isiolo and...