by Hope Media | Jan 11, 2017 | news
President Barack Obama wiped away tears as he paid tribute to his teenage daughters and to Michelle Obama, his “best friend,” at the emotional close of a farewell address in his adoptive city of Chicago on Tuesday. “Michelle LaVaughn Robinson, girl...
by Hope Media | Jan 10, 2017 | news
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has named his son Muhoozi Kainerugaba Senior Presidential Advisor for Special Operations. Kainerugaba, 42, who was Special Forces Commander, was appointed on Monday night. His deputy Don Nabaasa was promoted to Colonel and appointed...
by Hope Media | Jan 10, 2017 | news
The Gambia’s communication minister, Sheriff Bojang, on Monday said he had left his post in the first high-profile Cabinet defection since President Yahya Jammeh refused to accept losing a December election. Opposition leader Adama Barrow won the polls by a thin...
by Hope Media | Jan 10, 2017 | news
Switzerland has won a case at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) obliging Muslim parents to send their children to mixed swimming lessons. It said authorities were justified in giving precedence to enforcing “the full school curriculum” and the...
by Hope Media | Jan 10, 2017 | news
Barack Obama closes the book on his presidency Tuesday, with a farewell speech in Chicago that will try to lift supporters felled by Donald Trump’s shock victory. Obama’s last trip on Air Force One will be a pilgrimage to his adoptive hometown, where he...
by Hope Media | Jan 10, 2017 | news
Egyptian forces in the Sinai have been struck again by terrorists. A suicide attacker in a stolen garbage truck filled with explosives targeted a security post, with the blast killing at least 10 people and wounding 22. Three floors of the police building in El-Arish...
