by Hope Media | Dec 24, 2016 | news
Nigeria has seized over 100 bags of plastic rice smuggled into the country, where prices of the staple food are rocketing ahead of the Christmas and New Year holidays. A suspect has been arrested over the haul of 102 bags of the fake rice, which officials warned...
by Hope Media | Dec 23, 2016 | news
Religious leaders have appealed to President Kenyatta not to assent to the amended election laws passed by the Parliament on Thursday. The National Council of Churches of Kenya and Supreme Council of Kenya Muslims on Friday said failure to approve the law would help...
by Hope Media | Dec 23, 2016 | news
University unions in the have issued a strike notice should negotiations on better pay fail to resume by January 3 next year. The Universities Academic Staff Union (UASU) and the Kenya Universities Staff Union (KUSU) want the government to table a counter offer on a...
by Hope Media | Dec 23, 2016 | news
The hijacking of a Libyan plane has ended peacefully after the men who seized control surrendered in Malta. The domestic flight with 118 people on board was hijacked after taking off from Sabha, bound for the Libyan capital Tripoli. Instead, the Afriqiyah Airways...
by Hope Media | Dec 23, 2016 | news
Russian President Vladimir Putin voiced hope Friday that frayed relations with the U.S. will improve once Donald Trump becomes president despite his pledge to strengthen the U.S.’s nuclear arsenal. Speaking during a marathon end-of-the-year news conference that...
by Hope Media | Dec 23, 2016 | news
The Latest on the investigation into the deadly truck attack on a Berlin Christmas market (all times local): 7:40 p.m. The family of slain Berlin truck attack suspect Anis Amri wants his remains to be sent to his hometown in Tunisia and has asked authorities for...