by Hope Media | Feb 17, 2017 | news
Senegal’s solitary radiotherapy machine broke down on December 28 last year, leaving the country’s only radiation therapist and small team of technicians idly waiting as patients were turned away or offered alternative treatments. The machine uses...
by Hope Media | Feb 17, 2017 | news
The first gripe came three minutes into President Donald Trump’s first solo news conference on Thursday, when he accused reporters of ignoring a poll showing him with a 55 per cent approval rating – a figure at odds with most other surveys. From there, the...
by Hope Media | Feb 17, 2017 | Readers Digest
You think you know your seven continents? Think again, as there’s a new contender hoping to join that club. Say hello to Zealandia, a huge landmass almost entirely submerged in the southwest Pacific. It’s not a complete stranger, you might have heard of...
by Hope Media | Feb 17, 2017 | news
Tony Blair is to announce his “mission” to persuade Britons’ to “rise up” and change their minds on Brexit. The former prime minister will say in a speech later that people voted in the referendum “without knowledge of the true...
by Hope Media | Feb 17, 2017 | news
US President Donald Trump said on Thursday he will issue a new executive order to replace his controversial directive suspending travel to the United States by citizens of seven mostly Muslim countries. At a White House news conference on Thursday, Trump said the new...
by Hope Media | Feb 17, 2017 | news
A US congressman is seeking to stop Kenya’s pending Sh43 billon weapons deal that includes the purchase of warplanes from an American contractor. According to House Representative Ted Budd, the contractor has never produced airplanes of this type and would cost an...
by Hope Media | Feb 16, 2017 | news
The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission is assuring the public of delivering a credible poll in August despite endless court cases leaving its calendar in a shambles. Chairman Wafula Chebukati says they are planning to kick off voter verification despite a...
by Hope Media | Feb 16, 2017 | news
A rebel group in the Central African Republic killed at least 32 civilians and captured fighters after clashes in December 2016 with another rebel group, Human Rights Watch (HRW) says. The rights group is concerned that the killings took place despite the presence of...
by Hope Media | Feb 16, 2017 | news
Zimbabwe’s central bank chief has described as illogical the amount of money leaving the country to pay for satellite TV subscriptions and has announced measures to limit international card payments. In his latest monetary policy statement, John Mangudya said...
by Hope Media | Feb 16, 2017 | news
A Chinese court on Thursday jailed for life a former senior judge from the country’s highest court, after finding him guilty of corruption, state media said, the latest official to fall foul of a sweeping crackdown on graft. Xi Xiaoming, a former vice president...
