Africa 

Tunisia: killed police officer buried

Hundreds of mourners held a funeral in the Tunisian town of Sidi Hassine on Friday, for a policeman who was killed in a suicide bomb attack in the country’s capital on Thursday. Two suicide bombers blew themselves up in separate attacks on police in Tunis on Thursday, killing one police officer and wounding several other people. Speaking at the funeral,… Read More
Development Health Advice 

Ebola fight ongoing amid evidence of ‘several massacres’ in DR Congo’s Ituri province

In an update on the situation in Ituri and North Kivu provinces, nearly 11 months after the outbreak began, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported 2,284 cases of infection so far, and 1,540 deaths. At the same time, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, announced that a “robust” probe found that 117 people had been killed in “several massacres” involving… Read More
Africa 

Controversy surrounding VAR lingers [Sports]

Video Assistant Refereeing has become an albatross on the neck of the football community. This technology which was introduced to help fix errors invisible to the human eye, is rather posing challenges to players and frustrating the fans. You will recall May 31, 2019, the final return match of the most prestigious African club competition that turned into a fiasco.… Read More