Declare Cholera outbreak a national emergency-UPND

The opposition UPND has called on the government to declare the cholera outbreak a national emergency especially that the military have been called in to assist. UPND Chairman for Health Dr Christopher Kaliwa said the government should tell the citizens which other parts of the country are affected. Dr Kalili has also called upon government…

Suicide attack kills 12, wounds 16 in Afghan eastern Jalalabad city

A man checks the site of a suicide attack in Jalalabad city, the capital of eastern Nangarhar, Afghanistan, on Dec. 31, 2017. Up to 12 people have been confirmed dead and 16 others injured after a suicide attacker detonated his explosive device among mourners in a funeral in Jalalabad city, the capital of Afghanistan’s eastern…

Iran restricts social media and issues stern warning to protesters

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Niger Witness Describes Finding Bodies of US Soldiers

NIAMEY — Abdoul-Razak Idrissa A Nigerien man who says he found three of the four U.S. soldiers killed in Niger last month says the bodies were bloodied and stripped of their uniforms. Adamou Boubacar told VOA’s French to Africa service that he was the first to discover the bodies after the Oct. 4 battle between…

A US citizen was charged on Friday with attempting to overthrow the Zimbabwean government

A US citizen was charged on Friday with attempting to overthrow the Zimbabwean government, which carries a sentence of up to 20 years in jail, after police earlier accused her of insulting 93-year-old President Robert Mugabe. Martha O’Donovan, who works for Magamba TV, which describes itself as Zimbabwe’s leading producer of political satire, was picked…