Kinshasa, DR Congo | AFP |  Nearly 80 percent of the materials for staging the December 23 election in DR Congo’s capital, Kinshasa, were destroyed when an election warehouse was torched overnight, officials said Thursday. The blaze ripped through a large warehouse in central Kinshasa in the early hours of …

Rabat, Morocco | AFP | Morocco will not be a candidate to host the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations after Cameroon was stripped of the tournament, the country’s sports minister Rachid Talbi Alami said on Wednesday. “Morocco does not intend to run for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations and …

Washington, United States | AFP |  The US Senate sent a fresh warning to President Donald Trump and Saudi Arabia Wednesday by greenlighting a vote that could end US military support for Riyadh’s war in Yemen. Anger at the human cost of the war, as well as outrage over the …

New York, United States | AFP | Donald Trump’s former lawyer apologized Wednesday for covering up the “dirty deeds” of his ex-boss as he was sentenced to three years for multiple crimes including hush money payments implicating the US president. Pleading for leniency in a packed Manhattan courtroom before US …

London, United Kingdom | AFP | What happens to the Brexit process now Prime Minister Theresa May has defeated Wednesday’s challenge to her leadership? Her victory means she will continue to helm Britain’s exit from the European Union next March, and she will likely continue to press the bloc for …

London, United Kingdom | AFP | By seeing off a revolt by her own MPs, British Prime Minister Theresa May has once again proved her ability to survive a political crisis — but in the process acknowledged her time in office is limited. May responded to a no-confidence vote with …

Paris, France | AFP | Lyon clinched the final Champions League last-16 place as Nabil Fekir’s second-half strike grabbed a 1-1 draw against Shakhtar Donetsk in a snowy Kiev on Wednesday, while Bayern Munich pipped Ajax to top spot in Group E. Bruno Genesio’s Lyon needed to avoid defeat against …

Kalemie, DR Congo | AFP |  At least two people were killed Wednesday in clashes with police on the sidelines of an opposition rally in eastern DR Congo ahead of this month’s presidential elections, several sources said. The violence erupted in Kalemie, a town on Lake Tanganyika as opposition candidate …

  London, United Kingdom | AFP | British Prime Minister Theresa May vowed to fight “with everything I’ve got” an attempt on Wednesday by her own Conservative party to remove her from office over her unpopular Brexit deal. May faces a vote of no confidence on Wednesday evening sparked by …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has slammed opposition parties for focusing on petty issues rather than critical issues such as prosperity of Ugandans and strategic security and future of Africa. He said this on Wednesday as the Inter Party Organisation for Dialogue (IPOD) summit opened …