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Nigeria’s Jonathan told not to stand in 2015 by mentor Obasanjo

YoopyaDec 12, 2013February 3, 20240

(Reuters) – One of Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan’s predecessors and mentors has turned against him, penning a scathing denunciation that could deepen division in the

Ghana: Man’s Penis Bitten By Snake While Sitting On Toilet

YoopyaDec 12, 2013December 31, 20230

A man in Ghana received the shock of his life when a snack bit his manhood in the middle of a toilet break. Kwabena Nkrumah,

Religious leaders seek calm in tense Central African Republic

YoopyaDec 12, 2013December 31, 20230

(Reuters) – Religious leaders sought reconciliation between Muslims and Christians in Central African Republic on Wednesday during a lull in violence that has killed hundreds

Finance watchdog approves Vatican reforms, urges bank oversight

YoopyaDec 12, 2013December 31, 20230

(Reuters) – The Vatican has made significant progress in financial reforms but still risks being used for money laundering unless it strengthens controls, a European

Thai protesters resume siege of PM’s offices

YoopyaDec 12, 2013December 31, 20230

BANGKOK (AP) — Protesters in Thailand’s capital cut off electricity to the prime minister’s office compound on Thursday and demanded that police abandon the premises.

Black and white, thousands bid farewell to Mandela

YoopyaDec 12, 2013December 31, 20230

PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — Black and white, old and young, South Africans by the thousands paid final tribute Wednesday to their beloved Nelson Mandela.

Nigerian survivor will never go to sea again

YoopyaDec 11, 2013January 31, 20240

WARRI, Nigeria (AP) — He survived three days in a sunken tugboat at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean and was hailed as a miracle

Uruguay becomes first country to legalize marijuana trade

YoopyaDec 11, 2013January 31, 20240

(Reuters) – Uruguay became the first country to legalize the growing, sale and smoking of marijuana on Tuesday, a pioneering social experiment that will be

Looking for democracy in Thailand’s Democrat Party

YoopyaDec 11, 2013January 31, 20240

BANGKOK (AP) — The Democrat Party has seen the enemy. The Democrats, whose veterans are at the forefront of the anti-government protests that have shaken

Car bomb hits near NATO gate at Kabul airport

YoopyaDec 11, 2013January 31, 20240

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A car bomb went off Wednesday near a gate used by NATO troops in the northern section of the Kabul airport,