URGENCH, UZBEKISTAN (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An EgyptAir flight A330-220 which was forced to land Wednesday in Uzbekistan due to a false bomb threat has been cleared and directed to resume its journey from Cairo to Beijing, the People’s Republic of China capital. On landing at Urgench International Airport., the entire 118 passengers and 17 crew […]
BAILTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Two weeks after the accident, the French investigators have confirmed that signals have been detected from one of the black boxes of MS804 EgyptAir plane which crashed into the Mediterranean sea. Investigators indicated that the signals were picked up by the French vessel Laplace as it was searching the Sea. […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Chadian ruler Hissene Habre, has been convicted of crimes against humanity and sentenced to life in prison. The ex dictator was convicted by judge for raping, sexual slavery and killing orders he issued during his rule which lasted between 1982 and 1990. He however denied the accusations of killing […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The wreckage of EgyptAir flight MS804 has been found near Greek Island of Karpathos. Egyptian Aviation officials confirmed the latest development. The Airbus was en route from Paris to Cairo, Egypt’s capital with 66 passengers and crew when it went down overnight. Officials have reinforced likely terrorist attack, rather than […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Greece Defence Minister, Panos Kammenos has confirmed that the EgyptAir flight MS804 eralier declared missing, traveling from Paris to Cairo plunged into the Mediterranean Sea, after making two sharp turns. Kammenos said the Airbus A320 turned 90 degrees left and 360-degree to the right, after which the sad incident occurred. […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An EgyptAir flight from Paris to Cairo is believed to have crashed into the Mediterranean Sea after disappearing from radar overnight. The Airbus A320 went missing at 02:30 Cairo time (00:30 GMT), soon after leaving Greek airspace. There were 56 passengers – including three children – seven crew members and […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Muslim Rights Group has blasted the British Prime Minister, David Cameron’s corruption comment about Nigeria saying the statement is “belated, misleading and hypocritical.” In a statement issued by the executive director of the group, Prof Ishaq Akintola, and made available to African Examiner online, the group explained further that […]
NAIROBI, KENYA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Rescue and humanitarian workers have found alive, a six-month-old girl trapped in the debris of a collapsed building, four days after the disaster, in Nairobi, Keyan capital. The toddler, Dealeryn Saisi Wasike, had since been reunited with her father, Ralson Saisi Wasike. Kenya Red Cross confirmed that the lucky baby […]
A South African anti-apartheid veteran, Ahmed Kathrada has called on the embattled President Jacob Zuma to resign from office. The ruling ANC stalwart who was jailed alongside late Nelson Mandela, held that Mr. Zuma’s resignation would end a “crisis of confidence” in the government. Following Zuma’s conviction Thursday, by South African apex court, the President […]
The South African President, Mr. Jacob Zuma has been found guilty of violating the constitution, which requires him to repay government money spent on his private home. The country’s apex court ruled Thursday that the treasury has been given 60 days to determine how much Mr. Zuma should repay. One of the earliest reactions to […]
Russia’s air safety regulator has ordered the airline whose charter jet crashed in Egypt to suspend flights pending the probe. Rostransnadzor, Russia’s transport safety watchdog, on Sunday told Metrojet to ground its fleet of Airbus A321s following Saturday’s crash. Metrojet’s A321-200 crashed in the Sinai Peninsula 23 minutes after taking off from the Red Sea […]
Security forces in Democratic Republic of Congo arrested a U.S. diplomat along with pro-democracy activists, journalists and musicians on Sunday following a news conference in the capital Kinshasa, a government spokesman and witnesses said. The event was held by activists from Congo, Senegal and Burkina Faso at a cultural center and was attended by around […]
Oscar Pistorius who was accused of killing his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp last year has been absolved of committing the criminal offence. A South African Pretoria’s High Court Judge, Thokozile Masipa on Thursday dismissed the charges against Pistorius, declaring that the state failed to prove the case against him beyond the reasonable doubt, but added the […]
lThe Confederation of African Football (CAF) has directed relocation of 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers home games from Sierra Leone and Guinea as both countries currently battle with the cases of deadly Ebola virus. Consequently, the continental football body has written other members about its decision to ask the two countries to relocate game […]
…As Jonathan Meets With Governors, Health Commissioners On the virus The United States Of America (USA) has agreed to make available sample doses of her ZMAP experimental drug to Liberia to treat its doctors who have been infected with deadly Ebola Virus Disease (EVD). Liberian President, Mrs Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, announced on her official website […]
Malawi President Joyce Banda named a former African Union economic commissioner as finance minister on Tuesday in a cabinet reshuffle triggered by a graft scandal that started with the shooting of the national budget director. Paul Mphwiyo survived last month’s shooting but the incident sparked an investigation by the landlocked southern African nation’s Anti-Corruption Bureau […]
The OPCW, the body overseeing destruction of Syria’s chemical weapons, has won the Nobel Peace Prize. The Nobel Committee said it was in honour of the OPCW’s “extensive work to eliminate chemical weapons”. The Hague-based Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons was established to enforce the 1997 Chemical Weapons convention. It recently sent inspectors […]
By Chigozie Chikere, Lagos It was the thriller maestro James Hadley Chase who wrote the novel, A Coffin from Hong Kong, in which Nelson Ryan a private investigator arrives his office to discover a dead Chinese girl, obviously murdered. With this development, Ryan is pitched right into the teeming and sordid nightlife of Hong Kong to […]
Fourteen people have been killed in violent clashes between Christians and Muslims in an isolated town in eastern Central African Republic that began last week, police and a senior Catholic official said on Sunday. The mineral-rich but impoverished nation has descended into chaos since northern Seleka rebels seized the capital, Bangui, and ousted President Francois […]
Libya’s prime minister has called on Washington to explain a special forces raid on its territory, one of two by US commandos in Africa on Saturday. Ali Zeidan’s office said he had asked for clarification and stressed Libya was “keen on prosecuting any Libyan citizen inside Libya”. The raid captured al-Qaeda leader, Anas al-Liby, whom […]
