Caster Semenya smashed Zola Budd's long-standing South African 1,500 metres record at the Commonwealth Games on Tuesday as her dominance on the track continued to be dogged by controversy off it. Semenya, who has elevated levels of male sex hormones, made her move on the last lap, overtaking Kenya's Beatrice Chepkoech on the final bend and accel ...
Two former Comoros presidents are suspected of embezzling millions of dollars from a scheme that sold passports to foreigners to finance development in the Indian Ocean island nation. A parliamentary report compiled in December and seen by AFP accuses Ahmed Abdallah Sambi and Ikililou Dhoinine of involvement in systematic fraud and calls for cri ...
Sierra Leone's new President Julius Maada Bio has announced that the first Saturday of each month will be national cleaning day, as part of a campaign to improve hygiene and the work rate of civil servants. The measures were announced by the president's office late Monday, two days after a rally in which Bio, a former general who was briefly i ...
Abuja, April 9, GNA- The sit-tight syndrome of many African leaders is one of the major threats to the growth of democracy on the continent. This has been the trend in many countries including Uganda, Cape Verde, Equatorial Guinea, Angola, Burkina Faso, Chad, Angola, Cameroun, Zimbabwe, Togo, Tunisia and Cote D 39;Ivore. Mr Arome Agenyi, Pol ...
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