Former Hong Kong minister Patrick Ho Chi-ping has been found guilty by a federal jury in New York of offering millions of dollars in bribes to African officials, and now faces jail time in the United States, reports South China Morning Post. On Wednesday afternoon, local time, Ho was convicted
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The Speaker of Uganda’s Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga has joined the aggressive campaigns to see that Quiin Abenakyo becomes Miss World 2018. During Wednesday’s plenary sitting, Kadaga asked MPs and Ugandans to vote for Uganda’s beauty pageant, Quiin Abenakyo for the 2018 Miss World ahead of Friday’s official crowning in Sanya,
Read MoreFormer US President George HW Bush has died at the age of 94, his son George W Bush has announced. George Bush Sr, as he was known, passed away at 22:10 local time on Friday (04:10 GMT Saturday), a family spokesperson said. He was president between 1989 and 1993 after
Read MoreBy AFP More by this Author WASHINGTON, US President Donald Trump on Thursday scrapped a planned meeting at the G20 summit with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin over Moscow's detention of a group of Ukrainian sailors. "Based on the fact that the ships and sailors have not been returned to
Read MoreMagufuli: Tanzania Prefers ‘Condition-Free’ Chinese Aid
Tanzania's President John Magufuli has said he prefers Chinese to Western aid as it comes with fewer conditions. Mr Maugufuli has been under intense pressure from Western nations over his controversial policies. On 15 November, Denmark said it had suspended $9.8m (£7.5m) in aid because of "unacceptable homophobic comments" by
Read MoreFULL LIST: Uganda Misses Out On World’s Top 100 Beaches
Our world is filled with seemingly endless beaches, which can make it challenging to decide where to invest your time. To simplify this travel conundrum, Flightnetwork.com, one of the world's largest online travel publications has created an extensive and heavily researched list of the top 100 beaches in the world. This
Read MoreAfrica has been highlighted as the continent where women run the greatest risk of being killed by their intimate partner or a family member, a UN report says. It occurred at a rate of 3.1 deaths per 100,000 people, according to new data released by the United Nations Office on
Read MoreBy AFP ADDIS ABABA The African Union on Friday said an internal investigation had found sexual harassment to be "prevalent" within the organisation. The admission comes after a committee was established in May to investigate anonymous allegations. It found some female employees, especially those on internships, volunteer programmes or short-term
Read MoreFrench President Emmanuel Macron has said that France will return 26 artworks taken from the West African state of Benin in the colonial era. His announcement follows an experts' report recommending that African treasures in French museums be returned to their countries of origin. The 26 thrones and statues were
Read MoreBy AFP Interpol announced Wednesday that Kim Jong-yang of South Korea had been chosen as its new president, beating a Russian official whose candidacy had unnerved Western nations. The US-backed Kim, acting president of the global police body, was picked at a meeting of delegates from member nations in Dubai
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