Did You Know? Sudan Has More Pyramids Than Egypt!

An aerial view of pyramids at Meroe (Pic – African Curators) Interestingly, Sudan actually has more pyramids than Egypt. Except Sudan’s pyramids are steeper and smaller than those of Ancient Egypt. Ever since we were young, all we have known are pyramids from Egypt.Well, Sudan actually has more pyramids than Egypt. Except Sudan’s pyramids are

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Migrants evacuated as confident Tripoli fighters tell Haftar: ‘We are coming’

A member of the Libyan internationally recognised government forces fires during a fight with Eastern forces in Ain Zara, Tripoli, Libya April 25, 2019. REUTERS/Hani Amara The United Nations on Thursday evacuated more than 350 migrants from a detention center in southern Tripoli where a fierce battle raged as fighters from rival Libyan camps traded

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Kenyan 8 state bodies risk losing assets over Sh147.7bn debt

The assets of eight state bodies may be lost if the government defaults in repayment of Sh147.7 billion in external debts as of December 2018. This is according to a Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) document presented on Thursday to the Budget and Appropriations Committee of the National Assembly. The agencies whose assets are at risk

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Kenya Court finds Briton guilty of possession of bomb materials

British terror suspect Jermain Grant in court on April 24, 2019. He was found guilty of being in possession of bomb making materials that were to be used in a terror attack in Kenya British terror suspect Jermaine Grant has been convicted of being in possession of bomb making materials that were to be used

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‘Trump administration complicit in Saudi crimes’

Saudi bombing campaign in Yemen would be unsustainable without US support, says Washington Post U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration is complicit in the ongoing bombing campaign in Yemen led by Saudi Arabia, The Washington Post said Wednesday.Trump recently vetoed a resolution aiming to end U.S. support for the Saudi-led war, claiming it would weaken his

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Heavily pregnant woman left ‘destitute’ wins court battle as she fights against return to war zone

A pregnant asylum seeker has won the first step in her battle to remain in Britain She had been trying to live on £10 a week after the Home Office said it was ‘safe’ for her to return to Somalia, despite her fears it would be a death sentence A heavily pregnant woman who feared

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Muslims flee, Christians grieve in Sri Lankan town torn by violence

Pakistan refugees rest inside a mosque in Negombo, Sri Lanka, April 25, 2019. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha As mourners buried the remains of Christian worshippers killed by the Easter Sunday suicide bomb attacks in Sri Lanka, hundreds of Muslim refugees fled Negombo on the country’s west coast where communal tensions have flared in recent days. At least

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China faces debt fears ahead of construction forum

A plane with Indonesian Vice President Jusuf Kalla taxies onto the special plane terminal of the Beijing International airport ahead of the Belt and Road Forum held in Beijing on Wednesday, April 24, 2019. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, Pool) China’s finance minister tried Thursday to dispel complaints its Belt and Road infrastructure-building initiative leaves developing

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Saudi Arabia: 37 put to death in shocking execution spree

Photo Reuters The execution of 37 people convicted on “terrorism” charges marks an alarming escalation in Saudi Arabia’s use of the death penalty, said Amnesty International today. Among those put to death was a young man who was convicted of a crime that took place while he was under the age of 18. “Today’s mass

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Detention center opened but migrants too frightened to leave as war reaches Tripoli

Migrants are seen at the Anti-Illegal Immigration Agency in Tajora shelter center in Tripoli, Libya April 24,2019. REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah Libyan officials have opened the doors of a detention center for illegal migrants in Tripoli, but frightened Somalis and other sub-Saharan Africans told Reuters they had decided to stay there for fear of getting caught up

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