Saudi Arabia confirmed late Friday that Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi is dead. Royal court adviser Al-Qahtani and Deputy Intelligence Chief Ahmed Asiri sacked from their positions, the Kingdom added. A fight broke out between the dissident journalist and people who met him in the consulate which led to his death, the Kingdom added in

Former Kenyan sports minister Hassan Wario was charged in court on Friday with abuse of office over the siphoning off of funds meant for athletes who competed in the 2016 Rio Olympics. Kenya enjoyed its most successful Olympics ever in Rio, winning six gold medals, six silvers and one bronze, all in track and field.

Turkish law enforcement authorities have expanded their search for missing Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi to include a forest in Istanbul and a nearby province, showing that almost no one believes Khashoggi is still alive Law enforcement authorities have expanded their search for Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi to a forest in Istanbul and the province of

The head of the European Parliament said on Thursday EU countries who refuse to host refugees could instead pay more for EU migration and development projects in Africa, signalling possible compromise to end a bruising dispute in the bloc. The migration feud has divided southern and eastern EU states as well as rich destination countries

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo gave Saudi Arabia’s crown prince 72 hours to wrap up investigation into disappearance of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi, Axios reported on Thursday. According to Axios, Pompeo told the prince he had 72 hours to finish the probe to shed light into Khashoggi’s disappearance and find out if murder

Ethiopia Widespread lawlessness in Ethiopia is a threat to comprehensive reform measures in the country, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said on Thursday. Ahmed was speaking at a question and answer session with members of parliament. “The mob activities that the country has witnessed over the past six months is unprecedented and will remain a stain

LONDON (Reuters) – A Nigerian politician who was jailed in Britain for laundering tens of millions of dollars in stolen public funds through British banks and properties lost an appeal against his conviction in London on Wednesday. The Court of Appeal’s ruling against James Ibori, a former governor of oil-producing Delta State in southern Nigeria,

In the elections that took place in Belgium on Sunday, a 21-year-old Somali woman made history for becoming the first of her kind to win a seat in the council. Sarah Mohamed Khalif, who is also the first ever Somali woman to take political office in the country, has been voted to represent Belgium Socialist

Washington Post journalist and Riyadh critic Jamal Khashoggi was drugged, murdered and his body was cut into pieces, several news outlets reported on Tuesday citing several Turkish officials speaking on the condition of anonymity. As a Turkish investigator team and prosecutors conducted a nine-hour search in Saudi Arabia’s consulate in Istanbul, reports surfaced that Turkish

UN human rights chief on Tuesday called for lifting the immunity of the Saudi consul general and consulate workers in Istanbul to shed light on the case of a missing Saudi journalist. Jamal Khashoggi, a columnist for the Washington Post newspaper, has long been feared killed at the consulate after he entered on Oct. 2