Kohli leads India to T20 win over South Africa

dailytimesPK Thursday, September 19, 2019 12:32:00 AM EAT | info [other]

NEW DELHI: India captain Virat Kohli led from the front with an unbeaten 72 to help secure his team’s comprehensive seven-wicket victory over South Africa in the second Twenty20 International on Wednesday. After disciplined Indian bowling restricted the touring side to a below-par 149-5, Kohli and.......

Zimbabwe doctors march as abducted leader is still missing

muscatinejournal Wednesday, September 18, 2019 9:39:00 PM EAT | info [other]

A night vigil prayer is held for a missing doctor, Peter Magombeyi, by well wishers and fellow doctors at Harare hospital in Zimbabwe Tuesday, Sept,17, 2019. The Zimbabwe Hospitals Association has said that that their president, Peter Magombeyi, was abducted on Saturday, days after receiving threats on his phone....

Nigerian police hold suspect after 8 women killed in hotels

theCitizen Wednesday, September 18, 2019 10:13:00 PM EAT | info [other]

. Wednesday September 18 2019. In Summary. Nigerian police investigating the murders of at least eight women lured to hotels in the southern city of Port Harcourt said they had arrested a suspect. Lagos . Nigerian police investigating the murders of at least eight women lured to hotels in the.......

Algeria Army Toughens Line With Ban On Protesters Entering Capital

ibtimes Wednesday, September 18, 2019 9:06:00 PM EAT | info [other]

Algeria's military has ordered police to block protesters from outside the capital entering Algiers, the army chief said Wednesday, taking a tougher line after months of mass anti-regime rallies and ahead of December elections to fill a presidential vacuum....

Niger’s oil export hopes advance as Benin pipeline works start

hellenicshippingnews Wednesday, September 18, 2019 10:07:00 PM EAT | info [other]

Niger’s president this week launched construction work on a new oil pipeline running from the landlocked country into neighboring Benin, which is set to help Niger achieve its ambitions of becoming a crude exporter. President Mahamadou Issoufou lay the first stone for the commencement of pipeline.......

26 pupils, two teachers killed in Liberia school fire: presidency

afp-english Wednesday, September 18, 2019 11:17:00 PM EAT | info [other]

"We extend our sympathy to the bereaved families. We don't know the cause of the fire yet, but we will encourage our investigators to find how it happened," he added. Rescuers in white masks and surgical gloves carried the children's bodies in bags from the burnt-out building as crowds of people and relatives crushed together outside....

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missoulian Wednesday, September 18, 2019 11:15:00 PM EAT | info [other]

Ange, a 5-day-old newborn baby from Cameroon sleeps inside the women's shelter of the Ocean Viking humanitarian rescue ship in the Mediterranean Sea, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2019. The baby, his mother and two brothers were among 109 people rescued on Tuesday by the Norwegian-flagged ship operated by SOS Mediterranee and Doctors Without Borders....

Strangers in strange land, 130 migrants co-exist in shelter

beaumontenterprise Thursday, September 19, 2019 12:17:00 AM EAT | info [other]

The shelter ripples with often-unspoken bigotries, with ribbons of race and class and education in nearly every interaction. Daily life is marked by brutal summer heat, occasional dust storms, crushing boredom and the guilt of mothers who can't afford dinner for their children....

FEC approves N8.2bn road projects

dailytrust Thursday, September 19, 2019 12:26:00 AM EAT | info [other]

Fashola said the council endorsed N519 million revision of contract sum of Oba Nnewi Okigwe Road to cater for change in cost of materials since the project was awarded in 2009. He said the contract sum had been revised from N3.7 to N4.3 billion. The minister, who stated that the second contract that.......

DR Congo says Hutu militia commander shot dead

ChinaPost Thursday, September 19, 2019 12:37:00 AM EAT | info [other]

The Congolese army on Wednesday announced that its troops had gunned down the leader of the Democratic Forces of the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) in the province of North Kivu. “Sylvestre Mudacumura was neutralized by the armed forces of Congo along with all the elements accompanying him,” army spokesman Gen....