Did you know many African countries continue to pay colonial tax to France since their independence till today! When Sékou Touré of Guinea decided in 1958 to get out of french colonial

Turexit: Should Turkey leave NATO? If Turkey leaves NATO, the risks to its security are minimal - but the alliance would suffer if it quits. Ever since Turkey joined NATO in 1952, Ankara has vie

South Sudan Government Rejects Foreign Troops, Backs Protest South Sudan's government on Wednesday organized a protest against the deployment of foreign troops to secure its capital after recent

Brazil Extremists 'Declare Loyalty To ISIS' Weeks Before Olympics A group of extremists in Brazil has reportedly declared loyalty to the Islamic State militant group (ISIS) less than three weeks

Turkey coup attempt: Erdogan signals death penalty return Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says he is ready to reinstate the death penalty "if the people demand it", following the recent co

Mandela believed people could make future better: Bill Gates Nelson Mandela was concerned about the future and believed people could make the future better than the past‚ Microsoft founder

Former Marine kills 3 Baton Rouge officers, wounds 3 others A former Marine dressed in black and carrying extra ammunition shot and killed three Baton Rouge law enforcement officers Sunday, less

Three officers killed, three injured in Baton Rouge shooting, sheriff’s office says Three police officers were killed and at least three others injured in a shooting Sunday morning in Baton

194 killed in quashed Gülenist coup attempt: Military A bloody coup attempt by a large number of soldiers, including high-ranking generals was quashed by the security forces on July 16 as hu

7 Times New U.K. Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson Shocked the World Johnson's absurd foreign-relations gaffes don't bode well for his new job Britain’s new Prime Minister, Theresa May, wast

Armed Men Kill South Sudan Journalist, Employer Says Armed men have shot and killed a local radio journalist during clashes in the capital, a media organization said Wednesday, and those who knew

Dallas mayor: Our police officers died for Black Lives Matter movement Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings on Tuesday dismissed former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani's comments about Black Lives Matter

Foreigners fleeing South Sudan after hundreds killed Embassies and aid organizations in South Sudan were trying to evacuate staff from the capital, Juba, on Tuesday as a precarious calm settled o

Al-Shabab fighters attack Somali army base At least 10 soldiers killed after a coordinated assault on an army base southwest of Somalia's capital Mogadishu. Fighters from Somalia's armed group a

South Sudan president declares unilateral ceasefire Salva Kiir's spokesman also calls on Vice President Riek Machar to urge forces loyal to him to stop the fighting. South Sudan's President Salv

Black Lives Matter activist arrested at Baton Rouge protest A prominent Black Lives Matter activist and 100 other people were taken into custody, authorities said Sunday, after protesters took to

Bin Laden's son threatens revenge for father's assassination: monitor The son of slain al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden has threatened revenge against the United States for assassinating his fathe

Dallas sniper shooting: 5 police officers slain, suspect ID’d as Army vet Micah Johnson The sniper who killed five Dallas cops and wounded seven more was the sole shooter in a devastating a

Five police officers killed in Dallas, seven others injured during shooting at protest At least five Dallas police officers were killed and seven others wounded Thursday evening as a protest

Ghana Eid party stampede 'kills nine' in Kumasi Nine people have died in Ghana's second city, Kumasi, following a stampede at a party to mark the end of Ramadan, a local official has said. The i

Dispatches: Zimbabwe Blocks Internet Amid Police Crackdown This morning, an activist in Zimbabwe’s capital, Harare, called to say that the authorities have done the unthinkable and unpreced

Pistorius jailed for six years for murder of girlfriend South African Paralympic gold medalist Oscar Pistorius was sent to prison for six years on Wednesday for the 2013 murder of his girlfriend,

Kidnapped Sierra Leonean diplomat freed A Sierra Leonean diplomat who was kidnapped in northern Nigeria has been freed, the national police chief said on Tuesday. “The diplomat has been

Killing of mother in Saudi Arabia sparks debate about Islamic scholar Driven by radical beliefs, twin brothers allegedly killed their mother in Saudi Arabia after she tried to stop them from join

Obama to entrepreneurs after Brexit: You're the glue in a changing world On the heels of the Brexit referendum in which the majority of Britons voted in favor of the U.K. leaving the European Uni

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Iranian commander warns there are 100,000 missiles ready to strike Israel The deputy commander of Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guard declared Friday that there are tens of thousands of missiles

Israel Is Secretly Shipping Thousands Of Refugees To Africa “How did we end up here?” asked Adam, gazing with bewilderment around a cafe in the land that’s still foreign to him

Baghdad bombing kills at least 125; ISIS claims responsibility A suicide truck bomb ripped through a busy shopping district in Baghdad over the weekend, killing more than 100 in what was the dead

Eritrea escapes U.N. Security Council referral over human rights Eritrea may escape censure by the U.N. Security Council over its human rights record after the U.N. Human Rights Council passed a

Al Qaeda chief: "Consequences" if Boston bomber executed Al Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahri warns in a newly-released video that American citizens will suffer consequences if their government execut

Ivorian opposition rejects plans for constitutional referendum Some 23 opposition parties in Ivory Coast on Thursday issued a joint declaration against President Alassane Ouattara's "authoritaria

Brexit won't alter $40-50/bbl oil price range for better or worse I cover oil and gas, often debunking risk premiums on the supply side Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own.

Family of Australian worker kidnapped in Nigeria 'overwhelmingly relived' at release The family of Mark Gabbedy, one of three Australian workers kidnapped from a worksite in Nigeria, have said th

30 African migrants force their way into Spain's Melilla enclave About 30 people forced their way into Spain's North African enclave of Melilla on Sunday, a local government official said, one of

At Least 14 Killed in Somalia Hotel Attack At least 14 people were killed when gunmen stormed a hotel in Somalia’s capital and took an unknown number of hotel guests hostage, police and med

After Brexit, what? U.S. secessionists hankering for 'Texit' Emboldened by Brexit, U.S. secessionists in Texas are keen to adopt the campaign tactics used to sway the British vote for leaving the

Why an E.U. without Britain is bad news for the fight against climate change It’s not just the upheaval in global financial markets. Now that Britain has voted to leave the European U

Trump on Brexit: America is next British voters just shattered political convention in a stunning repudiation of the ruling establishment. Donald Trump is betting America is about to do the same.

The David Cameron story Whatever else he achieved during his six years in power, David Cameron will forever be remembered as the prime minister who took Britain out of the European Union. It is

The world’s longest-serving president just appointed his son as VP Until this year, Teodoro Obiang Nguema had never won less than 97 percent of the vote in an election. Perha

'Orlando Will Be Repeated,' and 'No Place Is Safe,' Former ISIS Captive Warns Congress “No place is safe for anyone.” That’s the chilling assessment a former ISIS captive has g

Australian company's workers kidnapped in Nigeria Seven people, including three Australians and a New Zealander, are believed kidnapped in Nigeria. Media reports say a convoy of cars was ambushe

That Donald Trump's Economic Plans Would Cause A Recession Really Doesn't Matter At All The last couple of days have seen a pretty impressive posse riding in to slam Donald Trump’s various

Unconventional Special Report: ‘Hundreds’ of GOP convention delegates are now plotting to dump Trump in Cleveland Unconventional has been reporting for some time now on the concept of

Asian leaders urge UK to stay in EU Big industrial investors fear having to rethink their plans UK Prime Minister David Cameron made a powerful appeal on June 9, when he visited Hitachi Rail Eur

This Is What Oprah Winfrey Has to Say About Donald Trump’s Offer to Be His Running Mate If Donald Trump wants to make America great again, he definitely won’t be doing it with Oprah W

Boko Haram opens radio station Boko Haram has established a radio FM station, according to a report monitored on the Hausa service of the Voice of America yesterday. Residents in Tolkomari, whi

Pistorius walks on stumps to show court his disability Oscar Pistorius has removed his prosthetic limbs and hobbled around the courtroom at his sentencing hearing in South Africa. The former Oly

Orlando: Shooter kills around 20 in gay nightclub At least 42 injured and the assailant killed in attack inside a gay nightclub in the US state of Florida, police says. Around 20 people have die

Islamic State video shows Assyrian temple blown up in Iraq Islamic State insurgents have posted a video showing a 3,000-year-old temple being blown up at the Assyrian city of Nimrud in northern I

A confident Assad vows to 'liberate' every inch of Syria President Bashar Assad vowed Tuesday his troops would "liberate" every inch of Syria, just like they recaptured the ancient town of Palmyr

Isis: Executions by dissolving fighters in nitric acid part of paranoid hunt for western spies The Islamic State (Daesh) has been killing its own fighters by the dozen – dissolving some in

China Prods U.S. to Do More on Climate Change for Poorer Nations Special envoy on climate seeks access to advanced technology U.S. Secretary of State at separate event endorses Paris deal C

World's Muslims mark beginning of Ramadan 2016 The Muslim holy month of Ramadan begins on Monday for most of the world's 1.2 billion Muslims. Millions of Muslims around the world will mark the s

104 migrant bodies washed up on Libyan beach: navy The bodies of at least 104 migrants have washed up on a beach in the western Libyan town of Zwara, the navy said on Friday, warning the toll cou

Nigeria’s Mohammed Barkindo becomes OPEC secretary general as cartel looks forward to balanced oil market A one-time group managing director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (

OPEC fails to agree policy but Saudis pledge no shocks Saudi Arabia promised on Thursday not to flood the oil market with extra barrels even as OPEC failed to agree on output policy, with Iran in

Jordan collaborate with Nigeria on ending terrorism The Government of Jordan and the Nigerian military has commenced talks towards collaboration to end the threats of terrorism in Nigeria and Af

Niger Delta Avengers Threaten 'Bloody' Attacks as Buhari Plans Visit A militant group in the Niger Delta has issued a renewed threat to international oil companies as Nigerian President Muhammadu