Foreign Archives

Jammeh agrees to concede power, Demands amnesty for crimes committed

Jan 21, 2017 topnews

Adama Barrow, Gambia’s new President, has said that the country’s veteran leader, Mr. Yahaya Jammeh has finally agreed to cede power and leave the country. Writing on Twitter on Friday, Barrow said: ‘’ I would like to inform you that Yahya Jammeh has agreed to step down. He is scheduled to depart Gambia today. #NewGambia,” he tweeted. Red carpets were reportedly laid out at the airport in Gambia’s capital in what appeared to be preparations for a speech by Jammeh and a departure. Also yesterday, Gambia’s Chief of Defence Forces, Ousmane…

Adama Barrow sworn-in as new Gambian President

Jan 19, 2017 topnews

Adama Barrow today, has been sworn-in as new Gambia President. Barrow after taking oath of office urged security forces to ‘demonstrate their loyalty.’ Barrow took the oath of office at the Gambian Embassy in Dakar, Senegal. The Gambia’s new president Adama Barrow called on the country’s armed forces Thursday to “demonstrate their loyalty” in a standoff with Yahya Jammeh, the longtime leader who has refused to step down despite an election defeat. “I command the chief of defence staff and officers of high command to demonstrate their loyalty to me…

Astronaut Eugene Cernan, dies at 82

Jan 17, 2017 topnews

The last man to set foot on the moon, US astronaut Eugene Cernan died Monday at age 82, NASA and his family announced. Cernan was the spacecraft commander of Apollo 17 — his third space flight and the last scheduled US manned mission to the moon — in December 1972. “We are saddened by the loss of retired NASA astronaut Gene Cernan, the last man to walk on the moon,” the US space agency said on Twitter. According to a family statement released by NASA, Cernan, a retired naval officer,…

US senator thrown off a JetBlue plane

Jan 11, 2017 topnews

Senator Alfonse D’Amato was sent off a JetBlue plane in Florida after he urged passengers not to tolerate a seat-change request, the airline said. The 79-year-old stood in the aisle of the plane during a long delay in its departure Monday from Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, shouting, “We can still speak in this country and what they’re doing to me … I make an appeal to all you people. You want to know why? Stand up for what’s right and walk out with me!” before being escorted from the plane…

Charleston church shooter, Dylann Roof sentenced to death

Jan 11, 2017 topnews

Dylann Roof, self-described white supremacist has been sentenced to death by a US jury on Tuesday over the massacre of nine black worshippers in a South Carolina church in June 2015 — a crime that shocked the nation. Roof, 22, was convicted last month of 33 federal charges — including hate crimes resulting in death — in connection with the shooting spree at the historic Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in downtown Charleston. Dylann Roof- 21 year old Charleston church shooter who killed 8 worshippers and the pastor A Bible…

Yahya Jammeh shuts another radio station in Gambia

Jan 10, 2017 topnews

Gambian embattled President Yahya Jammeh has shut Paradise FM, the fourth radio station to be closed since last week as pressure mounts on him to concede defeat. The Paradise FM was closed on orders allegedly given by the Communication and Information Ministry, Presenter Andrew Gibba said. The closure came hours after Paradise FM had interviewed a spokesman of a coalition backing president-elect Adama Barrow, to whom President Yahya Jammeh has refused to cede power after losing the Dec. 1 election. The closure followed those of Teranga FM, Hilltop FM and…

Emirates flight grounded over snake onboard

Jan 9, 2017 topnews

A snake was found aboard an Emirates Airlines flight from Muscat to Dubai. The flight was cancelled after baggage handlers discovered a snake in the aircraft’s cargo hold. The animal was found before Sunday’s flight from Oman, the airline said in a statement, adding that the aircraft was returned to service after being thoroughly searched. First class passengers on an Aeromexico flight in November were confronted by a snake that fell from an overhead storage compartment. Nobody was hurt in the incident but a few passengers were rattled. Share on:…

Former Portuguese president Mario Soares dies at 92

Jan 7, 2017 topnews

Ex Portuguese President and the father of Portugal’s modern-day democracy, Mario Soares is dead. He was a towering figure in the country’s political scene who spearheaded its entry into the European Union. Soares, the founder of Portugal’s Socialist party who died on Saturday at the age of 92, spent decades in politics, serving as foreign minister, prime minister and president as well as a European lawmaker. Known for his flourishing speeches and close contact with the public, Soares was an avid reader with a fondness for the good life who…

Janet Jackson delivers son at 50

Jan 5, 2017 topnews

Pop superstar and younger sister to late Michael Jackson, Janet Jackson, has given birth to her first child at age 50 on Tuesday, her spokesperson said Tuesday. “Janet had a stress-free healthy delivery and is resting comfortably,” read the star’s official statement, which did not provide further details. The younger sister of late king of pop Michael Jackson in April stunned fans by halting a global tour and saying that she and her husband were “planning our family.” Natural pregnancies are highly unusual, but not impossible, for women past their…

Nigerian allegedly suffocated to death by South African Police

Jan 1, 2017Jan 1, 2017 topnews

The death of another Nigerian has been confirmed by the Nigerian community in South Africa on Sunday. Mr Ikechukwu Anyene, the President of Nigeria Union, South Africa, said the incident has been reported to the Nigerian Mission in that country. He alleged that one Victor Nnadi, a native of Orlu in Imo , was suffocated to death on Thursday by the Metropolitan Police in Cape Town. Anyene claimed that eye witnesses saw the police handcuff the victim and suffocated him to death. “ When the people saw what happened, they…