Both the US Democratic and Republican parties adopted official party policy platforms for the upcoming Presidential election, but not much was said about Africa.

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Donald Trump on Monday laid out his plan to lower taxes, freeze financial regulations and trigger an energy revival which he said would spur economic growth and “open a new chapter in American prosperity.” Read More…

The second richest man in the world, Carlos Slim, chairman emeritus, América Móvil, wants his employees to work for just three days a week. Read More…

Donald Trump acknowledged Friday he was wrong in claiming to have seen secret Iranian footage of $400 million in cash being delivered to Tehran as payment for the release of US prisoners. Read More…

Spanish police said Saturday they had arrested seven people, including a British teacher who lived in Barcelona, for sharing thousands of images and videos of child pornography online. Read More…

When her husband first ran for president in 2008, Michelle Obama cautiously entered the political arena, fully supportive of his candidacy yet wary of the country’s partisan battles. Read More…

Hillary Clinton on Friday tapped Tim Kaine, a popular Spanish-speaking senator from the swing state of Virginia, to be her running mate in the White House showdown against Donald Trump. Read More…

South Africa has said it will evolve a legal framework with Nigeria to avert a situation where the Federal Government’s funds for arms are seized in future. Read More…

The Islamic State group claimed responsibility Saturday for an attack in which a Tunisian drove a truck through a crowd in Nice, killing 84, prompting hard questions in France over security failures. Read More…

Dozens of soldiers backing the coup against the Turkish government on Saturday surrendered on the Bosphorus bridge in Istanbul that they had held throughout the night, television pictures showed. Read More…

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said Saturday 161 people were killed in the coup attempt against the government, with 2,839 soldiers now detained on suspicion of involvement. Read More…

Donald Trump called Wednesday for the resignation of Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, charging that the 83-year-old judge’s “mind is shot” after she branded him a “faker.” Read More…

Europe won’t miss David Cameron, a senior EU lawmaker in Brussels said on Wednesday as the prime minister who led Britain to the exit left office. Read More…

The Centre for World University Rankings (CWUR) has just released its 2016 ranking of universities across the world. Read More…

Mrs. May will be the first female Prime Minister of the UK since Margaret Thatcher stepped down in 1990. Read More…

The son of slain al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden has threatened revenge against the U.S. for assassinating his father, according to an audio message posted online. Read More…

A 42-year-old mother of seven, Mrs. Eunice Elisha, was on Saturday morning murdered by unknown assailants while evangelizing around Gbazango-West area of Kubwa, a satellite town in the Federal Capital Territory. Read More…

housands took to the streets in cities across the United States on Friday to denounce the fatal shooting by police of two black men this week, marching the day after a gunman killed five police officers during a similar demonstration in Dallas. Read More…

razil’s government will hand out nine million condoms for free around Rio de Janeiro during the Olympics in August, a push meant to encourage safe sex and also defend the Amazon rainforest. Read More…

Severe flooding across central and southern China over the past week has killed almost 130 people, damaged more than 1.9 million hectares of crops and led to direct economic losses of more than 38 billion yuan ($5.70 billion), state media said on Tuesday. Read More…

The FBI will recommend to the Justice Department that no prosecution is warranted as a result of its year long investigation into Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server while as secretary of state, agency Director James Comey said on Tuesday. Read More…