Sierra Leonean anti-corruption investigators requested to interview ex-president Ernest Bai Koroma on Wednesday, a spokesman said, after the government pledged to recover funds allegedly embezzled under his watch. The move follows the end of a year-long graft probe into Koroma and his former ministers in March, which found that funds worth tens of millions of dollars remain […]

The United States Commission on Presidential Debates said Wednesday it will enact new measures to “maintain order” at upcoming events after President Donald Trump and rival Joe Biden’s toxic Cleveland showdown. “Last night’s debate made clear that additional structure should be added to the format of the remaining (two) debates to ensure a more orderly […]

An Egyptian criminal court on Wednesday sentenced six people allegedly belonging to the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood group to death for the 2016 killing of two policemen, a judicial source said. The court also handed down sentences of up to 10 years in jail to seven others in the case, in which two policemen were killed […]

South Africa will reopen its borders to all African countries from Thursday while barring tourists from around 50 nations with high coronavirus infection rates, the government said on Wednesday. South Africa, the most industrialised economy in Africa shuttered its borders at the start of a strict nationwide lockdown on March 27 to limit the spread […]

United States Democrat challenger Joe Biden on Wednesday branded Donald Trump’s debate performance a “national embarrassment” for not addressing concerns of everyday Americans and failing to clearly denounce white supremacist groups. “Maybe I should not say this, but the president of the United States conducted himself the way he did — I think it was […]