East African country, Uganda is set to join other African countries like Zambia, Lesotho and Zimbabwe in relaxing its laws regulating growth and export of cannabis. Uganda health ministry has issued guidelines to individuals and companies interested in the business of marijuana for medical purposes. The guideline among other things require investors to be cleared […]

A South African billionaire businessman and the first black African on the Forbes billionaires list, Patrice Motsepe has apologized for telling United States President, Donald Trump that “Africa loves you” during the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos last week. A video of Patrice Motsepe’s remarks to Trump went viral on social media and sparked […]

A German court on Tuesday ordered that a 28-year-old man, be held in a secure psychiatric facility after pushing a woman in front of a moving train in Germany and killing her. The 34-year-old victim was killed instantly after being struck by the train at a railway station in the town of Voerde in July […]

Two charity vessels that have rescued 484 migrants over the past days were on Monday waiting to bring their passengers ashore to Italy or Malta. The Ocean Viking, run by SOS Mediterranee, has picked up 407 people over five rescue operations since Friday. Among them there are 152 minors, including 10 under the age of […]

Authorities on Tuesday have urged all Chinese to avoid travelling abroad in a bid to stop the new coronavirus as the death toll in the country climbed to 106. Twenty-six people died since Monday morning, including a first casualty in the capital, Beijing, health authorities said. They said 4,515 cases were confirmed and many more […]