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Nails and pellets found inside victims of Boston bomb blasts – i...

April 17, 2013 no comments

Objects like shrapnel – possibly nails and pellets – were removed from human organs of some of the casualties, during surgical procedure, of the Boston Marathon twin bomb blasts that left three peopl...

The first major exhibition of Tanzanian art in the U.S.

April 7, 2013 1 comment

(Portland, Maine) This summer, the Portland Museum of Art (PMA) will host the first exhibition of Tanzanian art in the United States. Shangaa: Art of Tanzania, on view at the PMA from June 8 through ...

No hiding place for rebels in Mali as the U.S. prepares support for Fr...

January 19, 2013 no comments

WASHINGTON, Carey L. Biron (IPS) - U.S. Secretary of Defence Leon Panetta has applauded France’s surprise airstrikes on Islamist rebels in northern Mali that began late last week and continued over t...

Sierra Leone prepares to re-elect its President to a second-term in of...

September 19, 2012 1 comment

Despite the fact that Sorious Samura, a Sierra Leonean born videographer, recently embarked on a disingenuous campaign to destroy the image of our country, Sierra Leone and its leadership stand tall ...

Kenyan national in the U.S. confess to killing and eating roommateR...

June 6, 2012 no comments

Alexander Kinyua, 21, admitted to killing his roommate with a knife and slicing the dead body; removing some internal organs – and particularly eating the heart and a portion of the brains, Maryland ...

Dearest Brown talks passionately and exclusively to Newstime Africa ab...

May 18, 2012 no comments

“Look at me. Don’t I look like an African? All I want is to meet with my father because I have the right to be loved by my father; to be known by my father and for me to know him, also.  But here I a...

U.S. responds to calls for investigation into extra-judicial killings ...

May 11, 2012 no comments

The United States praised the work done by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) of Sierra Leone, in giving the summary and extrajudicial killings in ‘92 of 29 individuals – alleged to have b...

The United States urges U.N. and A.U. cooperation

January 22, 2012 no comments

The United States (US) has challenged the United Nations (UN) and the African Union (AU) to work on improving their relations and accommodate each other to help foster peace and development in Africa...

The United States has expressed concern over the deteriorating human r...

November 3, 2011 no comments

WASHINGTON (IPS) – The U.S. State Department Wednesday released a statement criticising what it said was a “deteriorating” human rights situation in Uganda and the government’s incr...

Millennium Challenge Corporation calls on Malawi’s commitment to good ...

July 23, 2011 no comments

Lilongwe – The United States of America through the Millennium Challenge Corporation Compact has criticized the Malawi government over the use of force to quell the country’s mass demonstration...

Is the NATO alliance about to crumble?

June 15, 2011 no comments

The U.S. Defence Secretary, Robert Gates, calls it “aging out.” He’s not referring to his imminent retirement as defense secretary. He’s talking about a generational expiratio...

China accuses the United States of global internet war to bring down A...

June 3, 2011 no comments

Chinese military officials have accused the U.S. of launching a global a “Internet war” to bring down Arab and other governments, turning the tables on allegations of major online attacks...

Islamic radicals invade Jamaica?

May 28, 2011 no comments

American Diplomats have expressed concern that an Islamic cleric convicted of whipping up racial hatred among Muslim converts in Britain might do the same thing in his homeland of Jamaica, according ...

Was Dominique Strauss-Kahn set-up by his political foes?

May 16, 2011 no comments

The French press is having a field day. One of the top would-be contenders of the French presidency is under arrest and charged with sexual assault in New York. Investigations are undergoing to find ...

Parliament in Pakistan calls for review of U.S. ties

May 14, 2011 no comments

The Pakistani  parliament condemned on Saturday the U.S. raid to find and kill Osama bin Laden, calling for a review of U.S. ties and warning that Pakistan could cut supply lines to American forces i...

Visa lottery hit by U.S. computer glitch as random draw is declared in...

May 13, 2011 1 comment

It has been reported that a computer glitch corrupted the State Department’s annual worldwide lottery for U.S. immigrant visas and the results will be scratched, the Obama administration said F...