In General Michael Flynn's last interview hours before resigning as President Donald Trump's national security advisor, he said “there were no lines crossed” in his telephone call with Russia’s Ambassador to the US, and called the leaks “a criminal act.” The Daily Caller News Foundation spoke with Flynn just hours before he resigned on Monday. Flynn told the organization that Trump “expressed confidence” in him, enough anyway, to tell Flynn […]
Nigeria declared an air pollution emergency in a major southern city on Tuesday and closed an asphalt plant there after residents complained about the fumes from its furnaces, in a country plagued by corruption and poor governance. Residents staged a protest in Port Harcourt, a harbor city in the oil-producing Niger Delta region, waving their hands in the air to show the soot stains from touching cars. "The Federal Ministry […]
South Korea's spy agency said on Wednesday that Kim Jong-nam, the estranged half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, was poisoned by two suspected North Korean female agents, according to MPs briefed by the intelligence agency. The agency also said North Korea had long prepared for the murder of Kim Jong-nam, the MPs said, although they did not explain how the agency knows that. Kim was killed at an airport […]
The trial of three English-speaking protesters facing the death penalty opened at a military court in Cameroon on Monday in a case that has exposed national divisions and stoked opposition to Francophone President Paul Biya. Since October, people in Cameroon's two western English-speaking regions have joined protests against what they say is their marginalization by the French-speaking majority under Biya's 35-year rule. At least six protesters have been shot dead […]
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has defended his choice to appoint former Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad as UN envoy to Libya and expressed his "deep" regret over US opposition to his appointment. Guterres described Fayyad, a former World Bank official with a track record of fighting corruption, as "the right person for the right job at the right moment" in his remarks at the annual World Government Summit hosted by […]
Michael Flynn has resigned as national security adviser over his contact with Russian officials before US President Donald Trump took office. His resignation on Tuesday followed reports a day earlier that the Justice Department warned the Trump administration weeks ago that such communications could leave him in a compromised position. This is very important news and very worrying news for the Trump administration. This is number one a most important […]
Residents of the Europe informal settlement in Nyanga are living with growing mounds of uncollected rubbish, due to a dispute between the City of Cape Town and residents over the employment of contract communal cleaners, GroundUp reported. “It is not just the stench which bothers us. Sometimes we find our children blowing up used condoms they picked up in the rubbish,” said Nonkululeko, 42, who had lived in the area […]
The City of Cape Town has once again appealed to residents and business to save water, as dam levels across the Western Cape have dropped to 36% on average. Mayoral Committee Member for Water in the City of Cape Town, Xanthea Limberg, says with the last 10% of a dam's water not being useable, levels are effectively at 26%. She says the City is engaging with the top 20 000 […]
Forensic investigator Paul O'Sullivan was arrested and released from custody by order of the High Court in Pretoria late on Monday night. O'Sullivan was arrested on Monday at Afriforum offices in Pretoria and was taken to the Kameeldrift police station where he was charged with fraud, intimidation and extortion. The arrest allegedly relates to his investigations into Acting Police Commissioner Kgomotso Phahlane's finances. Judge Francis Legodi ordered that the matter […]
VOC became the first Muslim radio station in South Africa when a special events license was granted to the station in Ramadan/January 1995. Subsequent temporary broadcast licenses were granted, permitting the station to broadcast for 24 hours.
