Luanda, Angola | AFP |  A group of Angolan lawyers has filed a landmark petition challenging veteran leader Eduardo dos Santos’s nomination of his daughter, Africa’s richest woman, as the head of the national oil company. Isabel dos Santos was named head of troubled oil firm Sonangol in June in …

Vatican City, Holy See | AFP | The Vatican on Tuesday urged Catholics not to scatter the ashes of the dead after cremation and instead to store them in places approved by the Church. The new guidelines published by the Church also say that the ashes of the dead should …

Washington, United States | AFP | Donald Trump vowed Tuesday to overturn President Barack Obama’s signature health insurance program after the government announced Americans will see costs jump an average of 25 percent next year. “Obamacare has to be repealed and replaced and it has to be replaced with something …

Kampala, Uganda | AFP |  Two Ugandans were arrested outside the US Embassy in Kampala on Tuesday morning while taking part in a demonstration of support for US presidential candidate Donald Trump. Carrying placards, one emblazoned with the slogan “A vote for Trump is a vote against African dictatorship!”, the …

London, United Kingdom | AFP | Six authors are vying for the Man Booker Prize, the world’s most prestigious English-language literary award to be announced Tuesday, in a shortlist celebrated for taking risks and tackling tough subjects. The winner will be announced at a glitzy event in London after judges …

JOB Opening Posting Title: Director, Division of Early Warning and Assessment (Science Division) Job Code Title: DIRECTOR, PROGRAMME MANAGEMENT Department/Office: UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME Duty Station: NAIROBI Posting Period: 20 October 2016 – 18 December 2016 Job Opening Number: 16-Programme Management-UNEP-67912-D-Nairobi (R) Staffing Exercise N/A Apply here Share on: WhatsApp

Job Opening Posting Title: ECONOMIC AFFAIRS OFFICER Job Code Title: ECONOMIC AFFAIRS OFFICER Department/Office: ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR AFRICA Duty Station: ADDIS ABABA Posting Period: 19 October 2016 – 17 December 2016 Job Opening Number: 16-Economic Affairs-ECA-68188-R-Addis Ababa (G) Staffing Exercise N/A APPLY HERE Share on: WhatsApp

Mexico City, Mexico | AFP |  Authorities have discovered 2.3 tons of marijuana in a lengthy illicit tunnel connecting the Mexican city Tijuana to San Diego in the United States, the Mexican Attorney General said Monday. The 1847-foot (563-meter) long passage was found after agents of the attorney general requested …

Nairobi, Kenya | AFP |  A bomb blast at a guesthouse in northeast Kenya killed at least 12 people on Tuesday, the same area hit earlier this month by Shabaab militants, police said. “We have found 12 bodies so far after we managed to access the building,” one senior police …

HUMOR – THE WEEK THAT WAS:  MPs’ expenditure, oil refinery and Chinese contractors Russia demands fresh deal for fresh oil refinery after pulling out earlier. Five Chinese road contractors have returned Shs35 billions taken from UNRA with Shs1.5 b earned as interest on fixed deposit. Research has shown that MPs each spent …