Finland’s govt resigns after healthcare reform fails
Finland’s government on Friday resigned after ditching plans to reform the healthcare system, a key policy, the Finnish president’s office said, throw
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GUINEA: Man arrested over marriage to 11-yr-old girl
A 23-year-old man who married a 11-year-old girl has been detained in the town of Mali Yemberin, in Guinea’s Fouta Djallon region. The wedding took pl
TANZANIA: Teacher to hang for killing pupil
A teacher in Tanzania has been sentenced to death for beating a pupil so badly that he died of his injuries. Judge Lameck Mlacha said Respicius Mtazan
GABON: Sick President Ali Bongo ‘has no body double’
Gabon’s President Ali Bongo does not have a body double, the AFP has quoted his spokesman as saying. There have been rumours that a lookalike has been
RUSSIA: Laws ban ‘disrespect’ of govt, ‘fake news’
Russia’s parliament has passed two bills outlawing “disrespect” of authorities and the spreading of what the government deems to be “fake news”. The f