Trump Administration Begins Firing Probationary Staff
More than 200,000 recently hired federal workers are currently serving out their probationary period, according to the most recently available government data.
Category: International
Lissu insists on ”No reforms, no election” slogan ahead of Tanzania general election
‘’How can we go in an election where the president has all the powers to appoint and fire electoral commissioners at his/her will’’?
Uganda opposition figure Kizza Besigye ‘critically ill’ in jail: lawyer
“We visited him in the prison yesterday but his medical condition is worrying. He is critically ill and needs urgent medical attention,”
Sean Combs Sues NBC For $100 Million For Defamation
The lawsuit claims that the documentary falsely portrays Combs as a criminal, alleging he committed numerous heinous crimes, including serial murder, rape of minors, and sex trafficking of minors.
Mgogoro wa DRC kutawala kikao cha Umoja wa Afrika
Umoja wa nchi 55 unakutana kuanzia Ijumaa katika mji mkuu wa Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, ambapo bara la Afrika linakutana na migogoro mikubwa inayoendelea katika DRC na Sudan, pamoja na kupunguzwa kwa msaada wa maendeleo kutoka kwa Rais wa Marekani Donald Trump, hatua inayolitesa bara hili kwa kiasi kikubwa.
Amnesty warns children in Haiti falling prey to gang violence
Girls were also victims of abductions, rape and other sexual assaults during gang attacks on neighborhoods, or after groups took control of areas, Amnesty said.
Hamas postpone release of Israeli hostage ‘until further notice’
Palestinian militant group Hamas announced on Monday it would indefinitely postpone the next hostage-prisoner exchange under a fragile truce agreement with Israel, accusing it of failing to comply with its terms.
Trump pardons former governor jailed for corruption
Democrat Blagojevich was removed from his governor’s post in 2009 and later convicted of essentially selling the Senate seat vacated by Barack Obama when he won the US presidency in 2008.
Venezuela sends planes to fetch irregular migrants from US
The planes were sent after Maduro — keen for an end to crippling US sanctions — agreed with a visiting envoy of US President Donald Trump on January 31 to accept the return of deported migrants.
Google changes name of Gulf of Mexico to ‘Gulf of America’ for US users
Google said the change aligns with its policy of following official US government geographic designations through the Geographic Names Information System.
