It is a North African country with Mediterranean coastline and Saharan desert interior. It is bordered by, among other countries, Morocco, Tunisia, Mali, Niger, and Libya. Lining the hillside Casbah quarter is the Kachaoua Mosque with its narrow alleys and stairways. However, are these generally known facts about Algeria all the facts there are to know about the country? [...]
EgyptAir Crash: All Mapped Bodies Recovered From The Sea Floor
Mapped remaining bodies of the EgyptAir plane 'Flight MS804' that crashed into the Mediterranean on May has finally been recovered by a search vessel John Lethbridge belonging to Mauritius-based Deep Ocean Search. The search for the bodies of the victims of the EgyptAir Flight MS804 has been going on since the incident. The EgyptAir Flight MS804 crashed on Thursday 19 May [...]
Hackers Attempts To Siphon $24 Million From Uganda Central Bank
Government officials and hackers have unsuccessfully tried for the fourth time to siphon money from the largest budget holders in Uganda since July 2015 via Uganda central bank. The hackers targeted the accounts of the Defence, Energy, Agriculture ministries and the Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA). Bank of Uganda communications director Christine Alupo said: “The [...]
Stray Lion Injured An Elderly Man In Kenya
A male lion injured an elderly man in Kenya's capital, Nairobi, after straying from a nearby national park. on Friday. According to Paul Udoto, spokesman for the Kenya Wildlife Service said the lion was later captured and returned to the park, the man was rushed to hospital and he is now in a stable condition. KWS, which manages the country's safari reserves including the [...]
South African Court Denies Pistorius Appeal To Girlfriend Murder Conviction
Oscar Pistorius Lawyers had applied for leave to appeal to the Constitutional Court, the highest court in South African but was denied on Thursday the right to appeal against his conviction for the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. Authorities had challenged Pistorius appeal on the grounds that the Supreme Court of Appeal had correctly found Pistorius guilty [...]