International

Kenya and Russia on Tuesday urged the UN Security Council to fast-track the re-hatting of the Kenya Defense Forces (KDF) into the AU Peacekeeping Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) as part of the pan African body’s strategy to combat terror group, Al- Shabaab.

Zambian President Michael Sata has with immediate effect appointed the first female inspector-general of the Zambia Police and a new director-general of the Zambia Security Intelligence Service (ZSIS), a statement from his office released on Tuesday said.

World Health Organization in collaboration with the Gambia Ministry of Health and Social Welfare on Tuesday organized a one day sensitization forum on the re-enforcement of anti-public smoking act in Banjul.

Senegal’s government has banned an opposition march planned for the centre of Dakar to protest against President Abdoulaye Wade’s bid to run for a third term in February polls.

A fire has swept through a jail in Honduras, killing at least 272 prisoners, officials say.

Greece has promised to “fully clarify” its austerity measures, a day after eurozone chiefs demanded further cuts.

A Yemen-based al-Qaida wing has denied attacking a polling center in Yemen’s southern city of Aden, a brief statement issued hours after a man was killed in the polling attack Tuesday said.

U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday urged Congress to approve the extension of payroll tax cut and the jobless benefits for the long-term unemployed to sustain economic recovery.