Lagos, Nigeria (CNN)Sharon Okpoe has lived her entire 17 years in Makoko—known as the world's largest "floating slum"—built on a lagoon in Lagos, Nigeria.Rickety shacks stand on stilts in the polluted water. Canoes are
more 361LONDON: The Turkish opposition have ‘questioned the honor’ of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan after the leader admitted accepting a luxury jumbo jet as a “gift” from Qatar. Erdogan has come under intense pressure after it
more 419ISTANBUL: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has vowed that Ankara will increase rather than reduce its troops numbers in Cyprus, a move that could further set back attempts to reunify the divided Mediterranean island.In
more 344Prominent tribe complains to UN about ‘systematic discrimination’ at the hands of the Qatari regime GENEVA: A delegation representing Al-Ghufran tribe, one of the biggest tribes in Qatar, which has been subject to systemic
more 356The leaders of Russia and Turkey have agreed to establish a de-militarised zone in Syria's Idlib province, in a move that ostensibly puts on hold a threatened assault by government forces on Syria's last
more 443Authorities in Thailand have charged the leader and two senior members of a newly-formed political party for allegedly spreading false information about the ruling military government on Facebook. Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit, a 39-year-old tycoon and
more 393At least 27 members of the Afghan security forces have been killed in multiple Taliban attacks on checkpoints as well as police and military bases in different parts of the country, according to officials.
more 1333Thousands of people have taken to the streets of the Ethiopian capital to express their anger after a weekend of deadly ethnically motivated violence. At least 23 people were killed in a weekend of
more 366The International Criminal Court (ICC) has sentenced Jean-Pierre Bemba, a former vice president and rebel leader in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), for bribing witnesses during his war crimes trial. In a ruling on
more 359(CNN)A disagreement between a group of Chinese tourists and a hostel in the Swedish capital has escalated into a diplomatic spat, with China accusing Sweden of violating the visitors' human rights.According to media reports,
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