Parliament Calls For Dismissal Of Ministers In Corruption Row

Lawmakers in Tanzania’s parliament passed a resolution on Saturday calling on President Jakaya Kikwete to sack a number of his cabinet ministers who have been implicated in the embezzlement of $122 million in public funds.

Tanzania’s attorney general, energy minister, housing and settlement development minister, energy permanent secretary and at least two parliamentarians are among political figures, who have been linked to the disappearance of $122 million, which was illegally transferred as payments to a private energy firm, Pan Africa Power. All of the implicated politicians have denied any wrongdoing in the matter.

Maasai Breathe Sigh of Relief After President Vows Never to Evict Them

PRESIDENT Jakaya Kikwete has pledged never to evict the Masai people after an international outcry against plans to turn their ancestral land into a commercial hunting ground for Arab royalty.

Last week the Guardian revealed claims by Masai activists that the government had reintroduced plans to forcibly relocate 40,000 pastoralists to make way for a luxury hunting and safari company based in the United Arab Emirates. But, as an online campaign gathered steam, President Jakaya Kikwete tweeted:

ISIS Leader's Wife Arrested in Lebanon

Islamic State Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has made what would be his first public appearance at a mosque in the centre of Iraq's second city, Mosul, according to a video recording posted on the Internet on July 5, 2014, in this still image taken from video

The Lebanese army detained a wife and daughter of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi as they crossed from Syria nine days ago, security officials said on Tuesday, in a move seen as likely to put pressure on the Islamist chief.

The woman was identified as Saja al-Dulaimi, an Iraqi, by a Lebanese security official and a senior political source.

The Lebanese newspaper As-Safir reported she had been detained in coordination with "foreign intelligence".

Kenya security shake-up after quarry massacre.

After 36 quarry workers were massacred by militants in Mandera in north east Kenyanear the border with Somalia, President Uhuru Kenyatta pledged to intensify the war against the al Shabab group, besides engineering a security shake-up by dismissing the country's Interior Minister Ole Lenku and police chief David Kimayo.

Google releases list of 68 best Android apps of 2014; 61 free, 7 paid

With the year-end approaching, Google has published a list of the best Android apps of 2014 available on the Play Store. The list includes total of 68 apps - with 61 of them free and 7 paid. Popular apps including Swiftkey Keyboard, IFTTT, Groupon, CNN, Bitmoji, and Google Fitfeature in the list.