Former South African President Nelson Mandela passed away Thursday evening at the age of 95. While he was revered by politicians today as a human rights icon, Mandela remained on the U.S. terrorism watch list until 2008, when then-President George W. Bush signed a bill removing Mandela from it.
Then-Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice called the restrictions a "rather embarrassing matter that I still have to waive in my own counterpart, the foreign minister of South Africa, not to mention the great leader Nelson Mandela."
President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday arrived in Paris, France, to join other world leaders that are participating in a summit on peace and security in Africa.
Also the President has declared three days of national mourning for former South African President, Dr. Nelson Mandela who passed away yesterday.
Reports coming out say former South African president Nelson Mandela is dead. More details later
The Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja has been temporarily closed by officials of the Nigerian Airspace Management Authority, NAMA, following the breakdown of a Saudi Arabian Boeing 747 cargo planeon the runway of the airport last night. The airport authorities say the plane, which veered after landing at the airport, has to be fixed before it can be evacuated from the runway.
A birth control pill for guys is getting closer to becoming a reality. Scientists are calling it a breakthrough.
They say that the technique works like a vasectomy, but without surgery. Instead, the technique stops sperm from leaving the body during sex.
Prior attempts at surgery-free male birth control either altered a man’s hormones or tried to make sperm ineffective.
