Uganda

The death toll in South Sudan from the explosion of a fuel truck this week has risen to 182, a regional official said on Sept.18.

The blast occurred on Sept.16 as crowds gathered around the tanker to gather fuel after it had veered off the road. An official had earlier said the toll could keep rising as South Sudan did not have adequate facilities to treat the burns. 

US President Barack Obama has put forward the name of Eric Rubin as Washington's next Ambassador to Bulgaria, a White House message shows.

If Rubin is later confirmed, Bulgaria will be his first-ever ambassadorial appointment.

The Regnbagen, or rainbow house, opened in 2013, and it doesn’t look any different from the other modern apartments in the quiet suburb of Stockholm.

The residents occupy 27 apartments on the upper three floors of an eight story retirement home with access to various amenities such as a hairdresser, a health clinic and a roof terrace.

Israel complained to the United Nations on Sept. 1 about a Palestinian initiative to fly their flag alongside those of full member states at the world body's headquarters, calling it "another cynical misuse of the U.N. by the Palestinian Authority."

The Center for Technology Innovation at Brookings has launched the 2015 Brookings Financial and Digital Inclusion Project (FDIP) Report and Scorecard, which evaluates access to and usage of affordable financial services across 21 countries. According to Brookings? FDIP analysis, Turkey ranked sixth among the countries for its financial inclusion efforts. 

A repatriation center with a capacity of 400 people will be built in the Ayvac?k district of the northwestern province of Çanakkale.

Greek police have arrested a Nigerian man for possession of heroin at the Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport in Athens, Sunday. Officers of the Attica Narcotics Department apprehended the 37-year-old Nigerian when he landed in Athens, flying from Uganda via Constantinople. The man had swallowed 1.285 grams of heroin in small packs.

Ugandan police on July 9 arrested two top opposition leaders and presidential candidates hoping to challenge veteran President Yoweri Museveni in elections next year, police said.

Nearly 10,000 Burundians fled the country over the weekend before Burundi closed its borders ahead of controversial and violence-wracked elections in the troubled central African nation, the United Nations said on June 30.

Facebook announced June 30 it had opened its first African office in Johannesburg as part of its efforts "to help people and businesses connect" on the continent.