Court motions death sentence for sexual assault, murder of 5-year-old girl
Cairo - An Egyptian court motioned on Wednesday a death sentence against a defendant for the murder and sexual assault of a five-year-old girl...
Interpol hands over Nyanya Explosion mastermind to Nigeria
Aminu Ogwuche, the Nigerian accused of masterminding the April 14 bomb explosion in Nyanya, a suburb of Abuja, has been handed to Nigerian security...
Cameroon wrestlers go missing ahead of Games
London - Cameroon's Commonwealth Games preparations have been hit after two members of their wrestling team have gone missing.The unnamed men, aged 26 and...
Zimbabwe prostitutes ‘selling sperm to SA sangomas’
Zimbabwean prostitutes are reportedly collecting sperm from their clients to export to South Africa where there is “high demand” by sangomas who use it...
Al-Shabaab infiltration of Somali government raises new security alarm
Somali citizens and analysts are taken aback by the revelation that a man working inside the Villa Somalia presidential compound helped al-Shabaab pass through...
3 Kenyan crew members missing after ship hijacked off Somali coast
Three Kenyans are still missing after their merchant ship was reportedly hijacked by pirates off the coast of Somalia, Kenya's Daily Nation reported Monday...
Mugabe visits Trauma Centre hospital
HARARE - President Robert Mugabe yesterday visited Trauma Centre, the country’s top-notch medical institution in Harare’s Belgravia area, but it was not clear at...
Genocide victims to meet in Botswana
OvaHerero and OvaMbanderu communities from Namibia and South Africa will this coming weekend join their compatriots in Botswana to discuss reparations for colonial atrocities...
Mozambique moves to fight banana disease
Mozambique says plans are underway to roll out an ambitious three-year plan to contain a deadly pathogenic form of the fusarium banana wilt.The ministry...
Fresh fighting in South Sudan’s Unity state sparks panic
Kampala - Heavy fighting between rebels and government forces on Tuesday sparked widespread panic among civilians in South Sudan’s Unity state.The rebels have accused...