OSCAR PISTORIUS LAWYER PRESSES WITNESS OVER “SCREAM”
The murder trial of South African paralympian star Oscar Pistorius has resumed for a fourth day in Pretoria. His defense […]
Africa
ANT-GAY LAW COST UGANDA $90M
The World Bank has postponed a $90m loan to Uganda over its tough new ant-gay law that has drawn criticism […]
2000 MOZAMBICANS FLEW TO MALAWI
Reports indicate that about 2000 Mozambican have fled their homeland to Malawi because of the reports that gunmen from former […]
UGANDAN TOP HOMOSEXUAL NAMED
A Uganda tabloid has named the country’s 200 top homosexual, a day after President Yoweri Museveni signed into law a […]
PISTORIUS TRIAL CAN BE BROADCAST LIVE, RULES RSA JUDGE
A South African judge has ruled that parts of the trial of Oscar Pistorius, the Paralympic athlete accused of murdering […]
BOKO HARAM GROUP ATTACKS SCHOOL
The suspected Islamist Militants from Boko Haram group in the north-eastern Nigeria have attacked a school and shot some students. […]
JB TO LEAVE FOR DRC
President Joyce Banda is expected to travel this afternoon to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) for a SADC meeting […]
WINNIE MANDELA DISTANCES HERSELF FROM MOVIE ABOUT HER
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela has finally broken her silence and spoken about the controversial film of her life. Just days before the […]
EGYPT INTERM GOVERNMENT RESIGNS UNEXPECTEDLY
Egypt’s Interim Prime Minister Hazem Beblawi has unexpectedly announced the resignation of his government. He gave no reason in his […]
KOMLA DUMOR’S FUNERAL CEREMONY ENDED
The three days of funeral ceremonies for the BBC presenter Komla Dumor have ended in the Ghanaian Capital, Accra. The […]
“NO TO GAYS HERE!” MUSEVENI SIGNS INTO LAW THE ANTI-HOMOSEXUALITY BILL.
Uganda’s president has signed into law a bill toughening penalties for gay people and criminalizing those who do not report […]
“I AM NOT READY TO STEP DOWN,” SAYS 90 YEAR OLD MUGABE AT BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION.
Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe, celebrating his 90th birthday before thousands of people at a soccer stadium Sunday, said he felt […]
UGANDA PROHIBITS SHOWING OF CLEAVAGE, THIGHS AS MUSEVENI SIGNS THE ANTI-PORNOGRAPHY LAW
Uganda’s President, Yoweri Museveni, has signed the Anti-Pornography Bill into law, exactly two months to the day it was passed […]
Xenophobia attacks start again in RSA as two Zimbabweans get killed
TWO Zimbabweans were brutally killed by a mob of South Africans while three sustained serious injuries in suspected fresh xenophobic […]
Eu trim down sanctions on Zimbabwe
The European Union is to further ease sanctions on Zimbabwe next week, but will keep a travel ban and asset […]
SA elections scheduled for May 7.
South Africa will go to the polls on May 7, President Zuma announced on Friday, with his African National Congress […]
JB caught lying again
President Banda’s remarks that her female President companion, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf of Liberia, had advised her to stop the fight against […]
Zuma’s son to face charges of culpable homicide
THE son of President Jacob Zuma, Duduzane Zuma, could be facing charges of culpable homicide. Zuma is expected to be […]