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Nurse Angela Mukuka collapses to death in Zambia

A MULTI-talented nurse, model and make-up artist of Lusaka has died suddenly after collapsing yesterday, leaving friends and family in […]

Gabon President Ali Bongo Ondimba on house arrest

Gabon’s deposed President Ali Bongo Ondimba is under house arrest, the AFP news agency is quoting military officers as saying. […]

Gay man faces death penalty in Uganda

A man in Uganda faces the death penalty after being charged with “aggravated homosexuality”. His lawyer told Reuters the 20-year-old […]

Union President Castro Mulilo fired for cancelling University classes to mourn death of two students in Zambia

The Copperbelt University former Student Union President, Castro Mulilo has been expelled from the university for cancelling classes to mourn […]

Former President Edgar Lungu meets Ms Chishala Kateka (see photos)

Former President of Zambia Dr. Edgar Chagwa Lungu on Monday met New Herritage Party President Ms Chishala Kateka. The meeting […]

ZANU PF Chinhoyi Parliamentary Candidate Thomas Chidzomba dismantles borehole after losing polls

ZANU PF Chinhoyi Parliamentary Candidate Thomas Chidzomba has dismantled the borehole which he had sunk for the people. Chidzomba lost […]

Monitors arrested for attempting to disrupt Zimbabwe polls

Police in Zimbabwe have confirmed the arrest of 39 election monitors for allegedly trying to disrupt the voting process. Officers […]

Rampahosa says six countries to join Brics bloc

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa announces that the Brics bloc will welcome six new members from early next year: Ethiopia, […]

Wagner Chief Yevgeny Prigozhin feared dead in jet crash

Wagner Group founder Yevgeny Prigozhin was on board a plane that crashed with no survivors northwest of Moscow, according to […]

Socialist Party president Fred M’membe arrested in Zambia

POLICE have arrested and charged Socialist Party president Fred M’membe 64 of house 7354 Nangwenya road in Lusaka for the […]

Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa casts his vote

Emmerson Mnangagwa, Zimbabwe’s president and leader of the ruling Zanu-PF, has cast his vote as elections get under way in […]

Kenyan accused of stealing coffins

A sales employee in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, has been charged with the theft of two coffins and 26 coffin handles, […]

Missing woman found dead in Zambia

A decomposed body matching the description of a 20-year-old student from Lusaka’s Chelston area has been found in Mazabuka, Southern […]

Suspected thief dies minutes after stealing a motor vehicle of a Pastor in Zambia

ONE of two armed criminals has faced the instant wrath of God when he died after stealing a car from […]

Ramaphosa stresses neutrality ahead of Brics summit

South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has reiterated that his country will not be drawn into global power dynamics. Mr Ramaphosa’s […]

Headmaster caught red-handed performing magic on pupil’s grave in Zambia

POLICE in Rufunsa are keeping David Mapulande, a headmaster at Chimusanya Secondary School, for his own safety after villagers pounced […]

SA parties gang-up against Ramaphosa

An alliance of seven political parties in South Africa has signed a pact in a bid to unseat the governing […]

Kenyan man set himself ablaze over high cost of living

A Kenyan man who said he was protesting against the high cost of living set himself on fire in the […]