Africa

South Africa’s parliament is expected to hold a special sitting on Tuesday to debate a report by a panel of legal experts which found that President Cyril Ramaphosa may have broken his oath of office. This is in connection with the Phala Phala farm scandal hanging over the president, in …

Morocco’s Royal Air Maroc will operate 30 special flights to carry soccer fans from Casablanca to Doha for the country’s Wednesday World Cup semifinal game against France, the airline said on Monday. The flights would depart on Tuesday and Wednesday, it said. To the delight of Moroccans, and not just …

Two armed robbers were shot and another arrested by the police in connection with the attack at Caprice in Accra, where a woman was attacked, shot and robbed. The incident occurred at the Gomoa Buduburam bus station in the Gomoa East district of the Central Region. The robbers engaged in …

Two secondary school students of Monatan High School, Ibadan, have been arrested for raping a 17-year-old girl in the Oluyole Local Government Area in Nigeria. The victim was lured into an unfinished building and raped by the suspects. Her schoolmates threatened to expose her if she didn’t settled them financially …

Amnesty criticizes Senegal for its failures in the fight against the abuse of students in Koranic schools and their financial exploitation, in a report published on Monday, calling on Dakar to “strong acts” to protect them. “Tens of thousands of talibé children (students in Koranic schools commonly known as daaras) …

Nigerian police arrested a 75-year-old man, for defiling his four-year-old niece in the Obi Local Government Area, local media reported. The investigation revealed that the suspect lured his niece into his room and purposely had illegal carnal relations with her, as they both live in the same house. She was …

A 36-year-old judge who was declared wanted by the police over the brutal murder of his wife, hanged himself in a church in Zimbabwe. He strangled his wife to death with his bare hands and went on to rape her corpse in front of their children, a 12-year-old daughter and …

Famous Nigerian musician Wizkid has apologized to Ghanaians for not showing up for his scheduled performance at Accra Sports Stadium on Saturday. The Nigerian superstar was due to appear at the Accra Sports stadium on Saturday. But he was a no-show, leaving many of his Ghanaians fans angry, including those …

Nigerian Afrobeats star D’banj has been released from the custody of Nigeria’s anti-corruption agency, ICPC, the musician’s lawyer has said. “The ICPC released D’banj… after the agency could not find anything incriminating on him,” said a statement signed by Pelumi Olajengbesi, D’banj’s lawyer. D’banj was arrested earlier this week on …

A woman has reportedly been shot by gunmen while driving in a Prado in Caprice on the Circle-Nsawam Highway in Ghana. According to Adom News, witnesses said they suspect the robbers followed the victim as the passengers fired indiscriminately at the car as they approached. “They went down to unlock …