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The Swedish government on Sunday condemned the burning of a Koran outside the main mosque in Stockholm, calling it an “Islamophobic” act, after the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) called for such an incident to be avoided. The government fully understands that Islamophobic acts committed by individuals during protests in …

South Africa’s main opposition Democratic Alliance (DA), along with six other parties, have announced that they will hold talks to outline a pact that they hope will unseat the ANC from government at next year’s elections, the BBC reported. The group does not include the country’s third largest political force …

A 17-year-old student from Busibo secondary school was killed in a fight with other men in Kayamoukondo cell in Sheema municipality, Uganda, according to reports. “The incident happened when the deceased and his brother had taken coffee for sale at kanyamoukondo trading center,” reports said. “The deceased started loading the …

South African government watchdog has cleared President Cyril Ramaphosa of any wrongdoing related to a theft at his farm. The scandal erupted in June last year when a former spy boss, Arthur Fraser, alleged that President Ramaphosa had concealed the theft of millions of dollars in cash from his game …

The iRecorder app is no longer the nice screen recorder. Now it spies on Android users who have downloaded it. A recording taken without your knowledge every quarter of an hour. This is the sad reality of the iRecorder app. Available only on Android phones, this application has changed a …

US rapper Travis Scott will not be prosecuted for the crowd movement that killed ten people during the Astroworld festival he co-organized in Texas in November 2021, judicial authorities announced on Thursday. “It is tragic that ten innocent people were killed while trying to enjoy an evening of music and …

A man has been arrested by policemen attached to Rumuni Police Station of Rivers State Police Command for deflowering a five-year-old girl in Emohua Local Government Area of the state, Nigeria. “The suspect was at home when he beckoned on her neighbour’s daughter to help him buy a sachet of …

A 16-year-old girl committed suicide after her boss’s husband raped her at their home in Eruwa community, Ibarapa Local Government Area of Oyo State, Nigeria. “The minor had been learning fashion design from the suspect’s wife and had been living with her boss to also assist her with domestic chores,” …

Authorities in Tanzania have lifted a ban on night-time upcountry bus travel that was imposed decades ago, local media reported. The government says the changes came after considering the views of stakeholders in the transport sector, as well as improvement in infrastructure and security. While announcing the move in parliament, …

South Africa said on Thursday it will host the BRICS bloc summit in August as planned, amid speculation that it may move to China so Russia’s President Vladimir Putin can attend in a nation not obliged to arrest him on war crimes accusations, Reuters reported. South Africa has a duty …