A military helicopter in Kenya crashed overnight while on patrol in the coastal county of Lamu, killing all crew on board, the BBC reported. It went down in the Boni forest, an area that straddles the border with Somalia and from where the Somali militant group al-Shabab has staged deadly …
Read More »Nigeria: teacher defiles 13-year-old male pupil
A 43-year-old teacher was arrested for defiling a 13-year-old male pupil in Obafemi Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State, Nigeria, according to reports. “The suspect has been having carnal knowledge of the minor through the anus no fewer than six times at different times inside his room,” reports said. …
Read More »Zambian ex-leader Edgar Lungu withdraws court case
Zambia’s former President Edgar Lungu has withdrawn the case in which he called for a judicial review of the government’s alleged decision to bar him from travelling abroad on Saturday. Mr Lungu was supposed to have travelled to South Korea for a conference, but shortly before his departure he was …
Read More »Zambia’s former president goes to court over alleged travel ban
Zambia’s former President Edgar Lungu has taken the government to court after he was allegedly blocked from travelling to South Korea for a conference. It is alleged that Mr Lungu was invited for a world peace conference but when he was about to depart, he was ejected from his plane …
Read More »South Sudan’s mayor sacked after slapping woman
The acting mayor of South Sudan’s capital city, Juba, has been sacked after he was caught on camera apparently slapping a member of the public, local media reported. Emmanuel Khamis Richard had refused to resign despite mounting pressure from fellow politicians since footage of him appearing to assault the female …
Read More »A student arrested with 40 pairs of girls underwear
A student was found in possession of more than 40 girls underwear while living the girls hostel in Zimbabwe, according to reports. The discovery was made when a parent dropped off his daughter at the school and encountered the student exiting the girls hostel. The suspect claimed to be dropping …
Read More »At least 17 killed by floods in northern DR Congo
At least seventeen people have been killed by a landslide in the town of Lisala, capital of Mongala province in the northern Democratic Republic of Congo, local media reported. Seven women, seven men and three children under five years died. They were buried the same day due to lack of …
Read More »Egyptian main opposition said it will boycott election
Egyptian main opposition party won’t nominate a candidate in the presidential election due next year, it said, after one of its leaders was sentenced to six months in prison. The Free Current coalition said that Hisham Kassem had been a potential presidential candidate. He was found guilty of slander and …
Read More »Cholera kills nine in northwest Ethiopia
Nine people have died from a cholera outbreak in Ethiopia’s north-western Benishangul-Gumuz Region, state television (ETV) reported on Sunday, citing health authorities. A regional health official, Abdulmunhem Al-Beshir, said that “some 131 people have been infected in the outbreak while nine others died,” ETV said. Cases have been reported in …
Read More »18-year-old lady found dead in unfinished building
The lifeless body of an 18-year-old apprentice has been discovered in an uncompleted building at Anwiankwanta in Bekwai Municipality of the Ashanti Region, Ghana. “The victim had failed to return home after she closed from work,” reports said. “This prompted a search by her family and other community members which …
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