Russian authorities have issued a search warrant for Pole Piotr Hofmanskithe, President of the International Criminal Court without specifying the reason. “The Pole is wanted in connection with a criminal investigation,” the Interior Ministry said in its database of wanted persons, according to the state agencies Tass and Ria Novosti. …
Read More »Former Zambian President Lungu banned from ‘political’ jogging
Zambia’s former President, Edgar Lungu, has been warned against his public jogging events, with police describing his workouts as “political activism”. The police in a statement said Mr Lungu’s exercise sessions while escorted by members of his Patriotic Front (PF) party and without his security officers amounted to “unlawful assembly”. …
Read More »Ghana: a jealous man stabbed his lover to death
A man stabbed to death his girlfriend, whom he accused of cheating on him, in the central region of Ghana, according to reports. The suspect told her family about their daughter’s conduct but no action was taken to address the matter. The issue became worse when the victim who had …
Read More »US judge suspended over doubts about her fitness
The oldest American federal judge, Pauline Newman, 96, was suspended from her duties on Wednesday due to doubts about the deterioration of her mental capacities, a symbolic affair in a country sometimes presented as a gerontocracy because of the age of its leaders. Appointed in 1984 by then-President Ronald Reagan, …
Read More »DR Congo asks UN mission to start leaving the country
Democratic Republic of Congo President Félix Tshisekedi has called for a faster withdrawal of the UN force in his country known by the acronym Monusco. He told the UN General Assembly on Wednesday that he had instructed his government to begin talks with the UN to bring forward “the start …
Read More »A cultist arrested in attempt to buy used sanitary pads
A 25-year-old suspected cultist is in the grips of the Bawjiase District Police Command after being busted in an attempt to buy used sanitary pads Ghana. “These sakawa boys often conspire with some of the students, especially the boarders, to get used pads for them for ritual purposes,”reports said. “The …
Read More »Three dead in South African navy submarine tragedy
Three South African navy submariners have died and four others injured after being washed off the deck of a submarine by high waves. The vessel was off the coast near Cape Town when the seven crew members were swept away. A helicopter was delivering supplies during a refuelling operation at …
Read More »Gunmen kill eight soldiers, policemen in Imo state
Gumen have killed eight security agents comprising soldiers, policemen and Nigeria Security And Civil Defence Corps in Imo State, Nigeria. The joint security taskforce team who were in two security trucks were ambushed and set ablaze by their attackers. “None of them survived as they were burnt inside their operational …
Read More »Heavy toll after Kenyan army helicopter crashes during night patrol
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 »Congo denies claims of coup attempt and calls for calm
The Congo-Brazzaville government has denied reports of a coup attempt against President Denis Nguesso, who has been in power for 39 years. It follows unconfirmed social media reports that the military was trying to oust the 79-year old leader, who is currently in New York for the 78th session of …
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