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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”. …

The exiled former president of the Central African Republic (CAR), Francois Bozizé, has been sentenced to life in prison by a court in the country’s capital, Bangui. The 76-year-old, who now leads a rebel coalition, was convicted in his absence of charges including rebellion and undermining security. Handed down on …

An American woman filed a complaint against McDonald’s last week after suffering “serious burns” in a San Francisco restaurant, CNN reported this Thursday. She said she spilled a cup of coffee on herself with the lid loose. According to the prosecution, the woman suffered “physical pain, emotional distress and other …

Men shot dead a housewife while she was taking a bath at her home in the Oke Akute area of Iba, Osun State, Nigeria. “The victim who was shot to death has a three-month-old baby,” according to reports. Immediately after the incident, she rushed to a private hospital in Iree, …

A veteran Nigerian radio journalist, Hamisu Danjibga, has been found dead in north-west Zamfara state three days after he was declared missing, local media reported. Danjibga worked with the Voice of Nigeria (VON) for many years, where he reported extensively on the widespread insecurity in Zamfara state. He was declared …

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a drunken hunter for killing a 14-year-old girl with a rifle in the Ayinla Akera area of Orile Agege, Lagos, Nigeria. “The girl was shot dead by the hunter who was on a bike as she was sent on an errand,” according to …

The Edo State Police Command has arrested a 28-year-old truck conductor for raping a 15-year-old girl in Edo State, Nigeria. The suspect called the victim while she was hawking groundnuts along with pretense to buy groundnuts from her. The suspect attacked and pushed her inside the vehicle and forcefully had …

The Paris Assize Court sentenced rapper MHD to 18 years in prison for the murder in Paris in 2018 of a young man, lynched as part of a settling of scores between rival gangs. The rapper denied on Wednesday having participated in the murder of the young man but was …

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, …

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 …