Egypt’s president Abdel Fattah al-Sissi has pardoned jailed rights activist Patrick Zaki and lawyer Mohammed al-Baqer, state media reported. The news comes a day after an emergency court found Mr Zaki guilty of “spreading false news” and sentenced him to three years in prison. The judgement, based on an article …
Read More »“Wagner activities will continue in Africa” Yevgeny Prigozhin
Russia’s private military company Wagner boss, Yevgeny Prigozhin, has told Afrique Media TV that his mercenaries will continue working in African countries where they are present. “We continue to work in all the countries where we started or are now doing this work of co-operation and development,” he said in …
Read More »South Africa adopts sign language as official language
South African authorities have adopted sign language as the country’s 12th official language, local media reported. President Cyril Ramaphosa formally approved the Sign Language Bill into law during a ceremony in Pretoria. Some of the country’s other languages are Afrikaans, English, Xhosa and Zulu. South Africa is the fourth country …
Read More »Ghana: 10-day-old baby dies during circumcision
A 10-day-old baby has died at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology Hospital in a suspected case of medical negligence in Kumasi, Ghana, reports said. “The baby was sent to the facility for a male circumcision procedure and suffered cardiac arrest during the procedure,” reports said. He died …
Read More »British intelligence calls on Russians to become spies for London
British foreign intelligence chief on Wednesday called on Russians “appalled” by their country’s invasion of Ukraine, to join his services in London, in a rare public appeal for new operatives. In a speech in Prague, Richard Moore, head of MI6, said that “many Russians today are silently appalled at the …
Read More »Bishop sends nude photos to nephew’s wife
A Zion Christian Church bishop sent nude photos and asked for love from his nephew’s wife in Zimbabwe, according to reports. The church is at the brink of splitting after the act of the bishop. “The bishop wanted his nephew’s wife to be his fourth lover, as he already has three …
Read More »Tunisia accused of mistreating black Africans
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has accused Tunisian security agents of committing “serious abuses” against black African migrants attempting to get to Europe. The campaign group said it had interviewed more than 20 migrants and asylum seekers since March. Seven were among more than 1,000 black Africans expelled or forcibly transferred …
Read More »Uganda: a virgin gives birth to a baby boy
A woman claims to have been miraculously pregnant, giving birth to a healthy baby boy, despite retaining her virginity in Uganda, according to reports. The Ugandan community is grappling with an extraordinary case that has left medical experts bewildered and questioning the boundaries of science while residents are living in …
Read More »President Putin will not attend Brics summit in South Africa
Russian President Vladimir Putin will not attend the Brics summit being held in August, local media reported, citing South African presidency. An arrest warrant has been issued against Mr Putin by International Criminal Court (ICC) for alleged war crimes in Ukraine. South Africa is an ICC signatory and so would …
Read More »Police raid suburb of Las Vegas 27 years after Tupac’s death
Twenty-seven years after Tupac’s death, the investigation into the murder of one of music history’s greatest rappers appears to be continuing. In a press release, Las Vegas police said a search took place on Monday July 17 in Henderson, Nevada, in the western United States. ABC News, citing a police …
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