South Africa’s parliament is expected to hold a special sitting on Tuesday to debate a report by a panel of legal experts which found that President Cyril Ramaphosa may have broken his oath of office. This is in connection with the Phala Phala farm scandal hanging over the president, in …
Read More »Royal Air Maroc plans 30 flights to carry Moroccan fans to Doha
Morocco’s Royal Air Maroc will operate 30 special flights to carry soccer fans from Casablanca to Doha for the country’s Wednesday World Cup semifinal game against France, the airline said on Monday. The flights would depart on Tuesday and Wednesday, it said. To the delight of Moroccans, and not just …
Read More »Ghanaian police shot and killed two robbers
Two armed robbers were shot and another arrested by the police in connection with the attack at Caprice in Accra, where a woman was attacked, shot and robbed. The incident occurred at the Gomoa Buduburam bus station in the Gomoa East district of the Central Region. The robbers engaged in …
Read More »Two students arrested for raping a young girl
Two secondary school students of Monatan High School, Ibadan, have been arrested for raping a 17-year-old girl in the Oluyole Local Government Area in Nigeria. The victim was lured into an unfinished building and raped by the suspects. Her schoolmates threatened to expose her if she didn’t settled them financially …
Read More »Amnesty criticizes Senegal for its failures in the management of “talibé children”
Amnesty criticizes Senegal for its failures in the fight against the abuse of students in Koranic schools and their financial exploitation, in a report published on Monday, calling on Dakar to “strong acts” to protect them. “Tens of thousands of talibé children (students in Koranic schools commonly known as daaras) …
Read More »Nigeria: old man arrested for defiling niece
Nigerian police arrested a 75-year-old man, for defiling his four-year-old niece in the Obi Local Government Area, local media reported. The investigation revealed that the suspect lured his niece into his room and purposely had illegal carnal relations with her, as they both live in the same house. She was …
Read More »Zimbabwe judge hanged himself after killing his wife
A 36-year-old judge who was declared wanted by the police over the brutal murder of his wife, hanged himself in a church in Zimbabwe. He strangled his wife to death with his bare hands and went on to rape her corpse in front of their children, a 12-year-old daughter and …
Read More »Elon Musk takes on Anthony Fauci, White House Covid-19 adviser
Elon Musk violently attacked Dr. Anthony Fauci, the outgoing White House adviser on the Covid-19 pandemic, on Sunday in a tweet that immediately caused controversy. “My pronouns are prosecute/Fauci,” the wealthy Twitter boss wrote, in an allusion to the right-wing campaign to sue Dr. Fauci for alleged crimes related to …
Read More »Brigitte Macron receives Ukrainian First Lady Olena Zelenska
The Ukrainian First Lady is due to meet her French counterpart Brigitte Macron at the Élysée on Monday, local media reported. This is Olena Zelenska’s first visit to France since the start of the war in Ukraine. The two first ladies met in September on the sidelines of the UN …
Read More »Nigerian star Wizkid apologizes to Ghana people
Famous Nigerian musician Wizkid has apologized to Ghanaians for not showing up for his scheduled performance at Accra Sports Stadium on Saturday. The Nigerian superstar was due to appear at the Accra Sports stadium on Saturday. But he was a no-show, leaving many of his Ghanaians fans angry, including those …
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