A senior police officer has been shot dead in Kenya after opening fire on a magistrate during a public trial in the capital Nairobi, local media reported. The chief inspector opened fire on Makadara Principal Magistrate Monica Kivuti shortly after she made a ruling in a case reportedly involving his …
Read More »“Lord, I feel like an amputee”, Pastor Marcello Tunasi in agony
Congolese pastor Marcello Tunasi published a poignant message this Thursday June 13 on his Facebook page to express his pain and dismay a few hours after his wife Blanche Odia Kandolo was brutally torn from his affection. “Lord, I feel amputated, I feel torn and floored. My breathing is like …
Read More »Three ruling party lawmakers charged with corruption in Uganda
Three Ugandan lawmakers, members of the ruling party have been charged with corruption for trying to influence a rights body to inflate its budget, Reuters reported. The three legislators – Mutembuli, Paul Akamba and Cissy Namujju Dionizia – were charged with corruption late on Wednesday at the High Court in …
Read More »Heavy toll after boat accident in DR Congo
Over 80 people have died in a boat accident on the River Kwa in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Mai-Ndombe province, the country’s presidency said on Wednesday, Reuters reported. Deadly boat accidents are common in the waters of Congo, where vessels are frequently loaded well beyond their capacity. The central …
Read More »More than 40 dead in residential building fire in Kuwait
More than 40 people have died in a fire that swept through a residential building housing workers in Kuwait’s southern Mangaf district. Dozens of residents of the building were injured in the blaze which broke out early on Wednesday morning. “We’re still confirming the death toll, there are lots of …
Read More »Zambia: 22 Chinese convicted of cybercrime
Twenty-two Chinese nationals have been sentenced to between 7 and 11 years in prison for cybercrime, including Internet fraud and online scams in Zambia. The chinese have been targeting Zambians and people from Singapore, Peru and the United Arab Emirates. They were also fined between $1,500 and $3,000 after pleading …
Read More »Celine Dion’s latest revelations about her illness
In an interview with People magazine, music star Celine Dion talks about the treatments she had to undergo during her fight against her illness. Suffering from stiff person syndrome for many years, for Céline Dion everything changed in August 2022 when the diagnosis officially fell. In December of that same …
Read More »Ghana: a man shoots his cousin dead
The 26-year-old man was arrested for shooting dead his cousin in Numeriso, near Jacobu, in the central district of Amansie, in Ghana’s Ashanti region. According to a police, “the suspect shot the deceased with a single-barrel gun, after which he fled the crime scene.” He was handed over to the …
Read More »“Economic reforms will continue despite difficulties” – Bola Tinubu
Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu said on Wednesday economic reforms would continue, despite increasing hardships that have fuelled public anger. Tinubu, who came to power a year ago, promised to send an executive bill to parliament soon to set a new minimum wage. In a television broadcast to mark Democracy Day, …
Read More »How Google wants to discourage thieves from stealing your smartphone
The American giant Google announced on Tuesday that Brazil would be the first country to test a system using artificial intelligence (AI) to automatically block smartphones using the Android system in the event of theft. The largest country in Latin America was not chosen by chance: there are nearly two …
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