Category Archives: AFRICA

Current headlines in Africa

“Virgin cleansing” – HIV positive father rapes 2-yea...

April 26, 2013 no comments

Here is some truly disturbing news. Police in Guateng are investigating a HIV positive father who allegedly raped his two-year-old daughter because he believed “sex with a virgin would cure him...

Desmond Tutu admitted to Cape Town hospital

April 24, 2013 no comments

Euronews – South African Archbishop and peace campaigner Desmond Tutu is in a Cape Town hospital being treated for a persistent infection. A statement released by his charity, the Desmond and L...

Kidnapped French family of seven released in Cameroon

April 19, 2013 no comments

Cameroon authorities have confirmed that the French family of seven, including four children, kidnapped in the north of the country and taken to Nigeria by suspected Boko Haram militants, have been f...

Africa’s first gay traditional wedding (video)

April 11, 2013 no comments

A gay couple, Tshepo Modisane and Thoba Sithol, made history this month in their small hometown in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, when they were joined together in holy matrimony in a first traditional...

“We will not allow gays here” – Gambian president wa...

April 5, 2013 no comments

Gambia’s President Yahya Jammeh has said “there will be no mercy” for gay and lesbian citizens, warning that those caught in the act will “regret” being born. During a s...

Over 500 students suffer food poisoning in Cairo

April 2, 2013 no comments

More than 500 students from Cairo’s Al-Azhar University suffered food poisoning after eating at a student hostel, Egyptian Health Ministry reported on Tuesday. Media reports put the number of a...

Nelson Mandela in good spirits – South Africa officials

March 29, 2013 no comments

South Africa officials have assured that Nelson Mandela, who is back in the hospital for a recurring lung infection, is in good spirits. The former president and icon was admitted on Wednesday night ...

China’s Xi Jinping to intensify ties with Africa

March 25, 2013 no comments

China’s new leader Xi Jinping has vowed to intensify ties with African nations. Xi described Africa as a “continent of hope and promise.” He was speaking in Tanzania in a conference...

7-year-old raped and left for dead

March 18, 2013 no comments

A seven-year-old girl has died in a Makhado hospital after she was raped and left for dead in a street, Limpopo police said on Sunday. She died in the Elim Hospital on Saturday night, Brigadier Hangw...

How 60-year-old South African runner escaped rape four times

March 13, 2013 no comments

Ntombiyezwi Zulu, a 60-year-old runner and member of the Zulu royal family has escaped four rape attempts in the past six months, she told the Times Lives. The South African runner has been an athlet...