Gunmen attack mosque in Kenya, kill 7
Seven people were killed in eastern Kenya on Thursday after gunmen opened fire on a mosque, officials said. According to the Associated Press, eight gunmen armed with AK 47 rifles shot at a mosque in...
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Cameroon court frees two men jailed five years for “looking gay&...
Two men who were sentenced to five years in jail for “looking gay” and ordering Bailey’s Irish Cream have been acquitted by a Cameroon court. The Court of Appeals decision comes aft...
10 crushed to death, 120 injured in Angola church event
Ten people were crushed to death and 120 injured in the Angolan capital Luanda as they tried to enter an overcrowded stadium for a vigil organised by a Pentecostal church, the state news agency Angop...
60 die in Ivory Coast stampede
A celebratory New Year’s fireworks display in Abidjan took a tragic turn when a stampede afterward left at least 60 people dead and 200 injured. A rescue official told Reuters news agency that ...
Three women gang rape soldier, leave him unconscious in bush
A Zimbabwean soldier was reportedly drugged and raped by three women on the outskirts of Gweru town. His unconscious body was dumped into a nearby bush and after regaining consciousness, the soldier ...
Five children, all under age 10, found dead in Nairobi slum
Three boys and two girls, all under the age of 10, were found dead in a Nairobi slum, the Nation reported on Thursday. Neighbours found the bodies of the young victims on Thursday morning in Nairobi&...
126 rapes in eastern DRC in November
Johannesburg – The United Nations has documented 126 cases of rape in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, after Congolese soldiers fled advancing rebel troops of the M23 movement. “Nine...
Is that former President Obasanjo dancing “Gangnam Style” ...
Is former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo breaking it down “Gangnam Style”? This video was posted up on Channels Television’s YouTube channel with the following description: Fo...
24-year old man arrested, caught with 15 prostitutes
Information Nigeria – In a first of its kind, a Harare man appeared in court jointly charged with 15 commercial sex workers after they were nabbed during a police round up on ‘thigh’ vendors op...
South Africa smuggler swallowed diamonds, police say
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South African police have arrested a 25-year-old man suspected of attempting to smuggle 220 diamonds out of the country in his digestive tract through Johannesburg̵...