AFRICA

Visiting Belgian King Philippe on Wednesday personally handed back a traditional mask looted from DR Congo during its troubled colonial period. King Philippe, who arrived in Kinshasa on Tuesday for his maiden visit to Africa’s former biggest Belgian colony, was not even born yet when the mask was looted. But …

Medics across the world are keeping their fingers crossed in the hope that a recent breakthrough in cancer drug trial will swiftly move through relevant approvals. In drug trials conducted by researchers from New York’s Memorial Sloan Kettering (MSK) Cancer Center, all the 12 patients had their cancer successfully treated. …

A 40-yaer old Harare man has been charged with criminal nuisance after he claimed on social media that he was an agent for a syndicate harvesting human body parts. David Kaseke (40), a cellphone dealer who operates at Ximex Mall in the capital, appeared before magistrate Meenal Narotam yesterday. The …

Some sex workers in Zimbabwe have reportedly resorted to using bread packets as contraception as the price of condoms and basic essentials continues to rise. A 21-year old sex worker from Mutare who spoke to Manica Post, revealed that she started sex work at 16, and bread packaging was being used as a …

Six people have been confirmed dead in the tragedy that befell the Obinze community in the Owerri West Local Government Area of Imo State. Our correspondent had reported that 12 family members were found unconscious on Monday in a room in their house. Four of the family members were confirmed …

Precious Sibalo is a Zimbabwean airline pilot who started as a waitress and a flight attendant. Sibalo grew up in a high population density suburb in Zimbabwe where she nurtured her dream of becoming a pilot after a school trip to an airport. She noticed there was no female pilot …

Four people have been killed in a mass shooting in Khayelitsha, Cape Town. Detectives from the Western Cape Organised Crime Unit have launched an investigation into the shooting at the Madiba supermarket in Sulani Drive in Site B, Khayelitsha, on Tuesday at around 19:00. Police spokesperson Brigadier Novela Potelwa said unknown …

The horrific events that unfolded in Aisha Namara’s life on April 1, 2022 are still engraved on her memory like a daily nightmare. On the fateful day, the 38-year-old bar proprietor in Lyantonde town council in Lyantonde District who has been bedridden for over two months now experienced what later …

At least 20 people have been killed in a new massacre in DR Congo’s eastern province of Ituri, a respected monitor said on Monday, adding that the notorious ADF militia were suspected. Several houses were also burnt down in the attack. The attack took place overnight in the village of …

Embroiled in a burglary scandal, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa will appear before his party’s Integrity Commission, the ruling African National Congress (ANC) said Monday. The ANC “welcomed and commended the decision by the president to voluntarily present himself to the ANC Integrity Commission”, it said in a statement, without …