AFRICA

It’s a heart wrenching scene in the occupied West Bank in Ramallah. Palestinians help to evacuate those wounded during clashes with Israeli security forces. The incident occurred at a protest to voice concerns against the latest round of tensions. Calls for a ceasefire continue to mount following the escalating attacks. …

Ahmad Isah of the Brekete family has been severely criticized for hitting a woman in a TBEN interview. The rights activist, alias Ordinary President, hosts a program on Human Rights Radio 101.1 in Abuja, the capital of Nigeria. Isah rose to fame for using her platform to help citizens spread …

Ghana’s President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, is calling for the restructuring of the global financial architecture, so it can respond better to the needs of Africa. He has also asked for the cancellation of debts owed by African countries, in the wake of the COVID-19pandemic. Taking his turn to address the Summit …

• The Rasta Society of Kenya is in court over criminalization of weed smoking • RSK wants court to declare smoking a means of connecting with their maker • A court in 2019 said Rastafarianism was a religion Adherents of the Rastafarian faith in Kenya have gone to court over …

Patricia de Lille will be in court today for Jacob Zuma’s corruption trial as the first witness to take the stand. While the state is ready to proceed with the trial, the proceedings are likely to be adjourned as Zuma’s new legal team will have to familiarise itself with the …

  Sudan’s military said Saturday it has handed over to the attorney general the findings of an investigation into the killing of two demonstrators at a recent rally that called for justice for victims of violence against protesters in 2019. The Sudan Tribune reported separately that seven army personnel had …

The Islamic State-backed faction of Boko Haram, the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), formerly known as Jamā’at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da’wah wa’l-Jihād, has released photographs of militants belonging to the sect observing Eid-el-Fitr prayers at different locations in Nigeria. While the date of the event is unknown, Eid-el-Fitr was celebrated …

Natasha Joubert, SA’s Miss Universe hopeful. Image: Supplied/Miss SA Pretoria’s Natasha Joubert, 23, is hoping to inherit the Miss Universe crown from fellow South African Zozibini Tunzi during the pageant’s glam finale in the US on Sunday. If Joubert clinches the title, it’ll be only the second time in the pageant’s …

IMAGE COPYRIGHTREUTERSimage captionPolice vehicles were also destroyed in the clashes outside Martyrs’ Stadium Twenty-nine people have been sentenced to death in the Democratic Republic of Congo in connection with Eid violence that erupted in the capital, Kinshasa. One police officer was killed and dozens of others were injured in clashes …

  The Ashanti Regional National Security Coordinator, DCOP Ayensu Opare Addo (Rtd), has suffered the embarrassment of being handcuffed in his office. The security capo, who is a former Ashanti Regional Police Commander, allegedly, suffered his ordeal in the hands of Delta Force members, a vigilante group in the ruling …