AFRICA

Rescuers are digging through rubble after a gold mine collapsed in the Democratic Republic of Congo, leaving about 50 people feared dead. The mine near Kamituga town, in the east of the country, caved in on Friday amid torrential rain. Local officials say most of those feared dead are young …

His soft voice, silver moustache, and gentle demeanour gave George Bizos, the lawyer who famously defended Nelson Mandela and who has died aged 92, the appearance of a retired country doctor. And indeed, in person, he was famously courteous and deferential. No airs and graces – and no easy retirement …

Zambia’s President Edgar Lungu has announced the reopening of schools and bars as Covid-19 cases begin to slow. Addressing parliament in Lusaka on Friday, Mr Lungu said schools, colleges and universities would now reopen between 14 and 23 September. Only students in examination classes had been attending classes. Mr Lungu …

In a rather dramatic development, a chicken thief who was caught red-handed with a stolen cock hidden inside his jacket was allegedly forced to eat the whole raw chicken as punishment for his crime. Adwoaadubianews.com has established from a local publication that, an angry mob forced a chicken thief to …

The Republic of Liberia has lost her full membership rights at the African Union, is now an observer at the African Union, one without a voting right, from being a founder to a shocking rejected stone, one who understood the purpose for which the organization was founded. Over the past …

Controversial cross-dresser, Idris Okuneye, popularly known as Bobrisky, has claimed he is prettier than 90 percent of Nigerian ladies. He made this known on his Snapchat, Thursdays, September 10, 2020, while speaking about the hate people have for him. He also said most Nigerian girls want to be popular like …

A professor at a Nigerian State University has been caught pants down for allegedly demanding for sex from a married female student. The Imo State University professor, Emmanuel Agumuo, had allegedly made the sex demands after is seen initially collecting a bribe of 150,000 naira. In a video which has …

Free State police are investigating three cases of murder following the discovery of the bodies of three men at a farm in Fouriesburg, near to the Caledonspoort Port of entry between Lesotho and South Africa. A farm employee discovered the bodies on Thursday at about 16:30, police spokesperson Brigadier Motantsi …

South Africa’s rail freight company Transnet has suspended business dealings with the Chinese train manufacturer CRRC, over contract disputes, but it may have to reverse that ban to get its locomotives repaired. Transnet is taking legal action against the Chinese company to enforce payment on penalties levied against the company …

Lawmakers in Nigeria’s Kaduna State have approved surgical castration as punishment for those convicted of raping children under the age of 14. State governor Nasir Ahmad el-Rufai needs to sign the bill for it to become law in the north-western state. He has previously supported castration to prevent rapists from …