AFRICA

United Nations agencies say 27 people have died after their migrant boat ran into trouble in the Atlantic off the coast of Mauritania earlier this week. The UN’s refugee agency and the International Organization for Migration said the boat’s engine failed as it tried to reach Spain’s Canary Islands – …

Governor Bala Mohammed in Nigeria’s Bauchi state has sent tongues wagging after appointing an aide for divorcees. There was public derision after an appointment letter confirming Balaraba Ibrahim as “Special Assistant to the governor on Women Affairs (Unmarried)”, surfaced on social media. Government officials in the north-east state have told …

South African dancer, Zodwa Wabantu risked exposing too much as she bent to clean her house while wearing only a t-shirt. Zodwa Wabantu sent shockwaves to many when she decided to do her household chore p.a.nty-less. The socialite flaunted her raw behind and many asked her why was she not …

Popcaan took to Twitter to jokingly bash out at a fan who drew the ghost version of him. Popcaan commented on viral drawings of himself on his official Instagram page. The drawings clearly had him looking so different. Commenting on the image, Popcaan wrote: “yow me ago dis bomboclaat somebody …

Muslims in Nigeria’s biggest city, Lagos, will hold their Friday prayers in mosques for the first time in nearly four months. Churches will resume services on Sunday. All places of worship were closed in March because of the coronavirus pandemic. Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu said the reopening was a …

Gauteng police rescued a victim of mob justice who allegedly spent two days partially buried in a makeshift grave at Avalon Cemetery in Soweto, south of Johannesburg. On Monday at approximately 11:00, police responded to a call from a security guard who had found a 31-year-old man buried waist-deep in …

Social media users have showered praises on an Ethiopian nanny after she saved her master’s child during the massive explosion at Beirut. In a video currently making rounds on social media, the nanny who is yet to be known was seen mopping the floor while the child was playing around …

An elderly man was tied up and beaten and his wife and two young daughters raped during a robbery at their home in Muldersdrift, north of Johannesburg, over the weekend. According to police spokesperson Constable Boitumelo Sehloho, three men, two of them armed with handguns, forced their way into the …

Four people were detained after the shocking discovery of three bodies in a grave in a yard in Olievenhoutsbosch near Centurion in Gauteng. Provincial spokesperson Brigadier Mathapelo Peters said the detention of the four was pending confirmation by forensics that they were murdered. “This comes after police on Tuesday evening, …

Four people have died after two structures caught fire in separate incidents in Cape Town on Wednesday. Cape Town Fire and Rescue services found two men and a woman burnt to death after they received an alert of a fire at an informal settlement in Phase 2, PW Mama Way …