AFRICA

A man is currently on the run as Police officers in Bungoma County, Kenya are searching for  him for burning his daughter’s thighs and private parts with a hot iron. The man, who resides in Bukembe market, is said to have committed the cruel act on Saturday and then disappeared …

The COVID-19 outbreak continues to evolve in the Africa region since it was first detected in Algeria on 25 February. As of 24 July, the World Health Organisation (WHO) reports 638,903 cumulative cases in 47 African countries,10,000 of which are healthcare workers. In a virtual press conference on 23 July, WHO regional …

COVID-19, the respiratory disease caused by the virus has killed 114 more people on Sunday, pushing the death toll to 6 769. Of the additional deaths, 34 were reported in Limpopo, 30 in the Western Cape, 29 in Gauteng, 12 in KwaZulu-Natal, seven in the Eastern Cape and two in the …

Two people have been shot dead in a church in Centurion on Sunday after they allegedly stormed in during a service and proceeded to rob the congregants at gunpoint. According to police, three individuals entered the church in Wierda Park and robbed the churchgoers of their personal belongings. One of …

Zambian MP Princess Kasune Zulu, who is living with HIV and is a prominent AIDS activist, has announced that she has tested positive for Covid-19. Ms Zulu, a member of the opposition United Party for National Development, was tested last Thursday. Some 15 Zambian MPs have so far tested positive …

Leaders of the West Africa regional grouping Ecowas will hold an extraordinary summit on Monday to propose measures to resolve the political crisis in Mali. The virtual summit comes after two missions to Mali’s capital, Bamako, failed to reconcile the government of embattled President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta and opposition groups …

26-year-old Pwadimadi Zeham, pictured above, has been arrested by men of the Adamawa state police command, for allegedly raping a four-year-old girl in the state. Disclosing this to newsmen, the spokesperson of the police command, DSP Suleiman Nguroje, said Zeham was arrested last Thursday July 23 in Numan town in …

News circulating online reveals how a headteacher in Tanzania made it during to openly discipline by caning his student together with a fake parent he brought to represent him at the school. In the footage available to us from Nairobi News, the headteacher is spotted making an address at the …

All 68 inmates who escaped from a jail in South Africa’s Western Cape on Friday have been rearrested, the government says. Prison officials were praised for “restoring stability” following a two-day manhunt. The break-out happened after inmates at Malmesbury Prison “overpowered” staff during an exercise session. They then locked three …

FIFA has slapped Guinea-Bissau Football Association President Manuel Nascimento with a 10-year ban from all football-related activities for “his involvement and participation in an incident of mob justice.” A fiery critic of CAF President Ahmad Ahmad and FIFA Secretary-General Fatma Samoura, Nascimento was also ordered to pay 100,000 Swiss francs …