AFRICA

    An Allanridge robber who raped a woman supervising pupils at a Free State school as well as a mother while her family was in their home has been sentenced to an effective 28 years in jail. Tshediso Samuel Seboholi, 31, from Nyakallo Township pleaded guilty to two counts …

    Three suspects were arrested by Mpumalanga police on Wednesday in connection with the alleged mob justice killing of a 33-year-old man who was beaten to death after being accused of theft. The incident happened in Mahushu Trust, Masoyi, on Tuesday and was reported to the police on the …

    Nigeria has rejected Ghana’s formal apology over a demolition exercise undertaken under at its High Commission here in Accra, describing it as a “direct attack on the Federal Republic of Nigeria which must not go unanswered”, mynewsgh.com reports. Nigerians lawmakers are therefore urged the Foreign Ministry to institute a …

    Members of Gabon’s lower house of parliament have voted to decriminalise homosexuality, becoming one of the few countries in sub-Saharan Africa to reverse a law that punishes sexual relations between people of the same sex. Last year, the central African nation criminalised homosexuality and made gay sex punishable …

      An ANC councillor was shot dead at his home in Umlazi in KwaZulu-Natal on Tuesday. Bhekithemba Phungula, who was also a branch chairperson, died in a hail of bullets as unknown assailants opened fire, the ANC in the eThekwini region said in a statement. Regional task team …

    Nigerian law enforcement officials have commenced an investigation into the allegation against a housewife, who reportedly damaged the genitals of her husband. One Omolara Seriki, a resident of Ikirun had reported her husband, Raheem Seriki, to the command, accusing him of shirking his responsibilities as husband and father. …

    In a major milestone for the country, the continent and the global fight against the pandemic the first participants from across Africa will be vaccinated this week in a South African A trial as the world searches for a prevention against acquiring Covid-19. Called The South African Ox1Cov-19 Vaccine …

    19 infections have surpassed the 100,000 mark after 4,288 new cases were reported on Monday, June 22, 2020. The positive cases are now sitting at 101,590, while close to 2,000 people have lost their lives. Of the new 61 COVID-19 related deaths reported, 39 are from the Western …

      After a massive outcry over his non-attendance in court earlier this year, citing ill health, former president Jacob Zuma is expected to appear in person at the Pietermaritzburg High Court on Tuesday for his corruption trial. The matter, well over a decade in the making, is on …

    The son of the Chief Imam of Isale Oja community in Agege, Abdulrahman Olayiwola, has been arrested by Lagos state police for allegedly stabbing his friend, identified simply as Pelumi, to death during an argument over a stolen phone. According to police sources, Pelumi had given Mr Olayiwola …