AFRICA

A two-year-old boy was shot and a man killed in Bonteheuwel, Cape Town, on Wednesday night, Western Cape police have said. The victims are reportedly father and son, the local ward councillor said. The shots rang out at about 19:15, police spokesperson Captain FC van Wyk said. “Crime scene experts …

The Gambia has demanded a “credible” investigation after the son of a diplomat was shot dead by US police. Thirty-nine-year-old Momodou Lamin Sisay was shot after a car chase in Georgia on Friday morning, according to the preliminary investigation by Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI). He was pronounced dead on the scene. …

In three years, Isaac Mbatha got used to the lack of space, running water and electricity in a tent he shared with his wife and three children in Wilgespruit, a township on the outskirts of Johannesburg. But he never got used to the rain. The coronavirus brought an unexpected respite …

For raping a baby that was 2 years 9-month-old to death, a Kaduna State High Court sitting at Dogarawa Sabon Gari Zaria has convicted one Usman Shehu Bashir of Dogarawa area to death by hanging. While delivering judgment on Wednesday, Justice Kabir Dabo said the judgment passed was under section …

Equatorial Guinea has told the World Health Organization (WHO) representative to leave, the AFP news agency reports citing a document from the foreign ministry and a source at the UN health agency. The country accuses Triphonie Nkurunziza of “falsifying” the country’s tally of coronavirus cases. “We don’t have a problem …

Just as Nigerians are trying to get over the unfortunate death of Uwa and Tina, another story of the same sort is coming in from Ibadan. 18-year-old Bello Barakat a student of the Institute of Agricultural Research And Training IAR&T in Ibadan, Oyo state was allegedly murdered by armed robbers after she …

Two people have died and 15 others seriously injured in a minibus taxi crash in Cape Town on Wednesday, with the driver allegedly fleeing the scene. And in a second incident, one person was killed after a motorist allegedly jumped a robot and drove in the wrong lane, colliding with …

The Gauteng High Court in Pretoria has ordered that any person who has tested positive for Covid-19 cannot be forced to quarantine be or isolated at a state facility if that person is able to successfully self-quarantine. The order, which was handed down on Wednesday, follows an agreement between AfriForum …

In a shock twist, the mother of six-year-old Alexia Nyamadzawo, whose body was found in sugar-cane fields on the KwaZulu-Natal north coast on Tuesday, appeared in the Umhlali Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday on a murder charge. Fungai Nyamadzawo appeared briefly on Wednesday, and has also been charged with two counts …

The Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) says it is investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a sex worker while in police custody in Cape Town in April. The Sex Workers Education and Advocacy Taskforce (SWEAT), Sisonke, the National Movement of Sex Workers and Triangle Project have called for an investigation …