AFRICA

Equatorial Guinea ‘Orders WHO Official to Leave’ country

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 …

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Nigeria: Another girl, 18, raped and killed in Ibadan

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 …

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Taxi driver flees the scene after 2 killed, 15 injured in accident in Cape Town

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 …

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High court rules Covid-19 patients cannot be forced into state quarantine

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 …

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Mother of missing 6-year-old girl, charged for her murder

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 …

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Police watchdog investigating ‘baffling’ death of sex worker while in custody

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 …

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‘I reject Jesus as my saviour, Daddy Freeze explains why

Controversial Nigerian founder and the leader of Freenation, Daddy Freeze has publicly reject Jesus as his Saviour. Daddy Freeze rejected Jesus giving reasons that, the character of Jesus was created by the whites. The OAP said this on his Instagram page on last Sunday, a day set aside by most …

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Buhari backs Nigerian banker’s re-election at AfDB

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has backed the head of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Akinwumi Adesina’s re-election bid, despite allegations of corruption and abuse of office against him. Mr Adesina has denied all the allegations and was cleared of wrongdoing by an internal investigation, but US Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin …

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ICC Appeals Chamber lifts restrictions on Gbagbo

The restrictions that were placed on the former President of Cote d’Ivoire, Laurent Gbagbo, and his ex-Minister of Sports and Youth, Charles Blé Goudé, after being freed on all charges of crimes against humanity, have been lifted. The trial of the two politicians, for the crimes allegedly committed during post-electoral …

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Doctor bust three times for sick note racket released on bail

An East London medical doctor, who was arrested on Thursday for allegedly selling a sick note to an undercover Hawks agent, was released on R3 000 bail by the East London Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday. The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) said the fraud case against Dr Siphokazi Sokupa, 69, was …

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