AFRICA

AUDIO: SA Home Affairs gazettes new tougher laws for refugees & asylum seekers

Listen to the full interview below… Home Affairs Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi has gazetted the Refugees Amendment Act, which came into effect from 1 January. The amended act has new rules for refugees and asylum seekers in South Africa. Speaking to Clement Manyathela on the Xolani Gwala Show, Dr Motsoaledi …

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BUSTED! Man gets burnt while trying to steal cables from a transformer

26-year-old Ojo Ibrahim presented above, got himself consumed while attempting to vandalize a transformer at Araromi road in Ijebu-Ijesa in Oriade Local Government Area of Osun state. As per the state police direction, Ojo had gone to the transformer house in the dead of the night when force supply had …

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BREAKING: Man Commits Suicide Over ‘Unsuccessful Bets’

OccupyGh.com has stumbled on a sad story of a 27-year-old man identified as Meshack Keith Bwisa, has been found dead after being declared missing since December 25. The deceased said to be an employee of the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) — registry department — in Kakamega, was found after his relatives …

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Zimbabwe vice-president’s wife freed on bail

A court in Zimbabwean has freed the estranged wife of Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga on $50,000 (£38,000) bail following her arrest last month on charges of attempting to murder him, and of being involved in fraud and money laundering. Marry Mubaiwa was ordered to surrender her diplomatic passport and the title …

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Drama as pastor kills wife during church service

A Kenyan pastor reportedly stabbed his wife multiple times during a church service and then killed himself with the same knife in a murder-suicide witnessed by a shocked congregation. On Sunday, Elijah Misiko, an assistant pastor with the Ground for God’s Gospel Church in Mombasa, left his front-row seat and …

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Nigerian Diaspora Commission denounces ‘unauthorised’ Door of Return campaign

The Nigerian Diaspora Commission has said a campaign dubbed ‘Door of Return’ that has been trending on social media does not have authorisation. The Commission said in a post on Twitter that it disassociates itself from the campaign that has been criticised widely for copying Ghana’s successful Year of Return …

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PHOTOS: How man slept with A widow and her two daughters after deceiving Them

Details have emerged how an artisan deceived a mother and her two daughters before taking advantage of them. An artisan, Monsuru Adesiyan a.k.a. Oba Idan has been arrested after allegedly deceiving a widow and her two daughters into sleeping with him. It was gathered that Adesiyan lured the widow into …

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SA: Eight lions killed in North West ‘poisoning’

Eight lions at a North West bush lodge have been killed during an alleged poisoning, police have confirmed. The carcasses were found on Friday morning at the Predators Rock Bush Lodge, near Rustenburg. Their paws and snouts were cut and removed, said police spokesperson Sabata Mokgwabone. “A case of illegal …

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South Africa’s Eskom extends power cuts into Monday

South Africa’s struggling state power firm Eskom said on Sunday that it would extend electricity cuts until 5 a.m. local time (0300 GMT) on Monday. Eskom said late on Saturday that it would cut up to 2,000 megawatts (MW) from the national grid from 2000 GMT on Saturday until 0600 …

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Libya conflict may become ‘fierce war’ – Hafter

The commander of Libya’s east-based government, Khalifa Hafter said “men and women” would bear arms “to defend our land” after Turkey authorised the deployment of troops to support the UN-backed government in Tripoli, in the country’s west. On Friday, Khalifa Hafter said that his government, which is seeking to capture …

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