AFRICA

Different types of people live in the world and they also have their own different and unique traditions. Some of these traditions are still fine, but sometimes we get to hear such things, on hearing which we get scared. A similar funeral tradition is followed in the South American tribe of …

Anestine, a disturbed Congolese woman whose husband killed their eight-month-old child during church services, describes the incident. The woman discloses that she completed her education before marrying her husband, their marriage was wonderful, and everything appears to be going well for them. But when her husband started having extramarital affairs …

Sales of diamonds from Botswana reached record levels last year due to Western buyers shunning Russian stones and steady global demand for diamond jewellery. Botswana generates almost a third of its revenue and around 70% of its foreign exchange earnings from diamonds. Almost a third of the world’s diamonds would …

A 40-year-old housewife, Charity Upev, and her son, Tertsea, have been remanded in a custodial centre in Benue State for allegedly beating in-law, Fanen, to death over meat.   The police charged Charity and her son with criminal conspiracy and culpable homicide.   Magistrate Roseline Iyorshe of the Makurdi Chief Magistrates? …

A Kenyan landlord has put up his tenant’s underwear for auction following a row over rent he’s being owed.   The auction notice appeared in the local dailies on Monday, January 30, 2023. Nyaluoyo Auctioneers said they were instructed by the landlord of one Zachariah Sichenje Masika, to auction 4 men’s underwear and 4 female underwear belonging to the …

Two Nigerians, Gbemisola Akinrinade and Adebowale Adiatu, have been arrested by the Canadian police for allegedly enriching themselves with the proceeds from the sales of valid flight tickets to unsuspecting customers. According to Canada Today, the suspects fraudulently sold more than 250 airline tickets at a value of more than $500,000 in …

Five persons have died and seven others injured when a mining pit collapsed on them in Rukku community in Barkin-Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau State.   The incident occurred on Saturday, January 28, 2023, when some local miners went to the mining site in the community to mine solid minerals.   …

Former President John Dramani Mahama of Ghana is concerned about the continued stay in office of some of his former peers. Mahama is questioning why octuagenarians and nonagenarians continue to run for and stay in political office despite the obvious challenges of capacity and health in some cases. But who …

Women and girls have been flogged by militiamen in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo for wearing short skirts or trousers, the government said on Saturday, vowing to punish the perpetrators. Prime Minister Jean-Michel Sama Lukonde “condemned the degrading and inhuman abuses by the militiamen” from the armed Malaika group, …

After a 19-year-old maid stole $200 from a couple, they tied her up, tortured her, and poured boiling water into her genitals. When Thembelani Moyo and Sibongile Mpofu, a Filabusi couple who lives in Vukuzenzele town and works at Senga Slope Pant Mine, discovered that the $200 they kept in …