AFRICA

  A seven-year-old girl who was grabbing hold of a banana was bitten by a venomous snake.   The bothrops jararaca is Brazil’s fourth most dangerous snake with its venom capable of inflicting necrosis and limb loss,   At around 6.30am on Thursday, Dec. 1, a girl woke up at …

Archaeologists have shown evidence that land situated off the Zambezi River in Botswana is the ancestral home of modern humans. Modern humans are believed to have settled at this site for at least 70,000 years. The location was also the original home of early men in Africa some 200,000 years …

A 17-year-old man from Nandi County has been arrested for killing his father over family issues. The young man exchanged words with his 42-year-old father, which led to a fight between them and the father was beaten and killed by his son. The CID said the father and son fought …

Most homes have a wall lizard or gecko, which is not poisonous at all. It only counts the number of bugs. The heloderma, which is also called the gila monster and the beaded lizard, is the only poisonous lizard in the world. Near the Gila river in the south-western United …

A white garment prophet was recently sentenced to 12 months in prison for carəssing his client’s privatəs and f0ndling her brəasts during a ‘healing’ session. He will, however, only have to stay in jail for six months because he was good during the first six months of his sentence. Simbarashe …

  Emergency search and rescue teams recovered the bodies of seven people yesterday morning, bringing the death toll to nine. Later in the afternoon five more bodies were retrieved from the river, raising the number to 14. As the mission continues along the river for the missing people, Renqe recalled …

A young man who led a gang to attack a mortuary, stab dead bodies and destroy hearses has been arrested. The surprising attack reportedly took place at Yatta Funeral Home in Kenya’s Machakos County on Sunday. According to TV 47, the 30-year-old suspect is the son of the owner of the …

A three-year-old girl has died following severe flogging by her 25-year-old father for entering a neighbour’s room. Nigeria’s Delta State police have arrested the young father, identified as Godsgift Uweghwerhen and he is assisting them with investigations. The suspect committed the heartless crime in the Aladja community of the Udu Local Government …

One Kehinde Adeleke, 62, and his 19-year-old son, Ayomide, have both been arrested by the Gender Section operatives of the Lagos police, for allegedly gang-raping his biological daughter, who is equally a blood sister to Ayomide, getting her pregnant in the process. According to P.M.EXPRESS, the incident occurred at Enelu …

Johannesburg emergency services will continue the search for church members who were swept away by flash floods at the Jukskei River as the death toll rises to 14. The incident happened during a baptism ceremony at the Jukskei River near Sandton, north of Johannesburg, on Saturday night. Johannesburg emergency services …