AFRICA

Obrafour’s defamation lawsuit: Delay renders apology [Video]

Host of Delay show, Deloris Frimpong Manso, has finally rendered an unqualified apology to music legend Obrafour over a ‘misinforming’ interview. Delay asked a pressing question which led interviewee Ayisha Modi to make some accusations against Obrafour. Miss Modi alleged she supported many musicians back in the days, citing Obrafour’s …

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Off-Duty Police Constable Shot Dead

An off-duty police officer was shot and killed in Samora Machel on Wednesday night. According to police, the officer and his two friends were sitting in a vehicle when they were attacked. The two men were injured and Constable Khanyisa Sitofile died in hospital in Lentegeur. “Twenty-nine-year-old Constable Sitofile, who …

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Two missing boys found dead inside locked vehicle

Limpopo police commissioner, Lieutenant-General Nneke Ledwaba has expressed shock and sadness at “the continuous incidents affecting minor children in the province”. This after the Monday night gruesome discovery of the two boys’ lifeless bodies in Ga-Maupa village. “It is alleged that the deceased went missing while attending a local church …

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Man shot, dumped in bushes after alleged robbery

The suspects led police to the location of the victim’s body. Police followed up on the disappearance of a Scottburgh man. They found his home splattered with blood and three vehicles missing.Three suspects were later arrested and led police to the 34-year-old man’s body.KwaZulu-Natal police have arrested three men who …

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I enjoyed his love making – Rape victim tells court

A Botswana rape victim has stunned a court procession after she opened up on getting absolute satisfaction from her abuser’s love making process and refused to testify against him. New Zimbabwe reported that prosecutors in Botswana were left stunned when one of the rape victims (name not supplied) who was raped …

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PHOTOS: 6 Year Old Girl Raped and Dumped At The Cemetery

A six-year-old girl identified as Aisha Ya’u allegedly was reportedly raped and murdered by unknown person in Kumashi, Kaduna South Local Government.   Her lifeless body was found dumped at a cemetery near her home on Sunday, November 8, few hours after she was declared missing. A family source, who …

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Militant Islamists ‘behead more than 50’ in Mozambique

More than 50 people have been beheaded in northern Mozambique by militant Islamists, state media report. The militants turned a football pitch in a village into an “execution ground”, where they decapitated and chopped bodies, other reports said. Several people were also beheaded in another village, state media reported. The …

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Sad story of how this beautiful girl died

Alichia Adams is one of the ladies who died in the fatal Rolls Royce crash with Zimbabwean socialite Genius ‘Ginimbi’ Kadungure. Two others who also died documented their time at the club for popular fitness bunny and socialite Mimie Moana’s birthday celebration before the accident. She was a model and …

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Mandela foundation ‘celebrates’ Trump’s defeat

The Nelson Mandela Foundation has “celebrated” the projected defeat of Donald Trump’s presidency and urged President-elect Joe Biden to fix the problems of “racism, sexism, xenophobia and Afrophobia”. “It is with a sense of relief that we have seen President Donald Trump defeated in the US presidential election. Like many …

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Jerusalema producer Master KG wins MTV award

South African artist and music producer Master KG of Jerusalema fame has ended the four-year domination by Nigerian artists in the MTV Europe Music Awards to win the Best Africa Act award. Master KG thanked everyone who made Jerusalema a world-wide hit. It currently has more than 220 million views …

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Guinea’s Conde takes victory lap after court declares him president

A day after being declared Guinea’s president for a controversial third term by the constitutional court, incumbent Alpha Conde staged an hour-long walkabout in Conakry on Sunday But the 82-year-old did so with bodyguards surrounding him after his main opponent Cellou Dalein Diallo called for resistance “by all legal means”. …

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Coronavirus: Another lockdown possible if cases rise – GMA warns

The General Secretary of the Ghana Health Service, Dr Titus Bayuo, has described as not surprising the rise in COVID-19 cases in the country. Dr Bayuo states that government was warned by the association months ago that the lifting of restrictions and the non-compliance of Ghanaians in adhering to safety measures could …

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Man and four teens perish in house fire

A Durban community tried to break windows and remove burglar guards of a home on fire in Ndwedwe, but they could not save a 45-year-old man and four teenagers on Sunday afternoon. The anguished screams of the man and four teenagers, aged between 13 and 16, could be heard as …

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Popular socialite dies in fiery Rolls Royce crash 

Popular fuel trader and socialite, Genius Kadungure, popularly known as Ginimbi, was killed in a fiery high-speed car crash early on Sunday. He was 36. Kadungure was returning home to Domboshava, just outside Harare, after celebrating a friend’s birthday at around 5:am when witnesses say his Rolls Royce had a …

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Eight people killed in four separate road crashes

Eight people have been killed in four separate road crashes on Saturday night in the Gauteng province. According to Gauteng Traffic Police Spokesperson, Obed Sibasa, the first major crash was reported in Sebokeng where five people were killed after being ejected from the vehicle they were travelling in.   In …

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Ramaphosa congratulates Biden and Harris on US election win

South African politicians, including President Cyril Ramaphosa, have spoken out on the result of the US elections on Saturday 7 November 2020. Various US networks declared Joe Biden the next President of the United States and his running mate Kamala Harris the next vice president. “America, I’m honoured that you have chosen …

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Employ us, School of Social Work graduates beg government

Graduates of the School of Social Work have appealed to government to immediately recruit them to fill vacancies at the various district social welfare departments across the country to stabilize society. The over 400 trainees, some of whom completed their studies in 2010 and 2012 made the plea at a …

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Letter from Africa: Why Nigerians fear social media sanctions

In our series of letters from African writers, Nigerian journalist and novelist Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani looks at why the Nigerian authorities are worried about social media and its impact in the era of #EndSars protests. Over the past week, some Nigerian state governors and public officials have called for some …

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Elderly to receive grants at 60 years

The Equal Opportunities Commission is recommending for the age of the beneficiaries of the Social Assistance Grant for Empowerment (SAGE) to be lowered from the current 80 years to 60. While speaking to Daily Monitor, yesterday Ms Harriet Nalukenge, the acting commissioner legal and investigations, said the recommendation was reached …

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Cameroon buries 7 children lost to gun attack in Kumba

Thursday morning saw a dark cloud of tragedy hang over the Regional Hospital of Kumba, Cameroon as many gathered to mourn seven students shot in cold blood by armed men at the College St Mother Francisca a week ago. This funeral comes only 24 hours after an attack on a …

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Serial rapist jailed 300 years

A notorious serial rapist, Malibongwe Ncokolo, has been sentenced to seven life terms and 300 years imprisonment by the Bisho High Court in Eastern Cape, South Africa. He was sentenced on Friday, November 6. The 44-year-old Ncokolo, whose arrest on June 7, 2017, signalled an end of reign of terror …

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Mason, 21, kills apprentice for money rituals

A 21-year-old bricklayer, Biodun Owolabi, has been arrested for killing his apprentice for money rituals. Mr Owolabi is alleged to have killed the 13-year-old secondary school boy, Quadri Olalekan, with the help of his accomplices, 20-year-old Festus Simon. The incident happened on Saturday, October 31, 2020, after they tricked the …

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Man raped and hanged girlfriend on mountain

A North West man has been sentenced to life imprisonment for kidnapping, raping and hanging his former girlfriend in 2018. The Madikwe Regional Court found Mpho Mkhibane Nkwe, 33, guilty of kidnapping, rape and the contravention of a protection order. The court heard that Nkwe kidnapped, assaulted and raped his former …

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PHOTOS: Abusive Husband Smashes Wife’s Car For Dumping Him

An abusive husband has been accused of smashing his wife’s car after she dumped him in South Africa. An eyewitness who alleged that she was riding with the man’s estranged wife, said he smashed her car and drove off. She further revealed that after they visited the police station, they …

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