Turbulent 2021 for Middle East and North Africa
While reconciliation among Gulf nations gave hope, Gaza war, dismissal of civilian governments in Tunisia, Sudan were dampeners The Middle…
Price hike dampens Christmas celebration in Zimbabwe
Widening gap between parallel exchange rate and bank rate to US dollar has created serious challenges for Zimbabweans Zimbabweans will…
Tanzanian tribe pursues cultural tourism to earn dollars
Tribe settled near Africa’s tallest peak offers tourists unique hospitality on Christmas, New Year’s holidays MACHAME, Tanzania Wooed by the…
SCA dismisses City of Cape Town appeal against interim order preventing evictions during state of disaster
The Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) has dismissed, in large part, an appeal by the City of Cape Town against…
Senegalese parliament to debate bill criminalising homosexuality
A group of MPs in Senegal tabled a bill on Wednesday to strengthen the repression of homosexuality in the Muslim-majority…
State moves in to settle families, end land rows at Kedong ranch
The government has begun resettling families living at Kedong ranch in Naivasha to end long-running land disputes. Members of the…
Girls bore brunt of school closures, new report shows
Adolescent girls were more disadvantaged than boys by the closure of schools due to the Covid-19 pandemic, a new report…
Uganda overwhelmed by 32,000 monthly teen pregnancies
Nancy Namulindwa, 14, carries a 5-month-old baby on her back as she plays with children in a suburb of Kampala,…
Pastor’s House Set Ablaze As Missing Girl Found Dead In Pastor’s House
Aggrieved youths on Tuesday razed a building belonging to a pastor attached to the Redeemed Christian Church in Adebun Area…
Man who ‘set woman alight’ outside Benoni creche dies in hospital
A man who was under police guard in hospital after allegedly setting a woman on fire outside a crèche in…
Twitter fails to protect women’s rights — Amnesty International SA
An Amnesty International SA report finds women are increasingly receiving threats of violence and abuse on Twitter Social media network…
Cop kills 6 including wife before turning gun on self in Kabete
A police officer shot and killed six people before committing suicide in Nairobi’s Kabete area in a bizarre incident. The…
Limpopo MEC pleads with the court to deny GBV suspect bail
A woman holding a placard written “Stop killing us” during a march against GBV. Limpopo Social Development MEC, Nkakareng Rakgoale,…
Thugs rob health-workers, second time in a week
A Tshwane district Covid-19 vaccination team was robbed at gunpoint in Soshanguve, north of Pretoria, on Saturday, the Gauteng health…
DISASTER! Bride faints, vomits then POOPED ON during wedding
Talk about a wedding to remember! “In sickness and in health” – this part of a groom’s vows were put…
ISIS claims responsibility for recent attack in Nigeria
ISIS claimed responsibility for an attack in Nigeria, the militant group said on Saturday in a statement posted on an…
42 families left homeless as storm ravages Butebo District
Heavy unseasonal rains accompanied by gusty winds and hailstorm tore off roof tops, tore up heavy trees and swept several…
At least 22 killed in attack on displaced people’s camp in DRC
Rebels kill asylum seekers in Ivo camp in northeastern Ituri state At least 22 civilians were killed Sunday in a…
Landlords defend proposal to charge tenants in dollars
On November 18, the Kampala Capital City Traders Association (KACITA) leadership through their spokesperson Mr Issa Ssekito requested Parliament to…
Somali National Arrested with Explosive Detonator at Speke Resort Munyonyo
Police have arrested a Somali National who was caught trying to enter a Kampala Hotel with an explosive detonator, The…