Africa
Mandela, Only Leader In The World -Prof Adair
Ailing former South African President, Nelson Mandela, is the only person that deserves to be addressed as a leader in the world today, Prof. John ...
Pistorius Dropped From S/Africa's Team
As expected, Oscar Pistorius has been left off South Africa’s track team for the Paralympic world championships. South Africa selected 32 athletes on Thursday for ...
Gaddafi’s son, ex-regime officials to be charged to court soon
Officials of the former Libyan government, including Muammar Gaddafi’s son Saif al-Islam Gaddafi and ex-Intelligence Chief Abdelah El Senoussi, are to be brought to justice soon, ...
Zambia's Ex-President Rupiah Banda Arrested Over Nigerian Oil Deal
Zambia officially charged former President Rupiah Banda for abuse of authority over a Nigerian oil deal, a government spokeswoman said on Monday.Banda, who has been ... Full story
South Africa's Ambassador To China Recalled Home After Wandering The Street Of China Naked
South Africa's consul-general in China has been recalled after he was allegedly found wandering the streets unclad.Lassy Chiwayo, a veteran politician who spent time in ... Full story
Uhuru Kenyatta wins Kenya's presidential election
Uhuru Kenyatta — the son of Kenya's founding father and a man accused by an international court of helping orchestrate the vicious violence that marred ... Full story
Oscar Pistorius Bail Decision To Be Ruled By Chief Magistrate Desmond Nair
South African prosecutors pushed Friday to keep Oscar Pistorius behind bars, painting the double-amputee track star as a killer offering an improbable defense in the ... Full story
Economist dismisses talk of Africa's rise as a "myth"
The 'Africa rising' narrative may be questionable and misguided, but so too is the suggestion Africa should blindly follow the authoritarian developmental states of East ... Full story
Teenager shoots himself in protest over mother's boyfriend
Police in Gweru are investigating a case in which a 19-year-old boy allegedly shot and killed himself using a revolver and left behind a suicide ... Full story
UK Border Agency staff 'unfairly rejecting' African visas
UK Border Agency staff processing visa applications from Africa are "acting unfairly" and wrongly refusing entry to the UK, an independent report claims.Chief inspector to ... Full story
Church woman comes home naked
In an incident that left Munyengeri villagers in Chivi shell-shocked, a woman who had gone for a church service returned home naked after she was ... Full story
24 year old man caught s*xually abusing a neighbour's goat
A 24-year-old Murehwa man caught having sex with a goat has told a magistrate that the goats in the area were his many wives.He said ... Full story
Man in his 70's kills daughter-in-law over sugar
IN an incident that left residents of Bulawayo’s Sauerstown suburb shocked, a man believed to be in his 70s killed his daughter-in-law during a fight ... Full story
Father beats daughter to death for going out with ex-husband
POLICE in Hurungwe have arrested a 64-year-old man for allegedly murdering his daughter following a heated argument over her continued interaction with her ex-husband.Cephas Masendeke ... Full story
Wife beats husband at his work place after finding used condoms in his pocket
There was chaos at a leather company in Belmont, the industrial area of Bulawayo, when a woman exchanged blows with her cheating husband.The wife flew ... Full story
Gambia President Yahya Jammeh Suspends Execution Of Two Nigerian citizens
Gambia on Saturday suspended its plan to execute two Nigerians, Micheal Ifunaya and Stanley Agbaeze, and nationals of some other African countries.This is just as ... Full story
Employees Use Ambulance To Transport Prostitutes
THE Eastern Cape department of health has vowed to take harsh action against employees found abusing ambulances. In some cases the critical medical vehicles have ... Full story
Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf suspends son for failing to declare their assets
Liberian President, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has suspended 46 government officials, including her son, for failing to declare their assets, the presidency said Tuesday [Aug 21]."President ... Full story
Plane Crash In Sudan Kills 30 Including Government Religion Minister
The Sudanese government's religion minister has been killed in a plane crash, state television says.The civilian aircraft, carrying some 30 people, came down in the ... Full story
Ghanaians mourn and bid late President John Atta Mills farewell
TODAY is a special day for Ghanaians. It is a day that they would bury Professor John Evans Atta Mills, the first Ghanaian president to ... Full story
Adzo Kpossi, Youngest Olympics Competitor Is From Africa
Togo’s 13-year-old swimmer Adzo Kpossi, the youngest competitor at the London 2012 Olympics, trains in a hotel pool and wears costumes bought on sale at ... Full story