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Zimbabwe: Minister accused of mobile phone theft sued for US$19 million

Zimbabwe: Minister accused of mobile phone theft sued for US$19 million

A self styled war veteran Joseph Chinotimba who accuses deputy Minister of Youth, Thamsanqa Mahlangu for stealing his mobile phone has filed a land...
Ghana: When a young woman gets married to a dog

Ghana: When a young woman gets married to a dog

This strange affair did not make much noise in the media, but it is symptomatic of the current African crisis. While Ghana was busily...
Malaysia-Zimbabwe international football scandal: Local club poses as national team

Malaysia-Zimbabwe international football scandal: Local club poses as national team

Imagine European soccer champions, Barcelona turning up for a friendly against France wearing the Spanish kit? Unimaginable of course, but it happened with Zimbabwe...
South Africans prepare to celebrate Mandela Day, but grandson fights rumours over selling funeral rights

South Africans prepare to celebrate Mandela Day, but grandson fights rumours over selling funeral rights

Former South African President Nelson Mandela has called on his fellow countrymen to dedicate time to serving their communities as his life is celebrated...
Shocking Spanish police maltreatment of African immigrant caught on film

Shocking Spanish police maltreatment of African immigrant caught on film

The Madrid international airport in Spain was the scene of a violent expulsion, Tuesday, of an African immigrant, believed to be of Senegalese descent....
Zimbabwe: Self-confessed witch mentally stable

Zimbabwe: Self-confessed witch mentally stable

A self-confessed witch in Zimbabwe who claimed to have flown naked in a winnowing basket for 120km has been given a wholly suspended one-year...
Zimbabwe: Witch flies naked 120km in a basket to kill?

Zimbabwe: Witch flies naked 120km in a basket to kill?

A 21 year old woman stunned a court when she claimed she flew 75 miles in a winnowing basket with two witches on a...
Swazi Politican wants HIV+ people’s buttocks branded

Swazi Politican wants HIV+ people’s buttocks branded

A Swaziland politician has caused a major uproar in the tiny kingdom after proposing that saying HIV positive people to be branded on...
Zimbabwe: Gono’s letter to Biti reveals romantic feud?

Zimbabwe: Gono’s letter to Biti reveals romantic feud?

The ongoing protracted fight pitting Finance minister Tendai Biti and Central Bank governor Gidion Gono has taken a new shocking twist after it emerged...
South Africa: Zuma’s first ladies, a real headache !

South Africa: Zuma’s first ladies, a real headache !

In South Africa, the question of Zuma’s first lady is a best selling tabloid news headline and has triggered as much public interest as...
Nigerian Withcraft: Pastor fights deceitful counterparts

Nigerian Withcraft: Pastor fights deceitful counterparts

A Nigerian pastor has called on fellow pastors in Nigeria to stop deceiving people with the notion of witchcraft. Apostle John Okoriko, the founder...
Zimbabwe: Police seek two armed women rapists

Zimbabwe: Police seek two armed women rapists

Two armed women in Zimbabwe kidnapped a man and held him for four days during which he was made to watch pornographic films,...
Zimbabwe: Police impoundment of PM’s car ‘insensitive’

Zimbabwe: Police impoundment of PM’s car ‘insensitive’

Police in Lupane, a district in Matabelenad region are still holding on to a BMW X5 belonging to Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai in...
Mozambique: Health workers killed for cholera spread

Mozambique: Health workers killed for cholera spread

A mob angered by rumors in Mozambique that health workers there are spreading the deadly cholera virus has killed four people have ...
South African star lies about Chris Brown rape, Lawyer embarrassed

South African star lies about Chris Brown rape, Lawyer embarrassed

South African musician Khanyisile Mbau who was quoted in the media claiming US R&B star Chris Brown sexually molested her during his visit to...
Zimbabwe PM and Deputy snub Mugabe’s invitation

Zimbabwe PM and Deputy snub Mugabe’s invitation

Prime minister Morgan Tsvangirai on Saturday subbed president Mugabe’s lavish birthday bash, describing it as a Zanu PF and not national event. Against the backdrop...
A lavish b’day for Mugabe against a backdrop of famine

A lavish b’day for Mugabe against a backdrop of famine

Zimbabwe's President, Robert Mugabe, is set to host the mother of all birthdays as he prepares to slaughter 500 cattle in an extravagant bash...
Man spared death sentence for strong witchcraft beliefs

Man spared death sentence for strong witchcraft beliefs

A Zimbabwean man’s unshakable belief in witchcraft saved him from being hanged for killing his neighbour after a judge found that his beliefs were...
Gaddafi “King of Kings” takes his role very seriously

Gaddafi “King of Kings” takes his role very seriously

Many African leaders would not be prepared to give up their national sovereignty to join the proposed single-state federation proposed by the Libyan leader,...
HIV positive rape victim “had a nice time with Zuma”…?

HIV positive rape victim “had a nice time with Zuma”…?

An anti-rape group in South Africa on Friday slammed comments by ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema, who suggested that the woman who...
Goat taken to the police station as robbery suspect

Goat taken to the police station as robbery suspect

The police in Nigeria's central Kwara state have paraded a goat they claim was one of the two armed robbers who attempted to steal...
Caterpillar invasion sends thousands fleeing

Caterpillar invasion sends thousands fleeing

Millions of invading caterpillars have forced thousands of Bong County residents to flee their homes and the situation is “getting worse”, according to county...
The emergence of an industry that depends on death !

The emergence of an industry that depends on death !

Over the past decade, particularly the previous few years, organization of funeral across the West-African sub-region in particular and the African continent in general...
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President Jammeh distributes free sheep !

Gambian President Yahya Jammeh Monday distributed rams to needy Muslims across the country as part of Edi-el-adha, locally known as Tobaski. Distributing the rams, Jammeh...
Nigerian gov’t crime hunter runs for dear life

Nigerian gov’t crime hunter runs for dear life

Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, the man behind the probe and exposure of Nigerian criminals in public offices, under the authority of the Economic and Financial...
Arabs should rape and harass Israelis, says Egyptian lawyer

Arabs should rape and harass Israelis, says Egyptian lawyer

Egyptian lawyer Nagla Al Imam told Al Arabiya news network that Arab men should "sexually harass Israeli girls wherever they may be and using...
Wole Soyinka: uniformed staff’s animal conduct must end

Wole Soyinka: uniformed staff’s animal conduct must end

Nigerians have prescribed everything from a legal battle to dismissal for some naval ratings who beat and stripped naked a lady motorist for allegedly...
National official blames HIV/AIDS on homosexuals

National official blames HIV/AIDS on homosexuals

The Deputy Executive Secretary of Mozambique's National AIDS Council (CNCS), Diogo Milagre, has denied making remarks earlier this week that accused gays and bisexuals...
Zimbabwe jails : fast track to death

Zimbabwe jails : fast track to death

Zimbabwe's 55 jails have became death camps for inmates as a a local prisoner's rights group says at least two inmates die everyday due...
Obama’s US hypercritic kicked out of Kenya

Obama’s US hypercritic kicked out of Kenya

Kenyan media today reports that an American author who came to Kenya with a sole mission of discrediting Barack Obama was deported on...