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Minister jumps through office window to escape arrest as police chase him over corruption

Police officers who stormed Kenya’s Nairobi City Hall to arrest the county’s acting secretary Dr Jairus Musumba over alleged corruption missed him by an...

Man kills daughter’s boyfriend, claims he sold her to a sex-trafficking ring

A Washington man killed his daughter’s teenage boyfriend after he believed he sold his child to sex traffickers in Seattle, police said. John Eisenman, 60,...

Photoshoot ends badly as man slips on footbridge

A photoshoot ended badly for a Harare man after he slipped and fell while posing for some photographs at Julius Nyerere Way footbridge.Vincent was...

Conjoined twins survive 27-hour intense surgery

One of Cameroon's rare conjoined twins have survived an intense operation lasting 27 hours to separate them.The adorable nine-month-old sisters, named Elizabeth and Mary,...

Couple, two daughters die in accident on their way to funeral

Four family members on Monday perished in a road accident along the Nairobi-Nakuru highway, Kenya while heading for the burial of their kin in...

Gunmen kidnap lecturers from Nigerian university

Gunmen have kidnapped six people including four lecturers from the University of Abuja in Nigeria’s capital.The attackers invaded the living quarters of the university...

Lecturer set to marry his former student [Photos]

A lecturer with the Taraba State University, Francis Collins Somorija and his former student, Mercy Momboya, will be getting married on November 6, 2021,...

15-year-old dies during fight over boyfriend

The fight over a male lover has left one dead and another in police cells in Gwelutshena, a suburb of Zimbabwe.A 15-year-old pupil, whose...

Popular footballer loses cars, kicked out of his home after divorce

Flamboyant former Chicken Inn striker, Tendai Ndoro, was reportedly taken to the cleaners by his South African wife who kicked him out of their...

Eight prophets drown while competing for ‘holy stick’ inside river

Eight self-proclaimed prophets from Vadzidzi VaJeso Apostolic sect drowned while competing to retrieve a “holy stick” in Mazowe River.The incident which claimed the life...

Miss Tourism loses position over nudes two days after being crowned

Another beauty queen has found herself in the midst of a scandal after her nudes were leaked on social media.21-year-old model Chipo Mandiudza...

22-year-old man hangs himself over alleged impotence

A 22-year-old man, identified as Idris Shuaib, has allegedly committed suicide after he hung himself on a tree on his father’s farm at Gwanara...

Police officer allegedly shoots his girlfriend for refusing to marry him [Photos]

A police officer, identified as Bishop Eno, has been accused of shooting a woman in Delta State after she allegedly turned down his marriage...

Two ‘okada’ riders burnt to death for allegedly snatching phone

Two motor riders were on Thursday, October 28, burnt to death by irate residents of Nairobi’s Buruburu estate after they allegedly grabbed a phone...

Man ties two wives to a tree, flogs them for ‘cheating’

A Chinhoyi man has been declared wanted by the Zimbabwe police for assaulting his two wives over suspicion of infidelity.The 33-year-old John Musani is...

Kenya: Six including mother and two daughters die in gory accident

Six people perished in a road accident at Rombo area of Loitoktok, Kenya on Wednesday evening.The six, including a mother and her two daughters,...

Benin Bronzes: ‘My great-grandfather sculpted the looted treasures’

On the bustling streets of Nigeria’s Benin City, residents cannot wait to get their Bronzes back – for them their return symbolises reparations for...

16-year-old expelled for having sex with school’s security guard

Parents of a 16-year-old Form Three student have cried out after their daughter was expelled from a High School in Zimbabwe, for allegedly having...

Man waits till wedding day to confess to bride that he has no legs

She is the best woman - This is the reaction of a man identified as Ndayisenga when his bride-to-be gave a nod to their...

Archbishop of Canterbury opposes Ghana’s anti-LGBTQI+ Bill

Several leaders from UK-based churches have expressed worry over the Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill presently before Parliament...

Man jailed for damaging his mother’s TV sets [Photo]

A Kenyan man, who vandalised his mother’s two TV sets while throwing tantrums, has been sentenced to six months in jail after pleading guilty...

Charles Taylor sues Liberian govt

Former President of Liberia, Charles Taylor, has filed a suit before the Community Court of Justice, alleging the violation of his right to property...

Man now a billionaire after death of his 73-year-old wife

A Kenyan man has become a billionaire following the death of his 73-year-old wife, who passed away three days after their wedding.Her marriage to...

Man battling for his life after policemen allegedly whip his manhood

A 22-year-old man from Mumoni, Kitui County, Kenya is nursing injuries around his private part after police officers from Ngungani police officers allegedly beat...

Schoolboys ‘burn dormitory over Liverpool match’

Four Kenyan schoolboys are in police custody over the burning of a dormitory after reportedly being denied permission to watch the match between Liverpool...

South Sudan to understudy Ghana’s National Service Scheme [Photos]

A delegation from South Sudan, led by the Minister for Youth and Sports, Peter BaptistAbakar, has called on the Executive Director of the National...

Woman on motorbike snatches two-week-old baby from his mother’s arms

A mother in Eldoret, Uasin Gishu County, Kenya, is in pain after her baby was snatched from her arms by a woman who was...

Tragedy as police vehicle runs over 9-year-old girl

A nine-year-old girl from Dete, who was in Grade 3, lost her life after she was reportedly run over by a police vehicle while...

Soldier detained for assaulting nurses during his wife’s delivery [Photos]

The 22 Armoured Brigade of the Nigeria Army, Sobi Cantonment, Ilorin, Kwara State, has detained a soldier for allegedly assaulting two female nurses. The incident...

Trafficked to Europe for sex: A survivor’s escape story

Every year thousands of women are trafficked to European cities and put to work having sex with men. Jewel, a young Nigerian who had...

Coup in Sudan; Civilian leaders arrested

Members of Sudan’s transitional government and other civilian leaders have been arrested amid reports of a military coup.Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok is among those...

Popular gospel musician kidnapped and robbed

Famed Zimbabwean gospel artiste, Kudzaishe Nyakudya, has been assaulted and robbed at gunpoint by three unknown men who reportedly walked away with an undisclosed...

Drama as man catches his pregnant wife in bed with his bestfriend

A heartbroken man from Chiredzi North was reportedly left with no option but to dump his six months pregnant wife at his best friend’s...

I killed a Catholic priest because he sodomised me – Man tells court

A suspect linked to the murder of Reverend Father Michael Maingi Kyengo from Machakos county in Kenya, has said that he killed the Catholic Priest...

School girls allegedly lynch boy who sneaked into their dormitory at night

Police report that a 17-year-old student at Gathiruini boys secondary school in Kiambu county, lost his life after he was lynched by girls from...

Baby survives after mother buried her in shallow grave

A newborn girl has miraculously survived being packed in a suitcase and buried in a shallow grave.She was allegedly packed in a suitcase by...

Sex, hope and activism: meet ‘Uganda’s rudest woman’

Her sexually explicit protests have been likened to pornography, but Ugandan activist and writer Stella Nyanzi says sex is the most effective -- and...

George Weah rewards taxi driver who returned $50k

Liberia’s President, George Weah, has honoured an 18-year-old motorcycle taxi rider who found and returned $50,000 (£36,000) to a businesswoman who had lost the...

16 arrested for hosting sex party

Some 16 people have been arrested by the police in Harare after being caught red-handed at a sex party in the residential suburb of Kuwadzana.The lewd...

Man burns wife, children over divorce

A 49-year-old Odzi woman was burnt to death while her minor children are battling for life at Victoria Chitepo Provincial Hospital after her Mozambican...