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Kenya alarmed over addicts using animal tranquilisers

Kenya’s anti-drugs abuse agency, Nacada, has raised concern over drug addicts injecting themselves with animal tranquilisers as an alternative to heroin. It follows the...

Outrage as Zimbabwe President names son in cabinet

Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa has been accused of nepotism after naming his son in a new cabinet following his controversial re-election last month. Mr...

At least 26 dead in Nigeria boat accident

At least 26 people died in northern Nigeria after a wooden boat they were travelling in capsized in a dam on Sunday. The vessel...

African Union joins G20 as a permanent member

The African Union (AU) has been invited to join the G20 as a permanent member. The G20 summit is being held in South Asia for...

Give God your first fruit to prosper — Pastor Adeboye tells graduates

At the 15th convocation ceremony held at Redeemer's University campus in Ede, Osun state, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, the General Overseer of The Redeemed Christian...

Morocco earthquake: 632 killed as buildings damaged

A strong earthquake of magnitude 6.8 has struck central Morocco, killing at least 632 people, the country’s interior ministry says. The epicentre was in the...

Cryptocurrency boss jailed for fraud

A Turkish cryptocurrency boss and his two siblings have been jailed for 11,196 years each for defrauding investors of millions of dollars. Faruk Fatih Ozer,...

Scientists grow whole model of human embryo, without sperm or egg

Scientists have grown an entity that closely resembles an early human embryo, without using sperm, eggs or a womb.  The Weizmann Institute team say their...

Drake shows off massive collection of bras fans threw at him on his tour

Drake might be internationally known for his chart-topping hits, but on his recent tour, he is drawing attention for an unexpected reason: his ever-growing...

Wrong-way driver calls police on himself by mistake

A driver in Nebraska phoned police to report that he was almost hit by a driver who he said was going in the wrong...

Ugandan MPs told HIV/Aids drugs used to fatten pigs

Ugandan MPs have been told that the drug authorities have known for years that anti-retroviral drugs for the treatment of HIV/Aids have been fed...

African leaders propose new taxes to fight climate change

African leaders have issued a declaration proposing new taxes across the world to fund action against climate change. The Nairobi Declaration was issued at the...

Man in court for living double life; married to two women at the same time

A man is facing seven years in jail for living a double life married to two women in Britain and Germany at the same...

Delta flight forced to turn around because of diarrhoea incident

A Delta Air Lines flight from Atlanta to Barcelona on Friday night was forced to turn around after a passenger had diarrhoea. The Airbus A350...

Plate-sized surgical tool left in woman’s abdomen for 18 months

A device “the size of a dinner plate” was left in the abdomen of a woman in New Zealand after she gave birth via...

The Iraqi YouTube star killed by her father

Young, vibrant and bubbly, YouTuber Tiba al-Ali became a hit with her fun-loving videos about her life. She started her channel after moving from her...

Somalis with albinism: Pelted with stones and raw eggs

Referring to the stigma he faces in Somalia because he has albinism, 25 year-old Elmi Bile Mohamed says: “People tell me I am a...

New iPhone, new charger: Apple bends to EU rules

Apple’s latest iPhone will almost certainly feature a USB-C charge point when it is unveiled on 12 September. The firm’s phones currently use its proprietary...

US First Lady Jill Biden tests positive for Covid-19

US First Lady Jill Biden tested positive for COVID-19 on Monday and is experiencing mild symptoms, the White House says. The 72-year-old, who is...

Central African bloc suspends Gabon over coup

The Central African regional bloc, known as Eccas, says it has suspended Gabon’s membership in response to last week’s coup. Earlier on Monday, the coup...

Stay off the press – JSI to military juntas in Africa

Amidst the wave of successful military coups sweeping across the African continent, JournalistsSanctuary International (JSI) has called on the military governments to not disturb...

Shooting outside wedding venue leaves 2 dead, 6 injured

A shooting outside a wedding venue in Ottawa, Canada, on Saturday night, has left two people dead and six injured, the police say. Police and...

Torrential rain in Spain causes major flooding

Several weather warnings have been issued across Spain as heavy rain causes major flooding across parts of the country. Maximum red weather alerts are in...

Gabon coup: Military chief says suspension of democracy only ‘temporary’

Gabon’s new military leader has pledged to return the country to democracy, but has refused to provide timelines for fresh elections. General Brice Oligui Nguema...

Goldfields addresses bullying, sexual harassment and racism in latest workplace culture report

Gold Fields Limited (Gold Fields) (JSE, NYSE: GFI) on August 30, 2023, released the findings of an Independent Review into Workplace Culture undertaken...

Gabon coup leaders name General Brice Oligui Nguema as new leader

Army officers who seized power in a coup in Gabon on Wednesday have named General Brice Oligui Nguema as the country’s transitional leader. Gen Nguema...

Ex-girlfriends unite, storms groom’s wedding to ‘destroy’ him

A man in China had what was supposed to be one of the happiest days of his life turned into a nightmare when a...

Kenya hit by condom shortage

Kenya is grappling with a shortage of condoms, exacerbated by dwindling donor funding, leading to concerns about access to safe sex measures and the...

Ali Bongo: The playboy prince now under house arrest

Ali Bongo, the man ousted as Gabon’s president, is a man of many faces. To some, he is a spoilt, playboy prince who saw ruling...

Gabon President Bongo calls on ‘friends’ to ‘make noise’ over coup

Gabon’s president has called on “friends all over the world” to “make noise” over the coup in the country, in a clip that’s been...

President Ali Bongo’s eldest son under arrest

More details have emerged on the arrest of one of President Ali Bongo’s son, which was announced by coup leaders a little earlier. According to...

Gabon’s President Bongo under house arrest – Report

President Bongo, 64, is under house arrest, surrounded by his family and doctors, as military officers have said on national TV in the last...

Live worm found in woman’s brain during surgery

In a world-first, scientists say an 8cm (3in) worm has been found alive in the brain of an Australian woman. The “string-like structure” was pulled...

Gabon elections: How the Bongo family’s 56-year rule has hurt the country and divided the opposition

Gabon’s president Ali Bongo Ondimba (2009-present) recently announced his intention to stand for re-election in the country’s presidential poll scheduled for 26 August. He is, to state the...

We are defending peace – Gabon soldiers’ statement

Soldiers in Gabon called for “calm and serenity” as they announced they had taken over power in the early hours of Wednesday morning. They said...

Army officers say they are taking power in Gabon

Army officers have appeared on national television in Gabon to say they have taken power. They said they were annulling the results of Saturday’s election,...

President Putin won’t attend Wagner leader, Prigozhin’s funeral – Russian Government

President Vladimir Putin of Russia will not attend the funeral for Yevgeny Prigozhin, the mercenary chief who launched a failed mutiny against Russia’s military...

Scammer poses as ‘God’, asks woman for deposits at ‘Bank of Heaven’

A Spanish man stands accused of taking advantage of an overly religious old woman by posing as her Lord and Savior and asking her...

Man jailed for systematically terrorizing neighbours with loud music

A Barcelona man was sentenced to one year in prison after a court found that he had been terrorizing his neighbours for at least...

Airlines warn of UK flight delays over air traffic control fault

Thousands of air passengers have been suffering long delays and cancellations after a “technical issue” hit UK air traffic control systems. People are stuck...