Top Malawi Banker Arrested In Election Bribery Case
A prominent Malawian banker has been arrested in connection with a suspected attempt to bribe a panel of five judges presiding over the country’s presidential election vote-rigging case. The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) said it arrested Thomson Mpinganjira on Wednesday after receiving a complaint on December 8 alleging that some people were attempting to bribe the judges […]
Suspect Found Dead In Case Involving Isabel Dos Santos
Isabel dos Santos has been named as a suspect in an investigation over alleged mismanagement during her time as chairwoman of Sonangol, Angola’s state oil company, a position she was appointed to by her father, ex-President Jose Eduardo dos Santos. Four others were also named on state TV late Wednesday by the country’s prosecutor general, […]
Armed Men Kill Six Malian Soldiers
At least six Malian soldiers were killed and several wounded in an overnight attack in central Mali, the army said on Thursday. The troops came under fire from “unidentified armed men” in Dioungani, an area in the country’s volatile Mopti region near the border with Burkina Faso, the army said on Twitter. It gave a […]
Burkina Faso To Recruit Civilians In Armed Group Fights
Burkina Faso’s parliament has approved legislation allowing the military to use civilian volunteers in the fight against armed groups. Legislators in the West African nation on Thursday allowed the “understaffed” military to arm civilians, a move that underscores how outnumbered the country’s soldiers are amid rising attacks. Defence Minister Cherif Sy said the civilian recruits will undergo two […]
S’Africa Baby Deaths: Hospital Hiding Information
At least 10 babies have died in the same hospital in Tembisa township in Johannesburg in the past two months. Grieving parents in South Africa’s largest city are accusing hospital managers of hiding information about the deaths of their newborn babies. The hospital in Johannesburg blames drug-resistant bacteria. Read Also: Brazil: Dozens Killed As Heavy Rains […]
Prince Charles Wishes Freedom & Equality For Palestinians
Prince Charles has said it is his “dearest wish” that Palestinians see “freedom, justice and equality” in the future. Speaking during his historic first visit to the Occupied Palestinian Territories, the royal said there should be an end to the “suffering and division” in Bethlehem. The Prince of Wales visits the Mosque of Omar and […]
Rape, Abuse, Violence: Female Migrants’ Journey To Libya
On board the Ocean Viking in the Mediterranean Sea – Kelly was eight months pregnant with twins when she climbed onto a fragile rubber boat on the shores of Libya in complete darkness. It was past 9pm. All she could hear were the waves and the smugglers forcing 94 people, including other women and children, onto […]
Stateless In South Africa: ‘They Were Burning People’
In the third of a four-part series on South Africa’s stateless children, a woman describes fleeing violence in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in 2012, only to face discrimination and the fear of xenophobic attacks in South Africa, as well as the struggle to provide care for her undocumented children. Beatrice […]
US Fines Delta $50,000 For Ordering Muslims Off Planes
The US Department of Transportation (DoT) has fined Delta Air Lines $50,000 for ordering three Muslim passengers off planes even after the company’s own security officials cleared them to travel. Delta denied that it discriminated against the passengers in two separate incidents but agreed it could have handled the situations differently, according to a consent order […]
Zimbabwe’s Farmers Lament: ‘The Taxes Are Just Too Much’
Mupakare’s livelihood – like most Zimbabweans – has been roiled by the vagaries of a rapidly deteriorating economy. Annualised inflation in the troubled Southern African nation is believed to have topped 500 percent last year. But as someone who makes their living tilling the land, Mupakare’s financial pain has been exacerbated by a deluge of […]
Burundi Ruling Party Picks Ndayishimiye As Candidate
Burundi’s governing party has said Secretary-General Evariste Ndayishimiye will be its candidate in the country’s presidential election scheduled for May. The announcement by the CNDD-FDD party on Sunday came at an extraordinary congress attended by President Pierre Nkurunziza Read Also: Saudi Arabia To Stop Funding Mosques In Foreign Countries An ally of Nkurunziza, 52-year-old Ndayishimiye also heads the department […]
Brazil: Dozens Killed As Heavy Rains Cause Floods
At least 30 people have been killed and 17 are still missing after two days of heavy rain led to widespread floods and landslides in Brazil’s southeast, according to civil defence officials. More than 2,500 people were evacuated from their homes in the hardest-hit Minas Gerais state as the downpours drenched the region over Friday and […]