Burundi arrests 24 in anti-gay crackdown
By AFP | 7 months ago
Twenty-four people have been arrested in Burundi as part of a security crackdown on “homosexual practices”, a judicial source and an activ...
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Malawi president strips his deputy of powers over $150 million corruption scandal
By AFP | 1 year ago
Malawi’s President Lazarus Chakwera on Tuesday relieved his Vice President Saulos Chilima of all delegated powers after the latter was named in a co...
Pope Francis cancels trip to Africa due to knee issue
By AFP | 1 year ago
Pope Francis cancelled a planned July trip to Africa on doctors’ orders because of ongoing knee problems, the Vatican said Friday, raising further q...
Policewoman kills her boyfriend, relatives to get insurance claims
By AFP | 2 years ago
A policewoman worked with a hitman to murder her boyfriend and five relatives in a blood-curdling scheme to pocket insurance claims, a South African c...
Maradona’s medical team face manslaughter probe over star’s death
By AFP | 2 years ago
Argentina soccer legend Diego Maradona succumbed to heart failure in November 2020 aged 60...
North Korea blows up inter-Korean liaison office near border with South
By AFP | 3 years ago
Statement came minutes after an explosion was heard and smoke seen rising from the long-shuttered joint industrial zone in Kaesong....
Burundi’s new president Ndayishimiye to be sworn in on Thursday
By AFP | 3 years ago
Foreign ministry invites diplomats and foreign organisations to "take part in the inauguration ceremony" in the capital Gitega....
Ethiopian PM’s term extended because of coronavirus
By AFP | 3 years ago
Ethiopia’s upper house of parliament has agreed to extend the prime minister and government’s term in office beyond October because elections have...
US and Russia to resume nuclear talks, but China casts cloud
By AFP | 3 years ago
US intelligence has forecast that China is in the midst of doubling the size of its nuclear arsenal, troubling the Trump administration...
China de-escalates airline spat with US
By AFP | 3 years ago
US said it would block Chinese passenger flights from June 16, raising concerns of another front being opened up in the economic titans' standoff....
