Tag Archives: Africa

A couple, Delon Jaganath and Micaela were shot d*ad in a parking lot of a housing complex in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.    The shooting took place on Clayfield Drive in Clayfield around 1am on Friday, July 26, 2024.   Prem Balram from Reaction Unit South Africa (Rusa) said their control …

Police says Libyans entered country on study visas to train as security guards, but may have received military training. South African police have detained 95 Libyan nationals for questioning on suspicion of receiving training at a secret military camp. Police said on Friday that they had carried out a morning …

The acute shortage of qualified mental health specialists in West Africa is a major obstacle to tackling mental health issues in the region. Credit Credit: Unsplash /Melanie Wasser Opinion by Sylvia Muyingo (nairobi) Wednesday, July 24, 2024 Inter Press Service NAIROBI, Jul 24 (IPS) – Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, approximately …

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has warned that if adequate attention is not paid to the needs of the youths in Africa, it will be very ugly for everyone on the continent.   Reacting to the recent protest in Kenya, the former President said African youths have nothing to lose as …

A 21-year-old woman, Zintle Xabanisa Jonase, was r@ped and m@rdered by unknown persons in Cape Town, South Africa.     Advocacy group, Women For Change, in a statement on Monday, July 22, 2024, said Zintle’s half-nal@ked body was found in mud puddles in Kraaifontein, on 7 July.      The …

A 44-year-old woman, Asanda Gantsa and her 10-year-old son Indiphile, were brut@lly g*nned down in Amalinda, East London, South Africa.      Advocacy group, Women For Change, disclosed this in a statement on Monday, July 22, 2024.     According to the group, the mother and son were sh0t d3ad …

23-year-old South African law student, Chidimma Vanessa Onwe, has faced backlash over her nationality after making it to the top 13 at the ongoing Miss South Africa (Miss SA) pageant.    Chidimma, who was born to a Nigerian father, a South African mother and raised in Soweto, has faced a …

When Mr. Mandela addressed the Assembly in October 1994, he received a hero’s welcome. History was unfolding as he took his place on the dais in the white leather chair reserved for Heads of State and Government. Cheers erupted as he approached the podium. A collective standing ovation rose across …

The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu, has appealed to Nigerians to shun going on any protest over the current economic hardship saying Nigeria is the giant of Africa and cannot be carrying placards and lining up the streets in protest like small African countries. While speaking …

A 16-year-old boy has appeared in court on charges relating to the r2pe and assault of a 6-year-old girl in uMthwalume, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.   The same teenager is allegedly linked to another attack on an 8-year-old girl, whose decomposing body was found near a river a week after she …