Kenya has waited more than three years for this moment. The Kenyan doomsday cult leader Paul Mackenzie was sentenced on Friday to 200 years in prison for murdering 190 children and one adult. The Mombasa High Court gave him 100 years for the homicide counts and another 100 for the starvation charges. The Forest That […]
For one Kenyan father, no sentence will be enough. The Kenya starvation cult case reaches its final stage on Friday, November 6, when preacher Paul Mackenzie is due to be sentenced for the murders of 190 children and one adult. Six Children, One Grave Stephen Mwiti, 48, lost all six of his children in Shakahola […]
92-year-old Tunisia’s President, Beji Caid Essebsi, has died. Essebsi died at Tunisia’s military hospital on Wednesday, according to a statement from the presidency. He had been hospitalised late last month and spent a week in hospital after suffering health crisis. The president of the parliament will become the president of Tunisia for 45 to 90 […]
Algeria defeated Senegal with a slim scoreline of 1-0 to win the AFCON tournament in Egypt, as the Desert Foxes win the tournament after 29 years. It took just two minutes for Baghdad Bounedjah to break the deadlock through his effort took a slight deflection to beat Senegalese goalkeeper who left his line. Senegal kept […]
The ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo now constitutes a public health emergency of international concern, the World Health Organization announced on Wednesday. “The risk of Ebola spread in DRC and the region remains very high, and the risk of spread outside the region remains low,” Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of […]
As former president Jacob Zuma prepares to appear at the state capture commission of inquiry on Monday, the commission is preparing tight security for the venue in Parktown, allowing only 200 people inside the building. “It has come to the attention of the commission that there may be large crowds of people who want to […]
Nigerian star Orji Okwonkwo beat former Manchester United forward Wayne Rooney to win Major League Soccer (MLS) best goal of the week 17. The 21-year-old Benin-born was the star of his Montreal Impact in the 2-1 victory against the Portland Timbers on Wednesday, June 26 after scoring twice in the encounter with the second goal […]
Mohamed Salah curled in a free kick as Egypt beat Uganda 2-0 on Sunday at the Cairo International Stadium as they topped their group while their opponents joined them in the last 16. Liverpool forward scores his second goal in the tournament in the 36th minute after the host nations withstood a bright start by […]
Six people were killed in a head-on collision between two bakkies on the N8, between Bloemfontein and Botshabelo, on Saturday afternoon, Free State paramedics said. Netcare911 spokesperson Shaun Herbst said they declared five people as dead when they arrived on scene at 16:00. “Another person had sustained critical injuries but sadly passed away a short […]
Sudan’s state prosecutor’s office said on Thursday jailed former president Omar al-Bashir had been charged with corruption after the completion of an investigation. Bashir was overthrown and arrested in a coup by the military on April 11 after months of mass protests against his autocratic 30-year rule. The charges were related to laws on “suspected […]