Kenya: No Women, No Elections
Nairobi — Kenya's rights activists are furious that the country's highest court "violated" women's constitutional rights by ruling against the implementation of a gender quota in parliament ahead of the...
Al-Shabab ‘offers bounty’ for Kenya killings
The armed Somali group al-Shabab has been offering up to $8,000 as a reward for the murder of Kenyan security officers, according to intelligence inputs. An intelligence message intercepted from the...
In Nigeria, Church Bombing Death Toll Now 30; Gunmen Attack Police Station
It has been a bloody last couple of days in Nigeria: First on Sunday, two car bombs exploded near a church inside a military base. According to the AP, hospital...
Dozens Killed in Conn. School Shooting
SANDY HOOK, Conn.—A man armed with two semiautomatic pistols killed 20 children at an elementary school Friday in a rampage that left 27 people dead and one injured in this...
Security Operatives Free Okonjo Iweala’s Kidnapped Mother
News just filtering in has it that the kidnapped mother of Nigeria's Finance Minister, Professor Ngozi Okonjo Iweala, Professor Kamene Okonjo, has been freed by security operatives in Delta State,...
Nigerian In UK Kills Former Partner to Stop Child’s Conversion to Christianity.
Love brought together Esther Arogundade, a Christian and Shola Adebiyi a Muslim together and the love blossomed despite their religious difference and eventually culminated in the birth of their daughter....
Mandela: “I am losing hope” – Wife
As South African military doctors continue Nelson Mandela’s treatment for a recurring lung infection – an ailment the 94-year-old anti-apartheid leader remains susceptible to because of his age and his...
Man Supposedly Resurrects After 7 Days in Mortuary
He was murdered. After about seven days of inquiry into his ‘death’, his relatives went to the mortuary with a coffin to take his body but were shocked to find...
UK: 28-Year-Old Kenyan Businesswoman Commits Suicide in Britain Because She Was Tired of Living Alone
A glamorous 28-year-old businesswoman killed herself because she struggled to cope with living alone in Britain with her family dispersed across the world, an inquest heard yesterday. Sales manager Sharon...
Drogba hosts party for Chelsea players to celebrate last season’s Champions League triumph
Didier Drogba ex-Chelsea player hosted a dinner last night in honour of the Champions League title victory he secured with is former team-mates in May. Drogba organized the reunion at the...