Category: World
Controversial Nigerian Islamic cleric Yahaya Masussuka shot dead outside home
Yahaya Masussuka, a controversial Islamic preacher who challenged elements of mainstream Muslim teaching, has been shot dead outside his home in north [...]
At least 60 killed in attacks on Christians in Ethiopia’s Oromiya region, church says
At least 60 people were killed in two separate attacks in Ethiopia's conflict-hit Oromiya region in the past week, the Ethiopian Orthodox Church said. [...]
Mob kills nurse raising Ebola awareness in eastern Congo
Angry youths armed with machetes attacked two community health workers raising awareness about the Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo, killing [...]
Libya’s airspace restrictions lifted after 11 years
Libya's Ministry of Transport said on Monday that airspace restrictions imposed by the UN's International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) in 2015, [...]
Nigeria’s first Ebola patient holidayed in Uganda, officials say
Nigeria's first confirmed Ebola case in the current outbreak is the wife of a diplomat who went to Kampala on holiday, according to Dr Jean Kaseya, he [...]
Kenyan cult leader Paul Mackenzie convicted of murdering 190 children and one adult
A Kenyan court has found starvation cult leader Paul Mackenzie and 28 others guilty of murder over the deaths of 190 children and [...]
Australian MP Helen Haines has both legs amputated after alleged deliberate car attack
Australian independent MP Helen Haines has had both legs amputated after being struck by a car in an allegedly deliberate attack, her husband, Phil Ha [...]
Zimbabwean author Simbarashe Kundizeza denies using AI to write prize-winning story
Zimbabwean author Simbarashe Kundizeza has denied using artificial intelligence to write "The Blue Fighter," the short story that won this year's Cain [...]
Senegal: LGBTQ+ people go into hiding as arrests mount, Rights Group says
Senegal's crackdown on LGBTQ+ people is forcing many into hiding, according to a new Human Rights Watch report.
The report, published Monday, says [...]
Africa overtakes Europe in Catholic numbers, Vatican says
Africa now has more Catholics than Europe, according to the latest Church statistics released by the Vatican on Friday.
The Vatican's new [...]