Category: World
Kwame Nkrumah ranked 13th most influential black man in history
Ghana's first president and Pan-Africanist, Osagyefo D.R. Kwame Nkrumah, has been ranked the 13th most influential black man ever by Global Statistics [...]
Libyan army chief of staff found dead in plane wreckage, PM says
The Libyan army's chief of staff, Mohammed Ali Ahmed al Haddad, died in a plane crash on Tuesday after leaving Turkey's capital, Ankara, the prime mi [...]
Five dead after plane carrying child burns victim crashes in Texas
At least five people have been killed after a Mexican Navy plane crashed in foggy conditions near Galveston, Texas, on Monday while transporting a chi [...]
Malawians angry over vice-president’s planned UK trip
There is growing anger in Malawi over a post-Christmas fortnight trip to the UK that one of the country's vice-presidents is due to take.
Jane Ansa [...]
Gunmen abduct 28 Muslim travellers in central Nigeria
Armed men have kidnapped 28 people travelling to an annual Islamic event in Nigeria's central Plateau state, local police told the BBC.
The victims [...]
All pupils kidnapped from Nigeria Catholic school now free – officials
Nigerian authorities say they have secured the release of the remaining 130 schoolchildren and teachers kidnapped from a Catholic boarding school in t [...]
Uganda: Prison Officer sacked after criticising government on TikTok
A Ugandan prison officer has been sacked for criticising the government on TikTok, in a rare move authorities said amounted to "gross indiscipline".
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South Africa: Shock as popular DJ shot dead in Johannesburg
A popular South African radio and club DJ has been shot dead in the country's largest city, Johannesburg, sending shockwaves across the nation, grappl [...]
Australia: Naveed Akram charged with 15 counts of murder over Bondi shooting
Naveed Akram, the surviving suspect in Sunday's mass shooting at Bondi Beach in Sydney, has been charged with 59 offences, including 15 counts of murd [...]
Hollywood Film Director Rob Reiner and wife Michele found dead in Los Angeles home
The global film industry has been thrown into shock following the discovery of acclaimed Hollywood director and actor Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele [...]