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The son of Angola’s ex-president Jose Eduardo dos Santos was remanded in custody in a $1.5-billion embezzlement case, a state prosecutor said on Monday, reports PUNCH. “Given the complexity and seriousness …

Two sergeants of the Texas Prison, set out on Friday morning to pick up two pallets of already-ripe fruit – 45 banana-filled boxes – from the Ports of America in …

A 44-year-old woman, Jane Govender and her two daughters, were brutally murdered by her boyfriend at their home in Durban, South Africa, an attack that got the suspect arrested. Jane Govender’s …

“China equals Hitler” said the sign held up in the Zambian capital Lusaka by a protester opposed to Beijing’s tightening grip on the economy of the southern African nation. The …

The controversial 3D-printed gun maker Cody Wilson has been arrested in Taiwan after authorities in Texas announced he was wanted on charges that he sexually assaulted a minor. On Wednesday, …

Kenyan Governor Okoth Obado, who had a secret love affair with his wife’s sister, Rhoda OdieNyakwaka reportedly impregnated the lady while the relationship lasted. Okoth Obado whose close aides, have been arrested and interrogated by DCI …

Ten people were killed and 34 others injured when a bus overturned on a highway near the South African city of Polokwane, an emergency official said on Friday. Paramedics arrived …

Moscow said Friday Washington’s latest raft of anti-Russian sanctions that also target China undermined global stability, warning the United States against “playing with fire.” “It would be good for them …

eSwatini, the small southern African kingdom was formerly known as Swaziland, is set to hold elections on Friday, though political parties are banned from taking part and the absolute monarch, …

Rwandan authorities have discovered the bodies of 5,400 victims of the 1994 genocide, the executive secretary of Genocide Survivors Organisation Ibuka said on Thursday. The executive secretary, Naphtal Ahishakiye, added …

Pretty high school teacher, who was wrongly accused of having sex with students, narrates her ordeal during and after trial. The 30-year-old former Kennebunk High School teacher, Jill Lamontagne was first accused …

A pretty wife who stabbed her husband seven times after he admitted cheating on her, has been jailed for six years. Deborah Rose, from Deal, Kent, launched the attack on John …

French Gossip Magazine Closer lost its appeal on Wednesday against hefty fines issued over topless pictures it published of Kate, Britain’s Duchess of Cambridge. A court in Versailles confirmed fines …

A 38-year-old French priest in a town in northern France committed suicide in his church after being accused of molesting a girl, local prosecutors and police sources told AFP on …

Local bank notes worth about $60 million, printed abroad and brought into Liberia in two huge consignments, have “vanished”. The consignments were brought in between November 2017 and August 2018. …

Malaysia’s toppled leader Najib Razak was arrested Wednesday and will be charged over allegations that $628 million linked to state investment fund 1MDB ended up in his personal bank accounts, …

North Korea has agreed to “permanently” shut one of its main missile facilities in the presence of foreign experts, South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in announced at a joint press conference …

South Africa’s constitutional court has decriminalised the private use of marijuana. The ruling came after a provincial high court in 2017 held that the use of cannabis in private space …

Vladimir Putin has said the Syrian government will allow a demilitarised zone around Idlib. The Russian president said the 15-20km (9.3-12.4 miles) wide safe zone will be created in the …