Village raids kill over 50 in Nigeria
OVER 50 people have died this week in attacks on villages in a region of Nigeria notorious for unrest between Christians and Muslims.
Africa
Tanzania tower collapses, death toll 19
THE death toll from a building collapse in Tanzania’s economic capital Dar es Salaam has risen to 19, officials say.
Kenya court upholds Kenyatta win
KENYA’S Supreme Court has upheld the victory of Uhuru Kenyatta in the March 4 presidential election.
Mandela ‘in good spirits’ in hospital
NELSON Mandela was spending a second day in hospital Friday after responding positively to treatment for a lung infection.
Two dead in building collapse
AT least two people are dead and dozens feared trapped when a building under construction collapsed overnight in Tanzania.
Jolie visits Rwanda rape victims
ANGELINA Jolie has joined Britain’s foreign secretary in Rwanda in a bid to encourage world powers to tackle rape in war zones.
Pistorius’s brother pleads not guilty
OSCAR Pistorius’s brother pleaded not guilty to culpable homicide or negligent killing for the 2008 death of a female motorcyclist.
Reeva’s parents speak of grief
THE parents of Oscar Pistorius’ dead girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp have spoken of their grief over her killing.
Zombie prostitute climbs from coffin
A PROSTITUTE who “died” having sex woke up screaming as she was being carried from the hotel in a coffin.
Rescuers rush to save beached whales
NINETEEN pilot whales have washed up on a Cape Town beach, prompting a frenzy to save the giant mammals.
Pistorius brothers’ hearings set
OSCAR Pistorius’ appeal against his bail conditions will be heard the day after the culpable homicide trial of older brother Carl begins.
Rwandan-born warlord detained
WARLORD Bosco Ntaganda was taken into custody by the International Criminal Court in Rwanda earlier this week.
More than 100 missing after boat sinks
THERE are only two confirmed survivors after a boat sank off Nigeria with 128 passengers on board, officials say.
Winnie Mandela faces fresh murder probe
NELSON Mandela’s ex-wife Winnie is shocked prosecutors may investigate her over the 1988 stabbing deaths of two anti-apartheid youths.
Rape interview journalist freed
A JOURNALIST has been freed from a Somali jail after interviewing a woman who alleged she had been raped by soldiers.
Alcohol poisoning kills 87 in Libya
AT LEAST 87 people have died and 1014 are suffering the effects of being poisoned from drinking adulterated alcohol, the Libyan health ministry says.
Zimbabwe votes on new constitution
SHORTLY before polls in Zimbabwe’s referendum opened, gunmen, later identified as plainclothes police, seized a member of the opposition party.
Defeated Kenyan PM challenges poll
IN a test of democracy in Kenya, outgoing prime minister Raila Odinga has gone to the courts to challenge the election result.
Bus crash kills 24 members of church
TWENTY-FOUR people have been killed and 45 injured in a bus crash near Cape Town, South Africa.
Reeva’s parents face eviction
THE parents of Oscar Pistorius’s slain girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp are being evicted from their home, a month after their daughter’s death.
Reeva ‘relived break-in nightmare’
REEVA Steenkamp locked herself in her room during a break-in two years ago, mirroring her actions the night she was shot dead by Oscar Pistorius.
S Africa dragging victim ‘in fatal crash’
A taxi driver who died after being dragged behind a police van was in an accident that killed five kids days earlier, a court has heard.
Man immolates ahead of government vote
A VENDOR was in a “critical” state after torching himself in Tunis, hours before lawmakers were to vote on a new government.
Reeva met ex days before shooting
REEVA Steenkamp met with an ex-boyfriend just days before she was shot dead by Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius, a new documentary says.
Contraception access denied to 233m
AN estimated 233 million women in their fertile years will lack access to modern contraception by 2015, according to a UN study.
Pistorius is suicidal, friend says
A FRIEND of Oscar Pistorius says the Paralympian is “on the verge of suicide” as he fights accusations of murdering his girlfriend.
No he couldn’t: Obama brother loses poll
US President Barack Obama’s half-brother has failed miserably to win a governor’s seat in Kenya’s elections.
Nelson Mandela out of hospital
NELSON Mandela has been discharged from hospital and has returned to his home in Johannesburg.
Seven foreign hostages confirmed dead
ITALY’S foreign ministry has joined Greece in confirming foreign hostages kidnapped in northern Nigeria have been killed by Islamic extremists.
‘Nigerians kill 7 foreign hostages’
A NIGERIAN Islamist group claims it has killed seven foreign hostages abducted from a construction site last month because of rescue attempts.
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