The genetic makeup of a 12-year-old Angolan boy is now disputed by experts after his deceased mother allegedly told him on the deathbed that he is the offspring of a human-chimpanzee love affair, the Gazeta Nacional has reported. The story made national headlines and has unleashed an outpour of generosityRead More →
A former Congolese rebel leader has been sentenced to 30 years for war crimes and crimes against humanity. Bosco Ntaganda, nicknamed “Terminator”, was convicted on 18 counts including murder, rape, sexual slavery and using child soldiers. Judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) found in July that fighters loyal toRead More →
Incumbent leader wins 73 percent of vote but opposition parties claim October 15 poll was marred by fraud and violence. Mozambique’s incumbent President Filipe Nyusi has won 73 percent of the votes in this month’s presidential poll, the electoral commission said, securing a landslide victory in a contest opposition partiesRead More →
Under Zille’s leadership, the Democratic Alliance will likely move back to identity politics. On October 19, former Western Cape Premier and Cape Town Mayor Helen Zille was elected federal council chairperson of the Democratic Alliance (DA) after previously serving as its leader for eight years between 2007 and 2015. AtRead More →
Rallies held in several cities with demonstrators calling for the former leader’s party to be dissolved. Thousands of Sudanese have rallied in several cities including the capital Khartoum, urging the country’s new authorities to dissolve the former ruling party of deposed leader Omar al-Bashir. Crowds of men and women rallied onRead More →
Kenya’s successful conservation model – which has protected wildlife for decades – may be on the verge of crumbling. The giraffes peeked out from above the trees, perhaps curious to see what the hullabaloo was about. Sensing danger, a herd of wildebeests grazing nearby beat a hasty retreat across theRead More →
At least 55 elephants have starved to death in Zimbabwe’s Hwange National Park over the past two months amid a severe drought. “The situation is dire,” Zimparks spokesman Tinashe Farawo said. “The elephants are dying from starvation and this is a big problem.” The drought has massively reduced crop levelsRead More →
One of the most senior politicians in South Africa’s historically white main opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) has resigned his post and quit the party over how it handles race. Herman Masaba was mayor of Johannesburg for three years. The election of a black mayor from the DA was seen asRead More →
Report says about 20 killed in attack in Soum province, latest in spate of violence blamed on armed groups. Approximately 20 people were killed in an attack on a gold mining site in northern Burkina Faso, security sources said, the latest in a spate of violence generally blamed on armed groupsRead More →
Indian Ocean island nation, a popular tourist destination, holds elections every five years, with last one in 2014. Mauritius’s Prime Minister Pravind Kumar Jugnauth has dissolved parliament and announced that the Indian Ocean island nation would hold a general election next month. “I have advised the president of the republicRead More →
