Kenyan Ex-Governor Sentenced To 12 Years For Corruption

  A Kenyan court on Thursday sentenced a former county governor to 12 years in prison for corruption, alongside his wife and three others. Ferdinand Waititu, former governor of the…

Appeal court upholds R Kelly’s 30-year sex trafficking sentence

  A federal appeals court in Manhattan has upheld singer R. Kelly’s racketeering and sex trafficking convictions and his 30-year prison sentence. Kelly was sentenced in 2022 to more than…

Suicide bomber kills five outside Afghanistan bank

  A suicide bomber killed five people including Taliban security forces on Tuesday, in an explosion outside a bank in northern Afghanistan, police said. Seven people were also wounded in…

28 migrants found dead in Libya, 76 freed from torture

  Investigators have discovered the bodies of 28 migrants next to a detention facility in the desert in southern Libya. The Libyan Attorney General’s Office discovered the grave north of…

Convicted Nigerian fraudster to be deported from US

  The United States Department of Justice has disclosed that a Nigerian, Edwin Okoronkwo, who was sentenced to 75 months imprisonment for defrauding some Americans, will be deported after completing…

US-based Nigerian doctor ‘commits suicide’ after losing child support, slammed $15k monthly

  A 36-year-old Nigerian cardiologist based in the United States, Ikenna Erinne, has reportedly taken his own life after a court ruling in favor of his ex-wife in a child…

’46 soldiers killed’ as militants attack Nigerien military base

  At least 46 soldiers of the Nigerien defense and security forces (SDF) were reported killed in an attack by militants of the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (EIGS)…

At Least 56 People Killed As Fighting Grips Sudan

  Artillery shelling and air strikes killed at least 56 people across greater Khartoum on Saturday, according to a medical source and Sudanese activists. Sudan’s regular army and the paramilitary…

700 People Killed In DR Congo City Of Goma Since Sunday – UN

  At least 700 people have been killed since Sunday in intense fighting in Goma, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s North Kivu province, a UN spokesman said…

Ex-US senator sentenced to 11 years in prison for bribery

A judge has sentenced Bob Menendez, former New Jersey senator in the United States, to 11 years in prison. Prosecutors sought at least a 15-year sentence, citing in court documents…

Pakistani man kills daughter over TikTok videos

  A father in Pakistan killed his teenage daughter after she uploaded what he considered to be inappropriate videos on the social media app TikTok, police said on Thursday. The…

Policeman Kills US Capitol Rioter Pardoned By Trump

  A man charged over the January 6, 2021 assault on the US Capitol, and pardoned by President Donald Trump, was killed by police during a traffic stop, according to…

Nigerian extradited, faces life sentence in US over nude photo that led to teen’s death

  A Nigerian man has been extradited to the United States to face charges in connection with the sextortion of a teenage boy who subsequently committed suicide. Hassanbunhussein Abolore Lawal,…

Journalists struggle to work as South Sudan shuts down social media

South Sudanese authorities have blocked access to social media platforms in response to recent unrest, drawing condemnation from the Committee to Protect Journalists and concerns over press freedom and public…

Deaths Recorded In DR Congo Mass Prison Break

A mass jailbreak was taking place on Monday morning at a prison in the besieged Congolese city of Goma, hours after fighters from the armed group M23 and Rwandan troops…