Sixteen people were burnt to death on Tuesday when a minibus taxi and an SUV collided on a highway in South Africa’s northeastern Limpopo province, a local official said. The SUV driver lost control after a tyre burst and collided head-on with a 22-seater Mercedes-Benz bus, provincial transport ministry spokesman Mike Maringa told AFP on […]

Lt-Colonel Emmanuel Zoungrana of Burkina Faso Army has been arrested by the national gendarmerie, according to Jeune Afrique. For several hours the news had circulated on social networks, on the arrest of a Burkinabe army officer, about an “attempted coup d’etat.” According to the magazine, “for several months, Burkinabe authorities feared that the security context […]

Kenyan police in a village in Nairobi are investigating a case of a man who is alleged to have collapsed and died at a lodging in Kawagware on Wednesday. Erastus Madzomba, according to reports died during a steamy sex session with his girlfriend, Elgar Namusia, he met two weeks ago. The body had no physical […]

It is important for the Nigerian government to ensure Itunnu Babalola gets justice even in death, Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa said on Friday. Itunnu – who was in her early 20’s – died recently while serving jail term in Cote d’Ivoire for human trafficking – a crime she was said to be wrongfully accused of. Dabiri-Erewa, […]

The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for a twin suicide bombing on Tuesday in the Ugandan capital Kampala that killed three people and left several dozen wounded. IS, which said three suicide bombers took part, with one attack targeting the central police station and another aimed at parliament, made the claim in a statement on […]

Two explosions have rocked Kampala, the capital city of Uganda. Derby Awio, a resident of Kampala, confirmed the development to TheCable on Tuesday morning. “We are not safe in Kampala,” Awio said. Both blasts were said to have occurred in a central area of Kampala metropolitan city. While one went off near a police station, […]

The Taliban have arrested a man for allegedly selling dozens of women in northern Afghanistan after duping them into believing they would be marrying into money, officials said Tuesday. The man was arrested in northern Jawzjan province late on Monday, Damullah Seraj, the Taliban provincial police chief, told reporters. “We are still in our initial […]

Police authority in Ghana have arrested 26 Nigerians for their alleged involvement in Internet fraud in Kasoa area of the country. According to Ghanaian journalist, Jacob Kubi, the Deputy Police commander, Amaning Oduro said they raided three houses and arrested the Nigerians numbering 26 with two being females, following an intelligence they received. “The police […]

The United States, the United Kingdom and 14 other countries have asked warring parties in Ethiopia to immediately cease hostilities and allow the delivery of life-saving assistance to the people impacted by the conflict in the Tigray region. The development comes days after Ethiopian citizens, foreigners and diplomats were said to have fled Addis Ababa […]