Tanzania confirms killing of second student in Israel

The second Tanzanian student who has been missing in Israel since October has been confirmed dead, authorities say. Joshua Mollel travelled to Israel in mid-September as an agricultural intern and had not been seen since 7 October when dozens of residents were massacred

Bury me in Rome, not Vatican, says Pope

Pope Francis has chosen to be buried not in St Peter’s Basilica alongside his immediate predecessors but in a basilica in Rome, he revealed in an interview broadcast on Wednesday. “The place is already prepared. I want to be buried in Santa Maria

South African singer, Zahara, dies at 35

South African Afro-pop singer, Bulelwa Mkutukana, popularly known as Zahara is dead. The award-winning singer, who was hospitalised, died on Monday night after reported liver complications. She had been in a Johannesburg hospital, reportedly with liver complications. In November, Zahara’s family affirmed she

South Africa to build new nuclear plants: govt

South Africa, battling crippling power blackouts, plans to add 2,500 megawatts of new nuclear generation, the government announced Tuesday. The country has Africa’s only nuclear power station but the Koeberg plant near Cape Town is currently only working at half capacity. The first

Russia to hold presidential elections in occupied Ukraine

Russia’s Central Election Commission has approved the forthcoming presidential election to be held in partially occupied Ukrainian regions, according to a report by Interfax on Monday. Interfax, a Russian news agency, reports that Russia’s Armed Forces and the Federal Security Service have expressed

Trump back in court for fraud trial

Former US president Donald Trump was back in court on Thursday for his New York civil trial on fraud allegations, once again condemning the process as unfair. Trump, the frontrunner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, and his two eldest sons are accused

UK not safe for me, family – Prince Harry

Prince Harry believes he was forced to leave the UK and that he and his family can never feel safe during visits home without adequate security, a court was told Thursday. The youngest son of King Charles III quit the British royal family

British soldier killed in Kenya

The British Ministry of Defence (MoD) has said said that one of their soldiers have been killed in Kenya while off duty. . 32-year-old Maj Kevin McCool was on a motorcycle trip off base when he was attacked. MoD officials confirmed the soldier’s

End of Gaza truce ‘serious mistake’ – UN rapporteur

As the Israeli military resumes its strikes on Gaza and rockets are fired from southerm Gaza into Israel, aid agencies say resuming fighting will worsen the already dire humanitarian situation in the strip. Francesca Albanese, the United Nation’s Special Rapporteur for the Occupied

Ethiopian Airlines bans ‘Ghana Must Go’ bags

Ethiopian Airlines in Nigeria has banned the infamously nicknamed “Ghana Must Go” bags from their flights there. The luggage got the nickname in Nigeria in the 1980s, when hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants, many of whom were Ghanaian, were expelled. People fled