Kenyan cult leader Paul Mackenzie has been charged with 238 counts of manslaughter, along with his wife and 93 other alleged accomplices. The additional charges come after Mr Mackenzie and his suspected accomplices were charged with terrorism last week. He is accused of
Fresh criminal charges against Angolan billionaire Isabel dos Santos are politically motivated, she has insisted. Angola’s public prosecutor has charged Ms Dos Santos with 12 crimes, including embezzlement and fraud, reports said. The charges relate to Ms Dos Santos’ time as chair of
Comoros President Azali Assoumani has been re-elected for a fourth term in a poll disputed by the opposition as “fraudulent”. He secured the win with 63% of the vote, the electoral body Ceni said. However, turnout was low amid an opposition boycott –
A two-year-old toddler, Bronson Battersby, starved to death next to his dead father Kenneth five days after he suffered a heart attack in the United Kingdom, Daily Mail reports. According to the family, Battersby was found curled up in his pyjamas next to
Taiwan issued an islandwide air raid alert after a Chinese satellite flew over its southern airspace days before a crucial presidential election. Mobile phone users across the self-ruled island received a message warning them to “be aware for your safety”. The “presidential alert”
Norway is likely to become the first country in the world to move forward with the controversial practice of commercial-scale deep-sea mining. The plan, up before a parliamentary vote on Tuesday, will accelerate the hunt for precious metals which are in high demand
Prince Khalid bin Bandar Al Saud, the Saudi Arabian ambassador to the UK, has been speaking to BBC Radio 4’s Today programme. He says there is “no perfect immediate solution” to how Gaza will be governed when Israel’s operation there ends. Asked what
All 15 miners trapped in a Zimbabwean gold mine for four days have been rescued. Mines Minister Soda Zhemu said the workers were healthy and conscious. The Redwing gold mine owned by Metallon Corporation caved in after the shaft collapsed on Thursday. Officials
The South African presidency has dismissed social media reports claiming President Cyril Ramaphosa had been taken ill and was admitted to a military hospital in the capital, Pretoria. This is after Mr Ramaphosa failed to attend a meeting organised by the ruling African
As fighting rages on in Gaza, those who have been forced out of their homes say the situation is desperate. Speaking to Reuters, Zayda al-Breem, says displacement is “somewhat bearable, but displacement and winter is unbearable”. Al-Breem – originally from Khan Younis but