adminZambian court rules Lungu is PF presidential candidate
Lusaka – Zambia’s high court has declared defence minister Edgar Lungu the duly elected presidential candidate of the ruling Patriotic Front (PF), after a power struggle that has rocked the…
Yet another attack by Boko Haram
Abuja – Suspected Boko Haram militants surrounded a village on Thursday in north-eastern Nigeria and started shooting while chanting, “God is great”, in the latest of a series of attacks…
US protesters decry chokehold death verdict
Thousands of protesters have taken to the streets in US cities for a second night to protest against a grand jury’s decision not to charge a white New York City…
TB Joshua church collapse: Inquest postponed amid legal fireworks
It was a day of legal fireworks yesterday at the resumed sitting of the coroner’s inquest into the collapsed building belonging to The Synagogue, Church Of All Nations.
16 people blinded after eye surgery in India
New Delhi – At least 16 people were blinded after free cataract surgery in India’s northern state of Punjab, officials said on Friday. “We’ve 16 confirmed cases of patients from…
500 Ivorian prisoners start hunger strike
Abidjan – Almost 500 people detained in Cote d’Ivoire in the wake of the country’s 2010-2011 post-election bloodshed have gone on hunger strike to protest their continued detention, a source…
ICC case against Kenyatta dropped
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has withdrawn charges of crimes against humanity against Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta. ICC prosecutor Fatou Bensouda said on Friday she cannot sustain the charges.
Arizona pastor preaches gays should be executed
TEMPE (Arizona) – Baptist pastor Steven Anderson told his Arizona congregation that gays should be executed for an “Aids-free Christmas.”
Chimpanzees have no human rights: NY court
ALBANY, New York – In the first case of its kind, a New York appeals court rejected on Thursday an animal rights advocate’s bid to extend “legal personhood” to chimpanzees,…
Runners complete ‘Beer Mile’ in Texas
AUSTIN (Texas) – Organisers of the Beer Mile World Championship in Texas said the winner ran a mile, and intermittently chugged a total four beers, in just over five minutes.