Mob justice for cop accused of abuses in Mali

A Malian police commissioner was killed on Thursday by a mob that accused him of links with bandits, the security ministry said. Protesters besieged a police station in the central…

‘Tanzania not sharing information on Ebola’

DAR ES SALAAM — Tanzania is refusing to provide detailed information on suspected Ebola cases, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said in a rare public rebuke as the region struggles…

11 arrested in shootouts with Gauteng police

Eleven suspected criminal gang members have been arrested, following two separate shootouts with police. On Friday, police followed a tip-off about a planned business robbery in Olifantsfontein and intercepted two…

Israeli president begins talks to form new government

Israeli President Reuven Rivlin began two days of crucial talks yesterday with party leaders before selecting his candidate for prime minister, after a deadlocked repeat election was set to make…

‘Notorious serial killer’ arrested in Nigeria after 8 women killed

Lagos — Nigerian police investigating the murders of at least eight women lured to hotels in the southern city of Port Harcourt on Thursday arrested a man they described as…

Split by Brexit, Labour kicks off conference showdown

Britain’s main opposition Labour Party began its annual conference yesterday desperately searching for a coherent Brexit plan to stem a potential drubbing in a looming election. Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn’s…

Zodwa, new bae open up about their love

Just three months after she called off her wedding to long-time bae Ntobeko, Zodwa Wabantu has found love again. The reality TV star is on cloud nine after finding love…

We outsmarted cash oligarchs, says President

Government last Friday outsmarted some individuals and entities that were behind the sharp rise in foreign exchange rates, a development that has seen the United States dollar falling against the local unit, President Mnangagwa has said.

Former President Mugabe cause of death revealed

National hero and Zimbabwe’s former President Cde Robert Mugabe had advanced cancer, and had to be taken off chemotherapy treatment because it was no longer effective, before he died, President Mnangagwa has revealed.

Biometrics to weed out ghost workers

Civil servants have been given up to Monday next week to register on the biometric registration exercise or risk being struck off the payroll, as Government presses ahead with reforms to restore order in the civil service by flushing out ghost workers.

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