South African woman sentenced to life for selling six-year-old daughter
Kelly Smith and two others convicted over disappearance of Joshlin Smith, who the court heard was sold to traditional healer for ‘eyes and skin’ A...
Month : May 2025
Trump pardons former Army officer convicted in court martial of disobeying COVID rules
WASHINGTON ― President Donald Trump has issued a full and unconditional pardon to a former U.S. army officer who was found guilty by a special...
Secret Service agents suspended after brawl outside of Obama’s home in DC
The Secret Service has confirmed the suspension of two on-duty agents who brawled outside former President Barack Obama’s sprawling Washington, D.C., mansion. Two female officers...
Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina, first Arab and African director to win Cannes Palme d’Or, dies aged 95
Chronicle of the Years of Fire took the prize in 1975 for its portrayal of the Algerian war of independence, drawing on his own traumatic...
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, giant of African literature, dies aged 87
Kenyan writer’s death announced by his daughter, who wrote: ‘He lived a full life, fought a good fight’ The Kenyan writer Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, who...
Namibia pushes for German reparations on first genocide remembrance day
Event commemorates estimated 75,000 Herero and Nama people killed under German colonial rule Namibia has observed its first genocide remembrance day, honouring the estimated 75,000...
Argentina used as a ‘testing ground’ for eroding abortion rights, warns Amnesty
Alarm as Javier Milei’s government curbs state supply of abortion pills and seeks to reverse landmark legalisation Argentina is being used as a “testing ground”...
Poorest 750 nations face ‘tidal wave’ of debt repayments to China in 2025, study warns
Vulnerable countries to pay record $22bn this year, mostly relating to loans issued under Xi Jinping’s belt and road initiative The most vulnerable nations on...
Presley Chweneyagae, star of Oscar-winning drama Tsotsi, dies aged 40
South African actor gained international recognition for his role in the drama which won best foreign language film Presley Chweneyagae, the South African actor who...
Forty-two people killed in central Nigeria in attacks blamed on herders
Attacks in state of Benue latest wave of violence amid conflict between Fulani herders and Indigenous farmers Forty-two people have been killed in four communities...
