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41 people were arrested in Johannesburg, South Africa following the eruption of fresh xenophobic attacks reportedly targeting foreigners on Monday. Hundreds of locals were seen running across parts of the South Africa’s commercial hub looting and burning down shops believed to be owned by African…

A Ugandan businessman who was last week wheeled into a banking hall to withdraw cash meant for his hospital bill has passed away. John Zabazungu succumbed to an undisclosed illness at Mulago Specialized Women and Neonatal Hospital on Sunday afternoon, his daughter Molly Nakato confirmed as reported…

A 23-year-old Florida man was this week arrested with five ecstasy pills shaped like US President Donald Trump’s head. Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office said Brendan Dolan-King had hidden the ecstasy pills inside his air vent at his house in the city of Clearwater. A police report stated that the…

Kenyan female bodybuilder Everlyn Owala has won the coveted Women bodybuilding 2019 championship title staged in Angola. Ms. Owala was awarded the title by the International Federation of Bodybuilding and Fitness (IFBB) on Saturday. Her latest victory comes a few months after she scooped two…

At least 60 people have been confirmed dead and more than 60 others wounded after a fuel tanker burst into flames in Tanzania on Saturday morning. State broadcaster TBC Taifa reported that many of those killed and injured were siphoning petrol from the vehicle which crashed in Morogoro town.…

Former Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe has been in hospital in Singapore for the past four months, his predecessor Emmerson Mnangagwa has divulged. In a statement on Monday, President Mnangagwa said Mugabe has been undergoing medication for an undisclosed ailment in the Asian country and was…

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Monday led the country in planting more than 300 million trees in 12 hours, which officials believe is a world record. Ethiopian government officials said the project aims to counter the effects of deforestation and climate change in the drought-prone nation.…

US President Trump is once again facing accusations of racism following his attacks on Maryland Congressman Elijah Cummings, a black lawmaker. In a thread of sharply-worded tweets on Saturday directed at Cummings, a staunch critic of Trump’s administration, President Trump described the majority-…

Former London Mayor Boris Johnson is the new Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Boris becomes the British Prime Minister after he was overwhelmingly elected as new Conservative Party leader by members in an election held on Tuesday. He garnered 92,153 votes ahead of his closest rival Jeremy Hunt…

Mexican drug lord Joaquín Guzmán, popularly known as “El Chapo”, has been sentenced to life in prison plus 30 years.  El Chapo was handed the sentence by a United States federal court after he was found guilty of 10 charges among them drug trafficking and money laundering in February this year…