Kidnapped Tanzanian billionaire’s family offer R6,5 million reward for finding him
The family of kidnapped billionaire Tanzanian businessman Mohammed Dewji have have offered a six-and-a-half million rand reward for information leading to his arrest. The motive for last Thursday’s abduction of Tanzania’s only and Africa’s youngest billionaire remain unknown. Mo Dewji was kidnapped as he entered a luxury gymnasium in Dar es Salaam. Police have arrested […]
Boko Haram execute abducted Red Cross worker
The clock is ticking for a Red Cross worker abducted by Boko Haram last month after two here colleagues have been executed. The Nigerian terror group as Hauwa Mohammed Liman, who was killed yesterday, deserved to die because she had abandoned Islam by workin for the Red Cross. ends intro The International Committee of the […]
Second wave of Ebola hits DRC
The World Health Organization has identified a second wave of the Ebola outbreak that’s killed at least 135 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The UN body’s meeting in Geneva tomorrow to determine whether the outbreak constitutes an international emergency. Community resistance and local violence in the North Kivus are blamed for the inability […]
Ramaphosa too unwell to attend Kinshasa summit with Kabila
Presdident Cyril Ramaphosa is too unwell tatted today’s climax of the Binational Commission between South African and the Democratic Republic. It’s unclear when he will travel to Kinshasa to sign agreements, with his counterpart Joseph Kabila, reached in days of talks between officials and the respect foreign ministers. The eleventh session of the binational commission […]
Unrest on Comores over president Azali Assoumani seeking to cling to power
Authorities are struggling to restore order on the Indian Ocean archipelago of the Comoros. It’s torn by protests on the island of Anjouan against President Azali Assoumani determination to cling to power beyond his mandate of 2021. The Comoros have had at least 20 coups or attempted coups since breaking from France in 1968. A […]