A magistrate’s court in the northern Nigerian city of Kano has ordered two TikTok stars to be whipped and made to sweep the court premises for a month. They were…
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Gambia: Families reject $20,000 for cough syrup deaths
Families of the 70 Gambian children who died of acutre kidney injury (AKI), allegedly linked to consuming Indian made cough syrups, have rejected a compensation offer from the government. The…
Kenya: Nairobi donates food to Somalia
Drought-stricken Kenya has donated a planeload of relief supplies to neighbouring Somalia. The donation has been met with an uproar on social media as more than a quarter of Kenyans…
USA: Musk pledges to remove Twitter imposters after celebrity protests
Elon Musk has said he will remove Twitter accounts that impersonate others amid a backlash over the billionaire’s decision to offer the platform’s blue check mark to all users for…
Syria: At least 9 killed after attack on displacement camps
At least nine people were killed and dozens wounded after Syrian government forces targeted tent settlements of displaced families in the rebel-held northwestern province of Idlib. Opposition activists and first…
India: Pollution curbs lifted in New Delhi capital despite ‘very poor’ air
Primary schools will reopen in the Indian capital this week and curbs will be lifted on certain construction activities, authorities said, after pollution levels improved to the “very poor” category…
Cyprus: Archbishop Chrysostomos II of Cypriot Orthodox Church dies aged 81
The head of Cyprus’s dominant Orthodox Church, Archbishop Chrysostomos II, has died at the age of 81, according to his doctors. A forceful character who faced down pro-Russian elements in…
South Africa: President Ramaphosa denies wrongdoing in farm scandal
South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has denied wrongdoing in testimony to a parliamentary panel examining whether he should face impeachment over an alleged cover-up of a heist at his farmhouse,…
Ethiopian: Government and Tigray forces establish hotline following truce
The Ethiopian government and Tigrayan forces have established a telephone hotline following a truce struck last week, the African Union’s chief mediator Olusegun Obasanjo said on Monday as both sides…
Russia: Mercenary force Wagner opens first official headquarters
Russia’s previously secretive Wagner Group, a private mercenary force, has opened its first official headquarters in the Russian city of Saint Petersburg. The group, controlled by Yevgeny Prigozhin, a close…