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Kenyan cult: Robert Mackenzie says his brother is a good man/in /by
The case has stunned Christian-majority Kenya and led President William Ruto to set up a commission of inquiry into the deaths and a task force to review regulations governing religious bodies.
Niger intercepts nearly 1,400 Boko Haram followers – Army/in /by
Niger's armed forces have so far caught 1,397 people, many of whom women and children, according to a statement from the army's southeastern region, seen by AFP. They were handed over to the Nigerian military authorities, it said. "Around 30 terrorists" who refused to surrender were killed."
Egypt’s ‘Indiana Jones’ announces Cleopatra film to be released on same day as Netflix/in /by
Egyptian archaeologist Zahi Hawass, still wearing his Indiana Jones hat, announced on Wednesday the release of a documentary on Cleopatra, the same day that Netflix released a similar film that has drawn the ire of Egyptians.
US actress Halle Bailey receives plaudits at ‘The Little Mermaid’ world premiere/in /by
Jodie Benson, who voiced Ariel in the 1989 animated film, praised Halle Bailey's performance of the classic song "Part of Your World." Actors and stars attended 'The Little Mermaid' world premiere in Los Angeles on Monday (May.8).
Nigeria: 15 children drowned in a shipwreck and 25 missing/in /by
The boat was heading to the village of Dundeji in Sokoto state on Tuesday when it capsized in the middle of a river, local police spokesman Sanusi Abubakar told The Associated Press
Burkina Faso: kidnapped prefect found dead in forest/in /by
A prefect kidnapped by gunmen was found dead on Monday in a forest in western Burkina Faso plagued by jihadist violence, security and local sources said Wednesday.
DRC: at least 10 dead in a new landslide/in /by
At least ten people have died in a new landslide that occurred after heavy rain overnight from Tuesday to Wednesday in a landlocked area in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), sources said.
DRC’s president on state visit to Botswana, bilateral ties and security top the agenda/in /by
Tshisekedi's visit which should last four days will see him tour the headquarters of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) on Wednesday (May 10).
Kenya: the despair of a sister of a follower of the sect of Paul Mackenzie/in /by
At least 109 people, the majority of them children, have died in this Kenyan coastal forest, home to followers of the International Church of Good News of self-proclaimed pastor Paul Nthenge Mackenzie, who advocated fasting until death to "meet Jesus".
Darfur residents fear escalating conflicts between the army and the RSF/in /by
Residents reported ground battles in several neighbourhoods of Khartoum between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), and heavy gunfire in the north of Omdurman and the east of Bahri, two adjacent cities separated from Khartoum by the River Nile.