Malawi: Poor Women Forced to Trade Sex for Fish
(VOANews: Lameck Masina) MANGOCHI, MALAWI – Along the shores of Lake Malawi, poverty and food shortages are chronic problems, due to declining fish catches in the lake. [...]
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Tunisia: 22 year old man gang rape victim jailed for sodomy
A 22 year old man gang raped in Tunisia has been sentenced to 6 months jail for sodomy. He was also sentenced for two months for “slanderous denunciations” The [...]
Kofi Annan -Former UN chief dies
The Annan family and the Kofi Annan Foundation announce that Kofi Annan, former Secretary General of the United Nations and Nobel Peace Laureate has passed away. The Ghanaian [...]
U.S Airstrike In Somalia Kills 13 Terrorists
U.S. Africa Command states the U.S. military has killed 13 members of the al-Shabab extremist group in southern Somalia with a new airstrike. A spokesperson says it occurred [...]
Zimbabwe: President Mugabe detained
President Mugabe has been detained in bloodless transition and is safe, Zimbabwe’s ruling party says while denying ‘coup’ took place The South African [...]
Eleven dead refugees washed ashore in Libya -another 900 rescued
Rescue workers have recovered 11 bodies of refugees who drowned after they washed ashore in Libya this week. Red Crescent in Lybia said that Teams from the Tripoli branch [...]
Trump’s threat on climate change pledges will hit Africa hard
John J Stremlau, University of the Witwatersrand US President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the US Environmental Protection Agency, Scott Pruitt, publicly questions [...]
Somalia: Parts Of The Country Now In Famine
Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud he drought situation in Somalia in some areas has turned into a “famine.” Somalia has called on aid agencies, the international [...]
Egypt: Explosion At Cairo’s Coptic Cathedral
Egyptian state run media is reporting that an explosion has taken place at Cairo’s Coptic Cathedral,St. Mark’s. At least 20 people have died and 35 have been [...]
Australian Mining’s Bloody Foot Print In Africa
The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists reports that more than 150 Australian miningcompanies are operating in 33 African countries. Australia has the most [...]
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