News24.com | Kenyan LGBTQI activist was killed out of ‘hate’ for who he was, says African rights body
Edwin Chiloba, a 25-year-old fashion designer, model and LGBTQ rights campaigner was found dead earlier this week. The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights says Chiloba was killed because…
News24.com | Four appear in court for allegedly trafficking girls from Lesotho to South Africa
Four people are accused of trafficking girls from Lesotho to SA. (Getty Images) Four people have appeared in a Lesotho court over allegations of smuggling young girls into South Africa.…
Brazil prepares to bury Pelé in city he made soccer Mecca
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News24.com | WATCH | Senegal lawmakers jailed for 6 months for assaulting pregnant colleague in parliament
A court in Senegal sentenced two lawmakers on Monday to six months in jail for assaulting a pregnant colleague on 1 December during an acrimonious parliamentary session that degenerated into…
Pelé, Brazil’s mighty king of ‘beautiful game,’ has died
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At least 14 dead and 24 injured after car slams into crowd at Nigeria’s popular biker carnival
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11 convicted over deadly extremist attack in Ivory Coast
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Jihadi violence hits Benin, shows spread across West Africa
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News24.com | Kagame, Tshisekedi voice 22 years of failed UN peacekeeping in eastern DRC
Rwanda President Paul Kagame and DRC President Felix Tshisekedi feel the UN has not been successful in solving the conflict in the eastern DRC. The DRC wants a staggered withdrawal…