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Tanzania rules to keep death penalty
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Tanzania’s High Court has ruled that there is not enough evidence to challenge the death penalty, which means that…
South Africa deploys army to gang-hit Cape Town
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Authorities in South Africa have deployed the army to townships in the port city of Cape Town to deal with an…
US imposes travel ban on Cameroon official for wildlife trafficking
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The US has banned the most senior official in Cameroon's paramilitary force, Col Jean Claude Ango Ango and his wife…
Man sentenced to life behind bars for raping wheelchair-bound woman
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De Aar - A 26-year-old man was sentenced for life imprisonment in the De Aar Regional Court this week for raping a…
Nigeria’s president accepts retirement of convicted top judge
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Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has accepted the retirement letter of the chief justice, Walter Onnoghen,…
Ethiopia police hunt for house maid in murder attempt
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Police in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa are hunting for a house maid accused of attempting to murder a mother and…
Nigerians arrested for ‘eating during Ramadan fast’
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The Islamic Sharia police in northern Nigeria's Kano state briefly detained 80 people accused of eating in public,…
Zambia former minister arrested for misspending aid money
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Authorities in Zambia have arrested an ex-government minister for "for abuse of authority of office", a statement…
Court postpones murder trial of alleged Khayelitsha wife killer
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The trial of a Khayelitsha man, who dismembered his wife’s body, will be heard by the Western Cape High Court next…
Omar al-Bashir charged over dead Sudan protesters
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Sudan has charged ousted President Omar al-Bashir with incitement and involvement in the killing of protesters, the…