Indian cricketer fined $300 over lion selfie
Indian cricketer Ravindra Jadeja has been fined $300 for taking selfies with endangered Asiatic lions in the country’s west despite
Impending Presidential elections in Zambia marred by violence
The credibility of the Presidential elections in Zambia has been tainted by the ongoing violence and intimidation in the current
German judges call for Islamic headscarves to be banned from courts
Judges in Germany are calling for a ban on Muslim headscarves for lawyers in court in order to ensure the
Ethiopian swimmer struggles to finish 100m freestyle swimming heat
Ethiopian Olympic swimmer Robel Kiros Habte finished last in the Preliminary Men’s 100m Freestyle heats at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium.
Burundian traders decry ban on food export to Rwanda
Burundi traders and farmers have decried the recent government’s move to ban export of foodstuff to neighbouring Rwanda. In Cibitoke
Mali floods leave 14 dead in a month
Floods caused by heavy rains have killed at least 14 people in Mali over the past month, as well as
Rwandan innovates a solar powered cart that can charge 80 mobile phones at a go
Rwandan, Henri Nyakarundi has created a solar powered mobile kiosk that charges mobile phones, and is creating employment opportunities in
3 arrested after jihadi flag hung from hotel in Mali capital
An intelligence official says soldiers have pursued extremists who entered a hotel in Mali’s capital and hung a black jihadi
Sierra Leone, Liberia risk Ebola-like outbreaks from poor sanitation
Sierra Leone and Liberia risk new deadly epidemics akin to the impact of the Ebola virus due to lack of
Death toll from South Sudan cholera outbreak rises to 22
The death toll from South Sudan’s cholera outbreak has risen to 22, representing a case fatality rate of 2.49 percent,