Zambian Pastor, James Thewo Accused Of Raping A Woman During Prayer Meeting
A PASTOR of Revival for All Nations Church indicted with rape has told the Kitwe Magistrate’s Court that the woman he is accused of raping during an inter-denominational prayer meeting at his house allegedly consented to having sex with him. This is in a case in which James Thewo, 28, of house number 31, Congo […]
Cameroon Ratifies Arusha-Based African Court On Human And Peoples’ Rights
Cameroon is the 29th African Union Member State to ratify the establishment of the Arusha-based African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights. According to African Court Press Release, the West African country deposited its instrument of ratification of the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the establishment of the Court […]
Kenya Ordered To Give Teachers 50% Pay Rise
Kenya’s Supreme Court has said that the government should abide by a lower court’s decision to give teachers a pay rise of at least 50%. The teachers’ pay body had argued that it cannot afford the increase awarded by the industrial court. The dispute over teachers’ pay goes back 18 years, with a pay deal […]
Ethiopia Vs Kenya Rivary Continues In Long Distance Races In Beinjing Games
Ethiopia’s ace long distance female runner, Genzebe Dibaba, has won the World Championships 1 500m race to set the tone to what is expected to be a continuation of the rivalry between her country and Kenya. At the race held in Beijing, China, Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon came second. Although several other races are yet to […]
South Africa’s Economy In Big Trouble As Rand Tumbles
The rand tumbled the most since 2011 on concern the plunge in commodity prices will deepen as China’s economy slows. The currency led declines in emerging-market exchange rates, hurt by lower prices for resources that account for more than half of its exports. Losses have been exacerbated by concern over growth in China, the top […]
Second Chemical Plant Explosion In China kills 1
An explosion at a chemical plant in eastern China killed one person and injured nine others, a state news agency reported Sunday, less than two weeks after a similar disaster at a chemical warehouse killed 123 people. The explosion occurred just before 9 p.m. Saturday in Zibo, a city southeast of Beijing in Shandong province, […]
2,000 Migrants Rescued Near Libya Coast In One Day
More than 2,000 migrants and refugees have been rescued from boats off the coast of Libya in one of the biggest single-day operations mounted, Italy’s coastguards have said. Distress calls came from more than 20 vessels, AFP reported. More than 2,000 people have died this year in attempts to reach Europe in overcrowded, unseaworthy boats. […]
Zimbabwe’s Mugabe Hands Over SADC Chair
ANALYSTS and opposition leaders have varying views over how President Robert Mugabe fared as Southern Africa Development Cooperation (Sadc) chair and also as head of the African Union, a position he is also set to pass on soon. Some of those interviewed last week said Mugabe was unlikely to leave any regional imprint as Sadc […]
Zambia’s Anti-Corruption Commission Arrests Lusaka Man For Bribing A Police Officer
THE Anti-Corruption Commission has arrested and charged a Lusaka businessman for corrupt practices involving K 500. ACC acting spokesperson Dorothy Mwanza said in statement that Robert Chileshe aged 47, of Plot No.38465 Vubu Road Emmasdale in Lusaka was arrested on Wednesday and charged with one (1) count of Corrupt Practices with Public Officer contrary to […]
Lebanese Security Arrest Isis Sheikh Ahmed Al Assir Going To Nigeria To Join Boko Haram
SECURITY forces in Lebanon have arrested Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (Isis) cleric Sheikh Ahmed Al Assir just as he was about to board a plane to Nigeria presumably to link up with Boko Haram terrorists. On the run for over two years, Sheikh Ahmed Al Assir was caught at Beirut’s Rafik Hariri International […]
