Morocco arrests suspected Islamic State group member
Rabat – Moroccan police said on Thursday they had arrested a suspected Islamic State group member, in cooperation with US... Read more
30 Sep
SA pastor who plotted racist attacks was motivated by ‘highly racial views’
Johannesburg – A South African pastor who plotted to indiscriminately kill black people and overthrow the government to reinstate... Read more
29 Sep
Freight truck crashes, killing 34 in DRC
Lubumbashi – Thirty-four people, including children, died when a freight truck driven by a drunk driver overturned on a... Read more
29 Sep
Man arrested after claiming Mecca pilgrimage for queen
Riyadh – Saudi authorities have arrested a man who claimed to have travelled to the Muslim holy city of... Read more
13 Sep
Pope ‘concerned’ after Nicaraguan bishop detained
Vatican City – Pope Francis said on Sunday he was “concerned” by rising tensions between the state and the... Read more
22 Aug
Rwanda woman faces two years in jail for ‘shameful’ dress
Kigali – A 24-year-old woman who was arrested in Rwanda for wearing “shameful” clothing faces up to two years... Read more
19 Aug
Senegal arrests 143 migrants headed for Europe
Dakar – Senegal’s paramilitary police has arrested 143 migrants in two seaside swoops as they prepared to embark in... Read more
12 Aug
South Africa arrests 20 ‘instigators’ of deadly 2021 riots
Johannesburg – South African police on Thursday arrested 20 people suspected of being among the instigators of riots that... Read more
12 Aug
Ex-Tshisekedi supporter in DRC arrested for ‘slander’
Kinshasa – The former head of Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi’s party, who recently joined the opposition,... Read more
10 Aug
US calls on South Sudan to free detained VOA freelancer
Juba – The United States on Tuesday urged South Sudan to release a freelance journalist with the state-owned broadcaster... Read more
10 Aug
