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Nov
21
2025
By OWN CORRESPONDENT
Nigerian court sentences Biafran separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu to life in prison

Nigerian court sentences Biafran separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu to life in prison

NEWS
A Nigerian judge convicted separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu on all seven terrorism charges Thursday and sentenced him to life imprisonment, ending a tumultuous decade-long trial that has become a flashpoint for ethnic tensions threatening to fracture Africa's most populous nation. Judge James Omotosho declared that prosecutors had proven Kanu's broadcasts and commands to his now-banned Indigenous People of Biafra movement incited deadly violence against security forces and civilians in his campaign to carve out an independent Biafra state from Nigeria's Igbo-dominated southeast. "His intention was quite clear as he believed in violence," Omotosho said in his judgment. "These threats of…
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Nov
20
2025
By The African Mirror
SIU uncovers 631,000 illegal foreign nationals with traffic documents, R21 million in fraudulent claims

SIU uncovers 631,000 illegal foreign nationals with traffic documents, R21 million in fraudulent claims

NEWS
SOUTH Africa's Special Investigating Unit has identified over 2.6 million irregularly issued traffic registration numbers, with 631,000 linked to illegal foreign nationals, 63 of whom fraudulently claimed more than R21 million from the Road Accident Fund. The revelations emerged during a high-level awareness campaign against fraud and corruption in the border and immigration sector, where SIU Executive Director Advocate Andy Mothibi delivered a keynote address outlining the scale of corruption within the Department of Home Affairs and related entities. The investigation has revealed systematic fraud involving foreign nationals who obtained traffic registration numbers without proper identification, with 63 individuals successfully…
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Nov
20
2025
By OWN CORRESPONDENT
Gunmen attack Nigerian church, kidnap pastor days after school abduction

Gunmen attack Nigerian church, kidnap pastor days after school abduction

NEWS
GUNMEN attacked a church in central Nigeria on Tuesday evening, killing at least two people and abducting the pastor along with several worshippers, authorities confirmed Wednesday, compounding a security crisis that has placed President Bola Tinubu's government under intense domestic and international pressure. The assault on Christ Apostolic Church in Eruku, Kwara State, occurred just days after armed bandits stormed a boarding school in northwestern Kebbi State, killing the vice principal and kidnapping 25 schoolgirls in a pre-dawn raid on Monday. The twin attacks have drawn sharp scrutiny from U.S. President Donald Trump, who has threatened military action over what…
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Nov
19
2025
By OWN CORRESPONDENT
Tanzania President names family members to cabinet amid election violence crisis

Tanzania President names family members to cabinet amid election violence crisis

NEWS
PRESIDENT Samia Suluhu Hassan of Tanzania has appointed her daughter and son-in-law to senior cabinet positions in a sweeping government reshuffle announced just weeks after a disputed election marred by deadly violence that claimed an unknown number of lives. The appointments, made during a televised address from State House in Dodoma on November 17, have intensified criticism that the president is consolidating power within her inner circle at a time when Tanzania faces international condemnation over election-related killings and mass arrests. Wanu Hafidh Ameir Wanu Hafidh Ameir, 43, the president's only daughter, was named Deputy Minister of Education, Science and…
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Nov
19
2025
By SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
LUCKY ESCAPE: DRC Minister cheats death as plane explodes on mine mission

LUCKY ESCAPE: DRC Minister cheats death as plane explodes on mine mission

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A routine act of ministerial duty transformed into a nightmare of fire and smoke on Monday when Congolese Mines Minister Louis Watum Kabamba and nearly 20 others barely escaped with their lives after their aircraft careened off the runway and erupted in flames. The plane, carrying the minister's delegation on an urgent inspection mission to the Kalondo mine, skidded violently upon landing at Kolwezi airport before its rear section exploded into a raging inferno. Passengers threw themselves through emergency exits as angry orange flames devoured the fuselage and acrid black smoke choked the air. In a frantic scramble against time,…
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Nov
20
2025
By OWN CORRESPONDENT
Tanzania accused of mass killings cover-up as detained protesters face treason charges

Tanzania accused of mass killings cover-up as detained protesters face treason charges

NEWS
THE Kenyan Human Rights Council has levelled explosive allegations against Tanzania's government, claiming authorities are orchestrating a systematic cover-up of what they describe as mass killings of protesters following October's disputed election. The allegations come as more than 100 Tanzanians remain detained on treason charges in the aftermath of an election that saw President Samia Suluhu Hassan declared winner with nearly 98% of the vote - a result the European Union condemned as "fraud unfolding for months." The Kenyan rights group claims security forces used live ammunition against civilian protesters across multiple cities, including Dar es Salaam, Mwanza, Shinyanga, Morogoro,…
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Jan
30
2026
By SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
Kenya’s doomsday cult leader faces new murder charges

Kenya’s doomsday cult leader faces new murder charges

NEWS
NEARLY three years after the horrific discovery of mass graves in Shakahola Forest shocked the world, self-proclaimed pastor Paul Nthenge Mackenzie now faces an additional 52 murder charges, bringing the death toll linked to his apocalyptic cult to over 480 people. The latest charges, announced this week by Kenya's Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, stem from discoveries in Binzaro village - evidence that suggests the cult's deadly operations continued even after Mackenzie's initial arrest. The expanding case against the 53-year-old former taxi driver represents one of the most complex prosecutions in Kenyan history, involving terrorism, murder, manslaughter, child…
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Nov
19
2025
By OWN CORRESPONDENT
Justice is not for sale: President Tinubu’s call to Nigeria’s Judiciary

Justice is not for sale: President Tinubu’s call to Nigeria’s Judiciary

NEWS
IN a moment of unflinching candour that resonated through the Andrews Otutu Obaseki Auditorium, Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu delivered what many are calling the most direct challenge to judicial integrity in recent memory. "Justice must never be for sale, and the Bench must never become a sanctuary for compromise," the President declared, his words cutting through the assembled gathering of Nigeria's most powerful judges. "Corruption in any arm of government weakens the nation, but corruption in the Judiciary destroys it at its core. When justice is compromised, governance loses its integrity, and democracy loses its foundation." The occasion was…
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Nov
19
2025
By STAFF REPORTER
SA’s former Finance Minister Gigaba charged in multi-billion rand Transnet corruption case

SA’s former Finance Minister Gigaba charged in multi-billion rand Transnet corruption case

NEWS
FORMER South Africa’s Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba stood in the dock at the Palm Ridge Specialised Commercial Crime Court on Tuesday, facing fraud and corruption charges linked to the irregular procurement of locomotives that cost Transnet billions of rands. Dr Gigaba, now joint head of parliament's defence committee and a member of the ruling ANC's powerful National Executive Committee, was formally added as the fifth accused in the case by the Investigating Directorate Against Corruption (IDAC). He appeared alongside four former Transnet executives: Anoj Singh, the parastatal's former group chief financial officer; Brian Molefe, former group chief executive; Siyabonga Gama,…
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Nov
18
2025
By STAFF REPORTER
South Africa declares readiness for Africa’s first G20 summit

South Africa declares readiness for Africa’s first G20 summit

NEWS
SOUTH Africa, which hosts the first G20 Leaders' Summit on African soil on November 22-23, with 42 countries confirmed to attend the historic gathering at the NASREC precinct in Johannesburg, has declared itself ready to host. The summit marks the culmination of South Africa's year-long G20 Presidency, during which the country has completed 130 of 133 official G20 meetings under the theme of "Solidarity, Equality, and Sustainability." Twenty G20 member countries — excluding the United States — along with 16 guest countries and six nations representing regional economic communities from Africa, the Caribbean, and East Asia will participate in the…
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