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The South African government has deployed the military on the streets to stop the violence that broke out following the incarceration of former president Jacob Zuma. The unrest began in his home province of KwaZulu-Natal and has spread to Johannesburg, the biggest city and capital of Gauteng…

Former South African President Jacob Zuma on Wednesday surrendered to police to begin a 15-month jail sentence. Zuma was handed the sentence by the Constitutional Court last week after he was found guilty of contempt after disobeying the court’s order requiring him to appear at an inquiry into…

The funeral ceremony of the late Nigerian televangelist Temitope Balogun Joshua, alias T.B Joshua, was on Monday night disrupted after a fire broke out at his church in Lagos. The inferno erupted from a storehouse within the church’s premises at around 11:00 pm, forcing mourners to scamper for…

A man who slapped French President Emmanuel Macron earlier this week has been handed a four-month jail sentence. 28-year-old Damien Tarel, who said he is a right-wing sympathizer, attacked President Macron as he shook hands with members of the public during a walkabout in France’s Drome region on…

Two people were arrested after French President Emmanuel Macron was slapped by a man in the crowd. A video clip published by French media shows a man in a green T-shirt, eyeglasses, and a facemask shouting "Down with Macronia" before slapping Macron in the face. Macron had visited the Drome region…

A South African woman from Gauteng province has broken the Guinness World Record after giving birth to 10 babies. 37-year-old Gosiame Thamara Sithole gave birth to decuplets at a hospital in Pretoria on Monday night. Pretoria News reports that Sithole, who hails from Tembisa Township in Ekurhuleni…

Popular Nigerian televangelist Temitope Balogun Joshua, alias TB Joshua is dead. Joshua passed away on Saturday evening in Lagos, according to reports in Nigeria. The 57-year-old controversial pastor is reported to have collapsed and died moments after concluding a program at his church. The cause…

Nigeria retaliated by suspending Twitter after the American social media company deleted President Muhammadu Buhari’s tweet. Through Information Minister Lai Mohammed, Nigeria announced it had indefinitely suspended Twitter’s activities in the country. Lai explained that the move was informed by “…

A Ugandan minister survived an assassination attempt on Tuesday after unknown gunmen sprayed bullets at his car. General Katumba Wamala, the minister of works and transport, was being driven in the Kampala suburb of Kiasasi when four attackers on motorcycles opened fire at his car. Wamala, a former…

The Chinese government is set to allow married couples to have up to three children in a move aimed at averting a demographic crisis. The decision was arrived at during a meeting of the Chinese Communist Party’s top leadership on Monday, according to state-run news agency Xinhua. The easing of…