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Machakos University is set to launch a Degree in witchcraft, setting a record as the second institution to offer the same in the world. Speaking during the launch, the Vice-Chancellor said that the course had already attracted tens of applicants and the University was aiming at exploiting local resources to make the course a success.…
Armed robbers have attacked a fuel station in Zimbabwe where they carted away proceeds from sales totaling $15,000. According to reports, the robbers literally ‘worked’ for the money they stole as they were reported to have met few cash at the station and then decided to pose at fuel attendants. The fuel station reportedly had…
Tanzanian government officials have dismissed speculation about the health and wellbeing of President John Magufuli two weeks after he was last seen in public. President Magufuli’s last known official engagement came about two weeks ago when he briefly attended a virtual East African Heads of State Summit before leaving Vice President Samia Suluhu to represent…
Top Rwanda opposition activist Seif Bamporiki has been shot dead in Cape Town. He was a member of the Rwanda National Congress and national organiser in South Africa. It’s alleged that the businessman, who sold beds, was called for a delivery in Nyanga on Sunday and when he arrived, a gunman fired a shot through…
Heavy clashes broke out early Friday between security guards of opposition leaders and government forces near Somalia’s presidential palace in the capital Mogadishu, with several people feared dead. Local sources told Anadolu Agency that the fighting took place at Daljirka Dahson Square, where Somalia’s opposition presidential candidates planned to hold an anti-government rally later in…
Congress of the United States have wrote to President Paul Kagame of the Republic of Rwanda requesting the immediate release and safe return of Paul Rusesabagina, known for hiding and saving 1,268 refugees as a hotel manager during the 1994 Rwandan genocide. The Congress urged the Rwandan President to return Mr. Rusesabagina, a United States…
By Agencies The U.S. Navy seized a large cache of weapons being smuggled by two small ships off the coast of Somalia, it announced Tuesday, amid the grinding war in nearby Yemen. Among the arms seized by guided-missile destroyer USS Winston S. Churchill in the Indian Ocean last week were thousands of Kalashnikov-style rifles, light…
In Namibia, a certain politician named after the former German leader, Adolf Hitler has been elected as a local councilor for the governing Swapo party. Adolf Hitler Uunona was eleceted with 85% of the votes in the regional vote to emerge the winner in Ompundja, a small town in the far north of the country.…
Tanzania’s President John Magufuli has won re-election with a landslide victory in a poll that the opposition has described as fraudulent. Mr Magufuli’s main rival, Tundu Lissu, has said his party’s agents were prevented from entering polling stations during Wednesday’s election. The National Electoral Commission (NEC) has dismissed the claims of fraud. In its final…
A top Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) army officer, Brigadier-General Ruphus Chigudu 64 years has died. Brig-Gen Chigudu, whose Chimurenga name was Promise Chombo, died on Thursday, September 24 at Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals however details of his passing on was confirmedconfirmed on September 28. Brig-Gen Chigudu’s death was confirmed by ZNA Commander Lieutenant General Edzai…
