While many people her age are still not certain about their career paths, 25-year-old Sinenhlanhla Passcara Mthembu has already established her law firm. Read.
While many people her age are still not certain about their career paths, 25-year-old Sinenhlanhla Passcara Mthembu has already established her law firm. Read.
UN investigators probing alleged human rights violations by Ethiopia in its northern conflict said Thursday they had been given the green light to visit the capital Addis Ababa but called for wider access. The commission, established by the UN Human Rights Council, probes alleged violations by all parties to the conflict.
Young musicians, dancers, actors and comedians from across the Arab world took to the stage in Tunisia to express their visions of freedom, more than a decade after the Arab Spring uprisings. Syrian refugee and stand-up comedian Mohamed al-Kurdi, one of the performers in Saturday's show, said that today, "young people's freedom is restricted, and not just in the Arab world".
The husband of slain Kenyan distance runner Agnes Tirop is seeking a plea bargain after initially denying a charge of murder, his lawyer said on Wednesday. The 41-year-old denied a charge of murder at a November court appearance.
Kenyan investigators said Wednesday they had arrested a would-be MP for impersonating a police officer after she appeared in full regalia on a television programme where she talked about law and order. Under Kenyan law, someone found guilty of impersonating a police officer can receive a prison sentence of up to 10 years, a fine of up to a million Kenyan shillings ($8,500), or both. ho/np/ri
Police and troops deployed in force in Eswatini's major cities on Wednesday on the anniversary of the start of bloody pro-democracy protests in the tiny kingdom. Eight people died in clashes with the security forces, initiating protests over the following months that have since become sporadic.
A Cape Town pastor, John Anosike, has claimed that the popular amapiano dance trend ‘Umlando’ is demonic, as confirmed by God upon a recent visit to Heaven.
Authorities in the Senegalese capital Dakar have banned a demonstration announced for Wednesday at a time of mounting tension in the runup to legislative polls. It also said the demonstration would breach laws banning "disguised" propaganda taking place within 30 days of the official start of an election campaign.
The bird count gets underway -- two members of the superb starling family, a Nubian woodpecker, and so on. Under it, carbon polluters can offset their greenhouse-gas emissions by "purchasing" emissions that are reduced or saved by other members in the scheme.
As Mozambique battles a brutal Islamist insurgency, the legacy of a decades-long civil war still haunts the African nation where many former rebels refuse to disarm. This area of central Mozambique was a bastion of RENAMO, the rebel movement that battled the government for decades.
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