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Smoke rises from the deadly fire in Johannesburg, South Africa, that broke out on August 31, 2023
South African police arrest suspect in connection with building fire that killed 77
JOHANNESBURG — Police in Gauteng have arrested a suspect in connection with the fire that tore through a five-story building in central Johannesburg last year and killed 77 people, South African public broadcaster SABC reported Tuesday.Gauteng police spokesperson Dimakatso Nevhuhlwi said the suspect was arrested after he confessed before the Commission of Inquiry into the building fire, and that the 29-year-old man will appear in court soon on charges of arson, 76 counts of murder and 120 counts of attempted murder, according to SABC.The exact cause of the fire is “yet to be determined,” it added.At least 12 children were among those killed in the blaze last year. More than 50 people were injured.The fire affected some of the country’s most vulnerable people while also highlighting...
January 24, 2024

South African police arrest suspect in connection with building fire that killed 77

Eight-month-old Daniella, right, with her mother and twin brother, is the first Cameroonian child to get the jab. — courtesy AFP
Cameroon starts world-first malaria mass vaccine rollout
YAOUNDÉ — The world's first routine vaccine program against malaria has started in Cameroon, in a move projected to save thousands of children's lives across Africa.The symbolic first jab was given to a baby girl named Daniella at a health facility near Yaoundé on Monday.Every year 600,000 people die of malaria in Africa, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).Children under five make up at least 80% of those deaths.Cameroon is offering the RTS,S vaccine free of charge to all infants up to the age of six months old.Patients require a total of four doses.The jab is known to be effective in at least 36% of cases, according to US researchers, meaning it could save over one in three lives.While the rollout is undoubtedly a relief and a life-saver, its relatively low...
January 22, 2024

Cameroon starts world-first malaria mass vaccine rollout

The United States Department of the Navy emblem is seen on a monument in Streator, Illinois, United States.
Two US Navy SEALs missing off the coast of Somalia are dead, officials say
WASHINGTON — The two US Navy SEALs who went missing off the coast of Somalia on January 11 are dead, US Central Command said after searching for them for 10 days.“We regret to announce that after a 10-day exhaustive search, our two missing US Navy SEALs have not been located and their status has been changed to deceased,” Central Command said in a statement Sunday. “Out of respect for the families, no further information will be released at this time.”CENTCOM added that teams from the US, Japan and Spain searched more than 21,000 square miles to try to locate the two missing SEALs. The two sailors were boarding a vessel in search of illicit Iranian weapons when one fell into the water due to eight-foot swells, and the second jumped in after them according to protocol, CNN...
January 22, 2024

Two US Navy SEALs missing off the coast of Somalia are dead, officials say

The United Nations Secretary General, António Guterres addresses the G77 Summit in Kampala, Uganda. — courtesy UN/Monicah Aturinda Kyeyune
Guterres urges G-77 and China to drive momentum for global governance reform
KAMPALA — Developing countries must lead efforts to reform outdated international institutions and frameworks, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said in remarks to the third summit of the Group of 77 (G-77) and China, which opened on Sunday in Kampala, Uganda.More than 130 countries are members of the bloc — the largest grouping of the global South, representing 80 percent of the planet’s population — and their solidarity and partnership are essential to building a sustainable, peaceful, and just world for all, he said.“Let us face it: those that benefit most from the present global governance system are unlikely to lead its reform. So, momentum for change must come from you,” he told leaders. "I urge you to keep driving these efforts forward.”The Secretary-General...
January 21, 2024

Guterres urges G-77 and China to drive momentum for global governance reform

Five of the six Al-Kadriyar sisters. Nabeeha, pictured second from left, was killed by the kidnappers. — courtesy Al-Kadriyar family
Bwari kidnapping: Nigeria police secure release of sisters taken from Abuja
ABUJA — Nigerian police say they have successfully rescued five sisters who were held hostage after being kidnapped in the country's capital.The girls were freed in a joint police-army operation in a forest in northern Nigeria on Saturday night.They were taken from their home in Abuja earlier this month, along with another sister who was later killed.The kidnappers had demanded a ransom for their release, but the statement made no mention of one being paid.Nigerian police said the girls had been reunited with their family following the operation, which took place near the Kajuru forest in Kaduna State at around 23:30 local time (22:30 GMT) on Saturday.The six sisters, aged from the early teens to 23, were taken hostage alongside their father, Mansoor Al-Kadriyar, on Jan. 2 at the...
January 21, 2024

Bwari kidnapping: Nigeria police secure release of sisters taken from Abuja

The United Nations Secretary General António Guterres addresses the 19th Non-Aligned Movement Summit in Kampala, Uganda. — courtesy UN
At NAM summit, Guterres repeats call for Gaza ceasefire, release of hostages
KAMPALA — UN Secretary-General António Guterres repeated his call for a humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza and the unconditional release of all hostages, in an address to the latest summit of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), which concluded in Kampala, Uganda, on Saturday.Leaders from the 120-member bloc met amid deep division globally, including rising geopolitical tensions, climate catastrophe, widespread poverty and raging conflict in Sudan, Ukraine and Gaza.“Following the abhorrent Hamas attacks on Oct. 7, the wholesale destruction of Gaza and the number of civilian casualties in such a short period are totally unprecedented during my mandate,” the Secretary-General said, noting that the UN has also been affected as 152 staff have been killed.Although humanitarians are doing their...
January 20, 2024

At NAM summit, Guterres repeats call for Gaza ceasefire, release of hostages

Self-proclaimed pastor Paul Mackenzie has been in custody since April. — courtesy Getty Images
Kenya cult leader Mackenzie faces terror charges over mass deaths
NAIROBI — A Kenyan cult leader is to be charged with murder and terrorism over the deaths of more than 400 people found in mass graves, prosecutors say.Paul Mackenzie was arrested in April after the discovery of hundreds of bodies, some of whom were said to have starved themselves to death.Kenyan prosecutors say that he and 94 others will be charged in court in Malindi on Wednesday. The self-proclaimed pastor has denied responsibility for the deaths.The bodies of 429 people, including children, have been dug up from gravesites in Shakahola, a remote forest about two hours' drive west of Malindi.Mackenzie is alleged to have encouraged members of his Good News International Church to move there and prepare for the end of the world.One witness told the BBC that people were given...
January 16, 2024

Kenya cult leader Mackenzie faces terror charges over mass deaths

President Hage Geingob has appealed to Germany to retract their support of Israel. — courtesy Getty Images
Namibia criticizes German support for Israel over ICJ genocide case
THE HAGUE — Namibia has condemned former colonial ruler Germany for rejecting a case at a UN court accusing Israel of committing genocide in Gaza.Germany has offered to intervene on Israel's behalf in the case brought by South Africa at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague.President Hage Geingob urged Germany to "reconsider its untimely decision to intervene as a third-party in defense".In 2021 Berlin acknowledged committing genocide in Namibia.German colonizers massacred more than 70,000 Herero and Nama people between 1904 and 1908. Historians consider this to be the 20th Century's first genocide.President Geingob said Germany could not "morally express commitment to the United Nations Convention against genocide, including atonement for the...
January 14, 2024

Namibia criticizes German support for Israel over ICJ genocide case

Residents in Kinshasa have been using canoes on the city's flooded roads
DR Congo floods: Chaos in Kinshasa as river rises to near-record level
KINSHASA — Floods have wreaked chaos in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, with water pouring into homes and residents navigating submerged roads via canoe.The overflowing River Congo, passing through much of the country, has also swamped places outside the capital.The vast, vital waterway has reached its highest level in six decades.More than 300 people have died in floods over the past months, officials say.On Thursday, residents in the impoverished megacity of Kinshasa told the BBC how "schools, hospitals and churches" have been washed away."I had lived here with my relatives... I have lost everything," Jonas Mungindami said.Similarly, Denise Tuzola said her house is now "full of water"."There is no church here anymore and...
January 12, 2024

DR Congo floods: Chaos in Kinshasa as river rises to near-record level

TB Joshua founded the hugely popular Synagogue Church of all Nations
TB Joshua: Megachurch leader abused and tortured worshippers, says report
LAGOS — Evidence of widespread abuse and torture by the founder of one of the world's biggest Christian evangelical churches has been uncovered by the BBC.Dozens of ex-Synagogue Church of all Nations members — five British — allege atrocities, including rape and forced abortions, by Nigeria's late TB Joshua.The allegations of abuse in a secretive Lagos compound span almost 20 years.The Synagogue Church of All Nations did not respond to the allegations but said previous claims have been unfounded.TB Joshua, who died in 2021, was a charismatic and hugely successful preacher and televangelist who had an immense global following.The BBC's findings over a two-year investigation include:Dozens of eyewitness accounts of physical violence or torture carried out by Joshua,...
January 08, 2024

TB Joshua: Megachurch leader abused and tortured worshippers, says report

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