South African police said Monday they have arrested a man for allegedly distributing pornographic images with the faces of President Cyril Ramaphosa, Police Minister Bheki Cele and Cele’s wife superimposed on them. The man will appear in court in the capital, Pretoria,
The explosive outburst will be driven unstable energy ploughed into the atmosphere and storms swept in from France. The Met Office last night issued a severe weather warning for southern England which faces more than an inch of rain, ‘frequent lightning’, and rapid flooding.
The UK is set to preview its first taste of summer this month, but one meteorologist believes this is merely gearing us up for another record-breaking period of heat. New weather maps show the UK basking in highs of up to 24C
Britain is set to be hit by “widespread showers” after a weekend with “plenty of sunshine”, according to the latest Met Office update. The sunny weekend appears not to be the beginning of the summer but rather a brief advertisement of what
Six crew members of a Liberian-flagged tanker held hostage for more than a month by pirates in West Africa have been freed, the Danish shipping company that owns the vessel said Monday. On March 25, pirates boarded the Monjasa Reformer southwest of
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — A U.S.-sanctioned Russian oligarch is accused of making shady deals under sunny skies with South African politicians, the reported real reason why Russian President Vladimir Putin could evade arrest should he make a planned trip to South Africa
An attack by unidentified armed persons in the north of the small West African nation of Benin has killed “about 15 people,” according to the government’s spokesperson. Spokesperson Wilfried Houngbedji told AP by telephone Thursday that the attack on a farm in
Authorities in Tunisia are weighing the construction of new cemeteries amid a recent swell of migrants washing ashore after drowning in the Mediterranean Sea. The United Nations has noted that the first three months of 2023 proved to be the most fatal
South Africa’s Supreme Court of Appeal on Friday upheld a ruling that the “gratuitous” public display of the country’s old apartheid-era flag amounts to hate speech and racial discrimination and can be prosecuted. The Supreme Court didn’t, however, give a ruling on
Nearly 13 million children missed one or more vaccinations in Africa between 2019 and 2021 because of the disruptive impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, leaving the continent vulnerable to even more outbreaks of disease and facing a “child survival crisis,” a new