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Police continue to comb a township tavern for evidence after the mysterious death of 21 teenagers after a night out. Most of the victims, some as young as 13 years old, were found dead inside a popular bar in the southern city of East London. Some died later in hospital. With the victims bearing no visible signs of injury, and those admitted to hospital complaining of symptoms such as chest pains and backache there remains much speculation among local officials and politicians as to what caused the deaths Family members of the 21 adolescents who died under mysterious circumstances in…

A Malawi court on Monday sentenced a Catholic priest to 30 years and several other people to life in prison over the gruesome 2018 murder of a man with albinism. Judge Dorothy NyaKaunda Kamanga said Thomas Muhosha had planned to traffic 22-year-old MacDonald Masambuka’s tissue. “The offence was motivated by the disability of the deceased, that of albinism,” she said in a ruling handed down in the city of Blantyre. She said the priest, who led a parish in Machinga, 100 kilometres (60 miles) northeast of Blantyre, had breached the trust many had placed in him. Five other suspects were…

Human rights organizations in Spain and Morocco have called on both countries to investigate the deaths – Friday- of at least 23 Africans and injuries suffered by dozens more who attempted to scale the border fence that surrounds Melilla, a Spanish enclave in North Africa. Moroccan authorities said the casualties occurred when a “stampede” of people tried to climb the iron fence that separates Melilla and Morocco. In a statement released Friday, Morocco’s Interior Ministry said 76 civilians were injured along with 140 Moroccan security officers. The ministry initially reported five deaths. Local authorities cited by Morocco’s official Television 2M…

Somalia’s parliament on Saturday unanimously endorsed Hamza Abdi Barre as new prime minister, paving the way for the creation of a new government. All 220 lawmakers present gave their blessing to Barre’s appointment, and he was then sworn in to office, the parliament speaker said. Barre 48, told parliament he would form a “quality” government that would focus on “creating inclusive political stability (in line with) the president’s motto of a reconciled Somalia that is at peace with the world”. Somalia’s new adminstration faces a raft of challenges including a looming food crisis and a grinding insurgency by Al-Shabaab jihadists.…

South Africa’s former president fights back. On Saturday, four days after the final report into corruption under his tenure was released, Jacob Zuma slammed it as gossip. Speaking through his legal team and foundation members, the 80-year-old politician rejected the findings of the judicial report detailing how rampant corruption gutted state coffers during his presidency. “We hold the view that given the unlawfulness of how this inquiry was set up, it cannot be that its findings and recommendations are lawful, Mzwanele Manyi, Spokesman for the Jacob Zuma foundation said. The report is therefore a classical case of the fruits of a…

Italian company Eni on Sunday joined Qatar Energy’s project to expand production from the world’s biggest natural gas field, days after Russia slashed supplies to Italy. Eni will own a stake of just over three percent in the $28 billion North Field East project, Qatar Energy’s CEO said at a signing ceremony in Doha. Qatar announced France’s TotalEnergies as its first, and largest, foreign partner on the development last week, with a 6.25 percent share. More companies are set to be named. “Today I’m pleased… to announce the selection of Eni as a partner in this unique strategic project,” said…

Mobilizing residents in the beach town and port of Moçamedes, Ema Samali da Silva, Vice-Governor of Namibe Province, has launched an urban renewal project that’s changing the face of the city. She’s turning old relics like movie theaters and an auditorium into cultural centers reborn. Street artists and painters are livening up and beautifying facades across the city. And it’s creating jobs, with the aim of creating more by encouraging more tourism and business activity. Moçamedes in the Province of Namibe is a city committed to urban renewal and providing opportunity for young artists and creatives. Through a partnership between…

The Democratic Republic of Congo does not want Rwanda in a possible regional force on its soil. This is the message from Kinshasa to the British prime minister ahead of a Commonwealth summit in Kigali. In a statement released last Friday, the Congolese government accuses Rwanda of supporting the M23 rebels who seized the town of Bunagana on the border with Uganda last week. The statement added that an extraordinary “higher council of defense” was held on Wednesday, chaired by the head of state Félix Tshisekedi, at the end of which the DRC decided to suspend bilateral agreements with Rwanda.…

Disappointment in South Sudan at the news of the postponement of Pope Francis’s visit to the region. The visit was originally planned for July 2nd to the 7th. According to a statement released by the Vatican last week, the Pope’s ongoing knee problem is the reason behind the postponement. “When we received the news of the postponement, we received this with mixed feelings. Some they say yeah God things work differently from the way that we do our things but others say no that is not good, you know that is the mixed feelings that I heard. But for me…

Sudan’s wheat harvest is at risk of going to waste after the country’s cash-strapped government backed out of promises to purchase it at favorable prices. Farmer Modawi Ahmed is one of thousands who have cultivated the grain as part of Sudan’s largest agricultural scheme, named Al-Gezira. “The agricultural bank wants us to pay for our loans in wheat, according to the encouraging price which was set at 43,000 (Sudanese pound, almost 88 euros, ed.). One (a farmer, ed.) must register with the bank the quantity they will supply, and the bank will determine the quantity it will take. After calculating…