Johannesburg fire: ‘The desperate search for the bodies of my sisters’

By Samantha Granville & Shingai Nyoka Families have been searching mortuaries in the South African city of Johannesburg a day after one of the worst building fires in the country’s history. At least 76 people were killed in the blaze, including 12 children. Panic-stricken and desperate, Grif, a Malawian who would only give his first…

Netanyahu urges immediate deportation of Eritrean clash participants

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called for the immediate deportation of Eritrean migrants involved in recent violent clashes in Tel Aviv. He held a meeting to discuss measures against those who participated, referring to them as illegal infiltrators. “What happened yesterday crossed a red line. It’s a riot, it’s bloodshed, these are riots we cannot…

Terror Attack on Uganda Flops

Police in Uganda said on Sunday they had detained a 28-year-old man entering a church in the capital Kampala with an explosive device he planned to use for an attack there. Authorities were hunting three other men also believed to have been sent on similar bombing missions elsewhere in Uganda, police said. The motives were…

Russia attacks Ukraine grain port ahead of Putin-Erdogan talks

Blasts reported near Ukraine’s Izmail port on the Danube River as Russian and Turkish leaders prepare to hold talks on Ukrainian grain exports. Russia has launched an air attack on one of Ukraine’s biggest grain exporting ports, hours before Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, were due to hold talks. Ukraine’s…

President Museveni sends Greetings to Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un

Pyongyang- Kim Jong Un, General Secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea, President of the State Affairs of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) and supreme commander of the armed forces of the DPRK, received a message of greeting from Uganda President , Yoweri Kaguta Museveni on Aug. 1. The Ugandan president in his…

Life slowly resumes in Gabon’s capital after coup

In the heart of Gabon’s capital Libreville, signs of Wednesday’s coup are still visible with the usually bustling city centre remaining surprisingly calm. However, a very different scenario is unfolding at the country’s largest market, Mont-Bouet. Here, residents have decided not to let political uncertainty get in the way of their determination to resume normal…