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The outgoing President of Burundi since 2005 President Pierre Nkurunziza has died .President passed on yesterday at Karusi hospital after suffering a heart attack on June 8.  The government of Burundi on Tuesday announced the “unexpected” death of President Pierre Nkurunziza. He was 55. The cause of Pierre Nkurunziza’s death was described as a heart attack in a government statement. The 55-year-old ...

Adopted from BBC World News New Zealand is set to lift almost all its Corona Virus restrictions within hours as it reports there are no active cases in the country. It will move to level one, the lowest of its four-tier alert system, at midnight local time (12:00 GMT). Under this, social distancing will no longer be required and there ...

South Africa is under a lockdown in an effort to stop the spread of the coronavirus. However, the refugees who have been staying on the streets of Capetown and at the Methodist Church are at a very high risk of contracting and spreading the virus as they are still homeless. Their number which is reportedly 700, super-exceeds the allowed maximum ...

The British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson is in self isolation after he tested postive for the coronavirus earlier today. In his tweet, the Prime Minister says that he will continue leading the governement’s response via video conference in a bid to curb the spread of the virus. He is urging anyone who is able to stay at home to do ...

Zimbabwe’s first Corona virus COVID-19 fatality, the 30yr old young journalist Zororo, son of of former Zanu-PF parliamentarian and businessman James Makamba has pictured a stark horror of how the country is ill-prepared for the pandemic that is shocking the entire world. Zororo who had underlying medical condition from previous operation(s) succumbed to the deadly ailment on Monday 23rd March ...

A massively obese Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) mufti, Shifa al-Nima was pulled from his hiding place by elite Iraqi SWAT team members in a raid on Thursday last week. The man was too large to fit in a police car and had to be put in the back of a police vehicle, wedged between a mounted machine ...

Evan McLaurin-Nelson of California was arrested in Los Angeles on the 4th of January this year after attempting to kidnap a six year old Monique Pegram outside a pizzeria in Venice Beach. The startling surveillance footage, released by the Los Angeles Police Department, shows the would-be abductor about to grab the girl from her mother’s lap at around 7 p.m. ...

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Prince Harry and Meagan Markle wrote a resignation letter noting that they are quitting as members of the Royal family and starting their own personal lives. In a personal letter from Harry and Meagan, they indicated that they intend to be financially independent. “We intend to step back as senior members of the Royal ...

South Africa’s Grahamstown High Court in Makhanda, Eastern Cape has declared that the undocumented illegal foreign children have right to free education. The High Court also ruled out that the undocumented S.A children should also not be denied access to education. This came after South Africa’s Centre for Child Law filed an application following reports that the Eastern Cape Department ...

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has announced that starting next year the country will be issuing visas on the arrival for all Africans. Buhari made his announcement yesterday in Egypt while attending the Aswani Forum for Sustainable Peace and Development in Africa. Posting on his twitter handle Buhari also said in January 2020 the country is committed to support the free ...