Police Detain Man For 77 Counts Murder Following South Africa Building Fire
The South Africa Police Service have arrested a 29-year-old man on suspicion of 77 murders after telling a public inquiry he started last August’s deadly fire in a Johannesburg building. Last year fire gutted the Usindiso building in Marshalltown, where many poor people were residing, claiming 77 lives and leaving many injured. The tragedy highlighted the issue of buildings abandoned or...
Senegal Disables Internet Over Political Crisis
Access to mobile internet was cut in Dakar on Monday, AFP journalists saw, as Senegal grapples with a political crisis after President Macky Sall announced a postponement of this month’s election. Many users in the capital said they had been unable to access mobile data on their phones since the morning. Senegal’s parliament is due shortly to begin debating a proposal to postpone...
India’s Conflicts Generated By Demolition Of Mosque, Religious School Claims 5 Lives
Five people were killed in India and dozens more injured after religious clashes sparked by the destruction of a madrassa, officials said Friday, the latest in a spate of demolitions targeting Islamic structures. Hindu nationalist groups have been emboldened in their campaign against Muslim religious structures since Prime Minister Narendra Modi took office a decade ago. Authorities in the northern state...
31 Die in Mali As Bus Falls Off Bridge
Thirty-one people were killed in Mali on Tuesday and 10 others wounded when a bus travelling toward Burkina Faso fell off a bridge in the country’s southeast, the Transport ministry said. It added that the accident occurred at around 5:00 pm (1700 GMT) at a bridge crossing the Bagoe river. “A bus that was leaving Kenieba commune for Burkina Faso tipped...
Putin Cautions West To Threat Of Nuclear War
President Vladimir Putin warned Thursday of a “real” risk of nuclear war if the West escalates the conflict in Ukraine, offering a defiant and emboldened stance in his annual speech to Russians. Speaking in Moscow, Putin said his soldiers were advancing in Ukraine and warned the West of “tragic consequences” for any country that dared to send troops to Kyiv. “They...
US House Of Reps To Vote On TikTok Ban
The US House of Representatives will vote Wednesday on a bill that would force TikTok to cut ties with its Chinese owner or get banned in the United States. The legislation is the biggest threat yet to the video-sharing app, which has surged to huge popularity across the world all while causing intense nervousness amongst governments and security officials about...
US House Reps Passes TikTok Ban Bill
The US House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved a bill on Wednesday that would force TikTok to divest from its Chinese owner or get banned from the United States. The lawmakers voted 352 in favor of the proposed law and 65 against, in a rare moment of bipartisan unity in politically divided Washington.Details later… AFP
Vietnamese Woman Sentenced To Death Over $44bn Bank Fraud
A Vietnamese billionaire, Truong My Lan, has been sentenced to death for looting one of the country’s largest banks over a period of 11 years. It was the most spectacular trial ever held in Vietnam, befitting one of the greatest bank frauds the world has ever seen. Truong My Lan was sentenced at the stately yellow portico of the colonial-era courthouse...
Israel Shuts Down Al Jazeera Office In Gaza, Seizes Equipment
Israel ordered the local offices of Qatar’s Al Jazeera satellite news network to close Sunday, escalating a long-running feud between the broadcaster and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s hard-line government as Doha-mediated cease-fire negotiations with Hamas hang in the balance. The extraordinary order, which includes confiscating broadcast equipment, preventing the broadcast of the channel’s reports and blocking its websites, is believed...
