By Nangayi Guyson – About six people in south Africa are facing murder charges after they allegedly stoned to death two young men suspected of stealing a mobile phone The group, including three women, allegedly killed the pair on Sunday evening, Limpopo Province police say. They have urged people not to take the law into their own hands. Correspondents say mobs often beat up and kill suspected thieves in South Africa, where many have lost faith in the justice system. “The taking of the law by the community into their own hands is strongly condemned,” Limpopo police spokesperson Lt-Col Mohale Ramatseba... Continue Reading
By Nangayi Guyson – Maseru – AFP- The prime minister of Lesotho has fired four of his ministers and a deputy, the first major cabinet reshuffle in nine years, his office said on Wednesday. The ministers of trade and industry, tourism, agriculture, and forestry and the deputy minister of education were all sacked and replaced by stalwarts of the ruling Lesotho Congress for Democracy who are seen as loyal to Mosisili. The sacking has sparked speculation that an increase in factional infighting within the leadership of the party led to the shake-up. “His Majesty King Letsie III has in line... Continue Reading
By Nangayi Guyson – Kano – AFP- One police officer guarding a state official’s house in northern Nigeria, were been killed by Motorcycle-riding gunmen on Thursday, with a wave of such shootings blamed on an Islamist sect. police said . The shooting on Wednesday night occurred in the city of Bauchi, where suspected Islamists from the Boko Haram sect attacked a prison last month and freed more than 700 inmates. “There was an attack on the residence of the commissioner for special duties, where a police security attached to the house was killed,” state police commissioner Danlami Yar’Adua said. “The... Continue Reading
African Development Bank’s (ADB) President Donald Kaberuka on Wednesday reiterated the bank’s commitment to climate change and governance.
On the sidelines of the on-going African Development Forum in Addis Ababa, the African youth under the aegis of African Youth Initiative on Climate Change
