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Zimbabwe’s First Lady, Grace Mugabe, has denied assaulting South African model Gabriella Engels with an electric cable in a Johannesburg hotel suite last month, saying an “intoxicated and unhinged” Engels attacked her with a knife. In a previously unreported Aug. 17 deposition seen by Reuters, Mugabe countered 20-year-old Engels’ version, …

Five nurses at the Denver Health Medical Center were suspended for three weeks after they admired a man’s genitals, both while he was incapacitated at the hospital and after he died. The incidents occurred between March 31 and April 3, 2017, but weren’t reported until May 8, according to Denver7 …

Emergency officials in Niger say torrential rains have destroyed hundreds of houses outside the capital, Niamey. Colonel Aboubacar Bako, director general of civil protection and disasters, was quoted by the Associated Press news agency as saying on Tuesday that residents were forced to evacuate after several days of heavy downpours. …

Sudanese President Omar al Bashir has stated that his country had no choice but to be on the side of the Libyan people during the revolution against the Muammar Gaddafi regime in 2011. Al Bashir, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court, told Libya’s Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj at …

Information reaching Joy News indicates that scores of Togolese are attempting to cross over to Ghana as moves to end the reign of the Eyadema dynasty heightens. Joy News’ Ivy Setordzi who is in the West African country has reported that residents who are uncertain about their safety are leaving …

The coalition of opposition political parties in Togo has declared today, Friday, August 25, 2017, ‘Black Friday’ as it steps up the gear to end the 50-year rule of the Eyadema dynasty. The opposition had planned to embark on a demonstration today to press home their demand for an amendment …

At least 32 people, including 11 security personnel, have been killed in militant attacks on police posts in Myanmar’s Rakhine state, the army says. More than 20 posts were targeted by Muslim militants in pre-dawn raids, the government said, in Rakhine’s worst violence for months. Rakhine has been hit by …

The about 5,000 persons displaced in deadly mudslides and floods that hit Sierra Leone a week ago, will be given temporary shelter in 48 hours according to head of the disaster response outfit. According to local media sources, Ismael Tarawallie, who heads the Office of National Security, the world has …

A Ugandan court on Tuesday sentenced a Muslim group leader and three associates to life in prison after their conviction on terrorism charges related to threats to harm rivals, a judicial official said. Over the last few years more than a dozen senior Muslim figures in Uganda have been killed, …

The Lebanese army says it has launched an offensive against an ISIL enclave straddling the northeast border with Syria. Simultaneously, Hezbollah, the Lebanese Shia group, and the Syrian army have announced an assault from the Syria side of the border in the western Qalamoun mountain range. The Lebanese army is …