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Rwanda’s High Court on Thursday May 28th sentenced a former mayor to life in prison for his role in the country’s 1994 genocide, which resulted in the deaths of 800,000 people in the East African country.   Ladislas Ntaganzwa, was one of the top fugitive suspects, accused of playing a …

A mother of two “with history of family violence” killed her nine-year-old daughter before turning the gun on herself during a standoff with SWAT. On Monday, police responded to a domestic violence call at the 500 block of Highcrest Drive in Red Bird, Dallas around 12.30am where they found a …

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has lashed out at the United States Government over calls for independent investigation of the President of the African Development Bank, Akinwumi Adesina.   Adesina has been accused of embezzlement, preferential treatment of Nigerians in senior appointments and promoting people accused or found guilty of fraud and corruption, an allegation …

Two Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) soldiers and a police officer shot and seriously injured each other after they mistook themselves for terrorists in Bura, Garissa County.   The police officer identified as Constable Emmanuel Ngao reportedly felt challenged by the two KDF soldiers, Senior Private David Mbugua and Jeremy Malusi who were on patrol and …

A Colombian transgender model has posted a heartwarming photo of her kissing her husband’s eight-month baby bump. Danna Sultana, who was born male and identifies as female, is expecting a baby with Esteban Landrau, who was born a woman but identifies as a man. Taking to Instagram, the model shared the …

A 13-year-old girl has been allegedly beheaded in her sleep by her dad in what has been described as a honour killing after he found out about her plans to marry a 34-year-old, it has been reported. Romina Ashrafi was killed with a farming sickle in her family home in …

An Igbosere Magistrates’ Court in Lagos has given an order that Olufunmilola Adisa, the 22-year-old lady who drowned her baby in Lagos on May 11, be taken to the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) for psychiatric evaluation. A story was shared earlier of how Olufunmilola turned herself in to …

Three decomposing bodies were found inside a bush along the Illah-Ugbolu road in the Oshimili North Local Government Area of the state on Tuesday May 26.   Residents of the community woke up to find the bodies of the men and alerted the police.   Spokesperson of the state police …

A white woman called the cops and told them an African-American man was threatening her life after he simply asked her to put her dog on a leash in Central Park on Monday. Amy Cooper, 41, has since apologized and has been placed on administrative leave from her job as …

Costa Rica gave the go-ahead to same-sex marriages on Tuesday, making it the first country in Central America to do so after a landmark court ruling came into effect at midnight. The nation’s constitutional court ruled in August 2018 that a ban on same-sex marriage was unconstitutional and gave parliament …