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Kenyan Pastor, Paul Nthenge Mackenzie, who is accused of ordering his followers to starve to death “to meet Jesus” faces terrorism charges over what has been dubbed the “Shakahola Forest Massacre”. The grisly discovery was made last month of mass graves near the Indian Ocean town of Malindi. His brother, Robert Mbatha Mackenzie, says he knew him as a good… Read More

After the floods, residents of the villages of Nyamukubi and Bushushu (eastern Democratic Republic of Congo), are now hard hit by isolation. Their land access to the provinces of North and South Kivu was cut off by deadly floods. Lake Kivu has become the only way to the outside world for Justin Mudumbi, who lost 7 children and 2 grandsons. “No one… Read More

Egyptian archaeologist Zahi Hawass, still wearing his Indiana Jones hat, announced on Wednesday the release of a documentary on Cleopatra, the same day that Netflix released a similar film that has drawn the ire of Egyptians. The hour-and-a-half documentary is described on the YouTube channel of its director, Curtis Ryan Woodside, as telling the story of “the REAL Cleopatra”, while… Read More

Nearly 1,400 followers of jihadist group Boko Haram have been intercepted fleeing into Niger following clashes with a rival Islamic State group, according to the army. The exodus into southeastern Niger started in March, when the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) pursued Boko Haram in its forest hideout of Sambisa, northeastern Niger. Niger’s armed forces have so far caught… Read More

Representatives from the DR Congo government traveled to Nyamukubi and Bushushu, villages in the east of the country which were devastated by floods that killed more than 400 people in South Kivu. They brought coffins and aid to disaster victims, according to an AFP team. In the community, this contribution from the government is described as “late”, after hundreds of… Read More

Tunisian police officer shot dead four people at Africa’s oldest synagogue in an attack Tuesday that sparked panic during an annual Jewish pilgrimage on the island of Djerba. He gunned down two visitors, including a French citizen, and two fellow officers before he was shot dead himself, the interior ministry said. Another four visitors and five police officers were wounded… Read More

A former all-powerful prime minister of Burundi, Alain-Guillaume Bunyoni, appeared in court on Monday, where he is accused of undermining national security and insulting the president, witnesses and a judicial source reported. “Everyone was surprised to see him,” said a witness on condition of anonymity, specifying that the accused wore the green uniform of prisoners in Burundi. During the hearing,… Read More

Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo said the remains of at least 20 people had been found in North Kivu during the weekend. The remains were discovered in an area that was under control of the ADF (Allied Democratic Forces a rebel militia with links to the Islamic State group), and had ben retaken by the Congolese army this… Read More

A 20-year-old woman identified as Fatima has taken her father to a Shari’a Court in Kaduna State in Nigeria because he forced her to marry a stranger. Fatima had explained to her father that she was in love with another person, but her father, Aliyu Muhammad, threatened to take her to the village and marry her off, according to local… Read More

A group of people who were killed in a forest in southeastern Kenya by an evangelical sect that practices extreme fasting have had their organs removed from some of their bodies, according to a court document seen by AFP on Tuesday. More than a hundred bodies, including a majority of children, have so far been found in the investigation of… Read More