A lecturer at a government university in Zimbabwe has been jailed for three months for labelling veteran President Robert Mugabe “a rotten old donkey,” in the latest such case, lawyers said Saturday. Chenjerai Pamhiri, 38, a lecturer at Great Zimbabwe State University in Masvingo city, was convicted and jailed on Friday by a magistrate on [...]
France became the 14th country to legalise same-sex marriage Saturday after President Francois Hollande signed the measure into law following months of bitter political debate. Hollande acted a day after the Constitutional Council threw out a legal challenge by the right-wing opposition, which had been the last obstacle to passing the bill into law. The [...]
Members of Boko Haram and other extremist groups in Nigeria, could face war crimes charges for deliberate acts leading to ethnic and religious cleansing, the UN has said. Rupert Colvile, the spokesperson for the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), said this in a statement made available at the UN Head [...]
President Goodluck Jonathan has secured the release of 10 Nigerian prisoners held by Equatorial Guinea for various immigration offences, a statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Friday. The freed prisoners were not identified. The ministry said the release of the prisoners was the outcome of the two-day official visit of Jonathan to [...]
Football megastar David Beckham announced on Thursday that he is to retire after a glittering 20-year playing career in which he became one of the most widely recognised figures in world sport. The former England captain, 38, made the announcement shortly after winning the Ligue 1 title with French giants Paris Saint-Germain, which made him [...]
NEHRU ODEH Five writers have been shortlisted for the 2013 Caine Prize for African writing. Of the five writers shortlisted, five of them are Nigerians. They are Elnathan John, Tope Folarin, Abubakar Adam Ibrahim and Chinelo Okparanta. The fifth shotlisted writer, Pede Hollist is from Sierra Leone. Announcing the shortlist Wednesday 15 May, the Chair [...]
Central African Republic has collapsed into “a state of anarchy” and the UN Security Council must impose sanctions and mandate a neutral security force to restore order, a UN envoy said Wednesday. UN representative to the strife-torn country Margaret Vogt painted a grim picture with death stalking the streets since rebels ousted President Francois Bozize [...]
