Twitter declared access to its platform a ‘human right’ on Saturday, prompting conservatives to accuse the firm of hypocrisy after it banned former President Donald Trump and millions of others for violating its terms of service. The social media giant’s statement came as a response to Nigeria’s decision to ban Twitter over the deletion of a tweet from Nigerian President Muhammadu... 

Jessie Duarte — the deputy secretary-general of the African National Congress (ANC) — led a protest outside the Israeli Embassy in Pretoria against the ongoing ethnic cleansing in Palestine — and threatened to forcibly shut down the embassy if the Israelis refused to leave voluntarily: “Go home, go and talk about what you are doing wrong,” Duarte told embassy staff through a megaphone. “We... 

During a 2003 speech at Oxford Union, former Labour MP and out-spoken critic of Israel, George Galloway, was interrupted by Jewish protesters who waved the Israeli and accused him of “racism” against Jews — which prompted him to defend himself by revealing his activism in South Africa with the Jews who led the anti-Apartheid movement there: I am one of the few people on the Left in Britain who... 

A bubonic plague outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has seen several dozen people succumb to the long-feared disease, which caused Europe’s Black Death pandemic in the 14th century. Multiple cases of the plague were identified in the Biringi area of Ituri Province in northeastern DR Congo between November 15 and December 13, Anne Laudisoit of New York-based NGO, Ecohealth Alliance, told... 

Joe Biden has issued a presidential memorandum threatening “financial sanctions” on African countries for failing to embrace the LGBTQI+ agenda. The memorandum directs federal agencies to “conduct and expand efforts to combat discrimination, homophobia, transphobia, and intolerance on the basis of LGBTQI+ status or conduct”, with an annual report detailing the status of LGBTQI+ rights in countries... 

Hundreds of Christians reportedly died after defending their church that is said to have the Ark of the Covenant. The International Christian Concern (ICC) reported that in December, about 750 members of Tigray’s Maryam Tsiyon Church reportedly died while trying to defend the Ark of the Covenant from soldiers of the Amhara militia. For months now, the Tigray People’s Liberation Front has... 

President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda president has blocked Facebook from operating in his country, just days after the social media company removed “fake accounts” linked to his government ahead of a hotly contested general election set to take place on Thursday. Note that we have no idea or evidence that these were “fake accounts.” The government and people of Uganda have no evidence... 

Three suspects have been arrested in connection with the murder of a farmer’s wife from Smithfield in the Free State. Poenkie Bissett’s husband, Arthur Bissett, found her dead next to her vehicle on their farm Korhaanfontein, near Smithfield, on Monday morning. As previously reported , Arthur left the farmhouse around 7:30 a.m. to go to nearby kraals and perform his daily chores. Poenkie apparently... 

Adolf Hitler has ascended to power through a democratic election just like he did the first time. This is not a history lesson but current news coming from Namibia, a former German colony, where a man named after the Nazi great emperor has won election in a landslide. Adolf Hitler Uunona ran on the ticket of the ruling SWAPO Party of Namibia. He attracted 1,196 votes, compared to 213 cast for his... 

A “gruesome” massacre against farmers in northeastern Nigeria killed “tens of people”, the United Nations said late on Sunday, amending an earlier statement putting the death toll at 110. The killings took place in the early afternoon of Saturday in the village of Koshobe and other rural communities in the Jere local government area near Maiduguri, the capital of the conflict-hit Borno state. “Armed... 

The death of a farmer affects the whole nation, farmers provide food to the nation. This is what Adv. Zukile Mdolomba, senior public prosecutor in the East London High Court, said where the killer of a local farmer was sentenced to life in prison. Odwa Jim Ntlangani, 36, was convicted of the murder of Jason Winrow, 47, in the same court earlier this week. Winrow was killed on 28 July 2017 at around... 

This has got to be the funniest Football news report you have EVER seen in your life. Watch how Ghana’s UTV presents the scores between European football clubs. The way he pronounces these names is priceless. Sure Africans in general have a lower IQ so this kind of explains it but still… this is insane and funniest thing ever, for example he calls Sheffield United: “shflf unatad”... 

Tensions ran high as two groups of protesters squared off after a young white farmer was killed in South Africa. The case has reignited the decades-old conflict surrounding land ownership in the country. Local farmers and their supporters rallied outside a courthouse in the town of Senekal, demanding justice for farm manager Brendin Horner, 21, who was brutally murdered earlier this month. Some wore... 

An EFF protest at the N1 City shopping center turned into a racial issue when EFF members outside the center shouted “f * ck you white people” after being removed from the center by security personnel. A few people in red clothes were standing around in the center when they were removed by security personnel, says an eyewitness who preferred to remain anonymous. When they were taken out the door,... 

The Somalian parliament is considering a bill that would allow child marriage once a girl’s sexual organs mature. The new Sexual Intercourse Related Crimes Bill would allow forced marriage as long as the family gives their consent. It marks a dramatic reworking of years of efforts to give more protections to women in one of the world’s most conservative countries. The bill ‘would...