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An armed group in Libya has shut down a comic book convention in the capital Tripoli because it breached the country’s “morals and modesty”. Special Deterrent Forces (SDF) said they had arrested organisers of the Comic Con convention. It said on

A female lawyer in Zimbabwe has mounted a legal challenge to abolish lobola, or the bride price, saying it is an outdated practice which reduces women to mere “properties”, the state-run Herald newspaper reports. Priccilar Vengesai believes that if the custom

The US government has released 2,800 previously classified files on the assassination of President John F Kennedy in 1963. President Donald Trump said the public deserved to be “fully informed” about the event, which has been the subject of various conspiracy

 In a bid to broaden their business activities and form more partnerships in the African continent and beyond, Moroccan businesses have embarked on a vigorous drive across the African Sub-Regions. In Ghana on Monday, a business delegation made up of 80

A toilet paper manufacturer in Brazil has dropped the slogan “Black Is Beautiful” from its black-coloured brand. It is not so much the colour of the toilet roll, but the advert for it, which has attracted the most criticism. Personal VIP

Security has been tightened in Kenya as voting takes place in a re-run of the presidential election, which is being boycotted by the main opposition. Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta, who is seeking a second term, has urged people to vote and

A South African man has been stoned to death by a mob after they allegedly caught him raping a six-year-old girl. The unnamed man was killed with rocks on an estate in the north of Durban, the country’s third-biggest city. Police have started investigations

The Nigerian Army said its troops attached to Operation Lafiya Dole under the army’s 3rd Battalion, 22 Brigade have killed 11 terrorists and rescued 85 hostages in its ongoing daily clearance of the remnants of Boko Haram. The operation carried out