South Africa policeman arrested over boxing champion’s murder

A man has been arrested over the fatal shooting of a South African female boxing champion. Leighandre “Baby Lee” Jegels was murdered in Mdantsane, in the country’s Eastern Cape at about 14:00 local time (12:00 GMT) on Friday. Officials say the suspect was known to the 25-year-old and is a serving member of the South […]

Iran tanker row: US blacklists vessel ‘bound for Syria’

Image copyright AFP Image caption The Adrian Darya 1 oil tanker was seized by British authorities but released earlier this month The US Treasury has blacklisted an Iranian tanker it claims is being used to ship oil to Syria. The Adrian Darya 1, previously known as Grace 1, was detained by British authorities in Gibraltar […]

Khalid Sheikh Mohammad: Trial date set for ‘architect of 9/11’

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Khalid Sheikh Mohammad was first captured in Pakistan in 2003 A trial date has been set for Khalid Sheikh Mohammad, the alleged architect of the 9/11 attacks on the US. Mr Mohammad will be tried, along with four other men, at a military court in Guantánamo Bay from 11 […]

DJ Arafat: Thousands pay tribute at Abidjan concert

Image copyright Reuters Image caption A concert, partially funded by the Ivorian government, was held in Abidjan on Friday ahead of the musician’s funeral Thousands of fans have gathered in Ivory Coast’s capital Abidjan to pay tribute to musician DJ Arafat. The 33 year old Ivorian, whose real name was Ange Didier Huon, died in […]

Fuse ODG: ‘Why we must reject narratives portraying Africans as inferior’

Ghanaian Afrobeat star Fuse ODG says Africans must reject tired narratives portraying them as ”inferior”. Fuse ODG, who grew up in both the UK and Ghana, also accuses the Western media of presenting Africa as ”poverty stricken”, with ”kids with flies around their mouths”. The singer told BBC What’s New? he thinks change should come […]

Fuse ODG: ‘Why we must reject narratives portraying Africans as inferior’

Ghanaian Afrobeat star Fuse ODG says Africans must reject tired narratives portraying them as ”inferior”. Fuse ODG, who grew up in both the UK and Ghana, also accuses the Western media of presenting Africa as ”poverty stricken”, with ”kids with flies around their mouths”. The singer told BBC What’s New? he thinks change should come […]

DR Congo Ebola deaths top 2,000

Image copyright EPA Image caption The outbreak has been called one of the world’s “most complex humanitarian crises” The numbers of people who have died in the current Ebola outbreak in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo has reached the 2,000 mark, government figures show. The health authorities have struggled to contain the […]

Fuse ODG: ‘Why we must reject narratives portraying Africans as inferior’

Ghanaian Afrobeat star Fuse ODG says Africans must reject tired narratives portraying them as ”inferior”. Fuse ODG, who grew up in both the UK and Ghana, also accuses the Western media of presenting Africa as ”poverty stricken”, with ”kids with flies around their mouths”. The singer told BBC What’s New? he thinks change should come […]

Fuse ODG: ‘Why we must reject narratives portraying Africans as inferior’

Ghanaian Afrobeat star Fuse ODG says Africans must reject tired narratives portraying them as ”inferior”. Fuse ODG, who grew up in both the UK and Ghana, also accuses the Western media of presenting Africa as ”poverty stricken”, with ”kids with flies around their mouths”. The singer told BBC What’s New? he thinks change should come […]

Fuse ODG: ‘Why we must reject narratives portraying Africans as inferior’

Ghanaian Afrobeat star Fuse ODG says Africans must reject tired narratives portraying them as ”inferior”. Fuse ODG, who grew up in both the UK and Ghana, also accuses the Western media of presenting Africa as ”poverty stricken”, with ”kids with flies around their mouths”. The singer told BBC What’s New? he thinks change should come […]

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