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A teenage girl in Brazil has allegedly confessed to torturing her five-year-old brother to death before eating his severed penis. Maycon Roque’s heavily mutilated body was found by his mother on Thursday night after a relative broke into the family house to find 18-year-old Karina, standing beside the child’s remains. Police are investigating the possibility that the crime, in Sao Roque, south ...

Positioned comfortably at the top of the seven cardinal sins against the continent of Africa is the term ‘shithole.’ Allegedly coined by President Trump to describe the deplorable conditions around the continent, the sons of the soil have vowed never to forgive the self-styled president—as if he will ever lose sleep over it! Seven years earlier, the President described as ...

The Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed last month nosedived several times before it hit the ground, a preliminary report has said. Pilots “repeatedly” followed procedures recommended by Boeing before the crash, according to the first official report into the disaster. Boeing’s boss has admitted for the first time a failure in the jet’s anti-stall system was a factor in the ...

Outgoing Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has asked his country for “forgiveness” in a letter published by the Algerian Press Service. The president, who has been in power for 20 years, said he was “proud” of his contributions but realised he had “failed in [his] duty”. He added that he was “leaving the political stage with neither sadness nor fear” for ...

MPs have voted by a majority of one to force the prime minister to ask for an extension to the Brexit process, in a bid to avoid any no-deal scenario. Labour’s Yvette Cooper led the move, which the Commons passed in one day. The bill is due to be considered by the Lords later and will need its approval to ...

Pope Francis has risked the wrath of football fans around the world by declaring that Lionel Messi is not, in fact, God. Messi, widely regarded as the greatest player in the history of the sport, has had yet another mesmeric campaign for Barcelona, scoring 41 goals in 38 games, and is idolized like a deity by millions across the globe. ...

Students and residents in Kenya’s Nakuru county came out in large numbers to throw a grand welcome party for the return of Science teacher Peter Mokaya Tabichi who recently won the prestigous global award for teaching. Tabichi who teaches at Keriko Mixed Day secondary school in Nakuru located in Kenya’s Rift Valley region, has been recognized for his efforts towards ...

Mozambican authorities are struggling to contain a cholera outbreak in areas affected by Cyclone Idai. A massive vaccination program has kicked off in Beira, the country’s second largest city which was devastated by the disaster. The World Health Organisation has warned of a spike in cases of the disease in the coming days. Cholera is contracted by consuming food or ...

The beauty and heritage of Cairo’s downtown area seem to be fading away. Residents are wrestling to preserve the cosmopolitan heritage as authorities prepare a new capital in the desert. The old European-style buildings, big avenues, facades and bronze statues, all have a story to tell. Historians are expressing their concerns. They are disappointed in the Egyptian government’s unwillingness to ...

Sierra Leone’s Finance Minister says over a billion dollars of state funds cannot be accounted for following a technical audit into government transactions over a three-year period. Local media reports that minister Jacob Jusu Saffa used the term “stolen” for the unaccounted for funds siphoned between 2015 and 2018. The audit looked into the affairs of eleven state run entities ...