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Indigenous people free tourists taken in Peruvian Amazon
Members of an Indigenous group on Friday freed more than 100 tourists whom they had abducted in the Peruvian Amazon a day earlier to protest what they called government inaction after an oil spill, officials said.
As violence torments Ecuadoran city of Guayaquil, even police cower
Two uniformed agents cower behind a wall, gun at the ready, fearfully eying a car parked outside their police station after nightfall in the violence-stricken Ecuadoran port city of Guayaquil. Any car near a police station in these parts is viewed with suspicion after a recent spate of gun and explosives attacks blamed on a gruesome gang war that has killed dozens of officers since last year.
‘The Woman King’ star Siv Ngesi still battling with loss of his late mom, posts touching pic
SIv Ngesi is still battling with the loss of his mother and he dedicated a sad picture on his social media pages to her. The actor was very close to his mother.
Thousands protest in Mali over 'blasphemous' video
Thousands of demonstrators thronged Mali's capital Bamako on Friday to protest the publication of a video on social media deemed blasphemous against Islam. Police said the protest, called by the High Islamic Council of Mali (HCM), gathered thousands of people, although organisers estimated their numbers at more than one million.
US to fund refurbishment of tanks, anti-air missiles for Ukraine
The United States will fund the refurbishment of T-72 tanks and HAWK surface-to-air missiles as part of a roughly $400 million security assistance package for Ukraine, the Pentagon announced Friday.
Kenya candidate files court case over presidential vote
Kenya's defeated deputy presidential candidate Martha Karua said Friday that she had filed a case challenging the Supreme Court's decision in September which upheld the election victory of President William Ruto.
21-Month-old missing girl found dead in bushes by Limpopo police, SA horrified
A missing Limpopo child was discovered dead in the bushes by the police after she had been missing for a week. People are outraged by this senseless murder.
"She wasn't acting in 'Tsotsi'": Mzansi aghast after Terry Pheto is in legal trouble over 12 properties & assets worth more than R20 million linked to stolen charity funds
Terry Pheto was implicated in illegal deals by the SUI. The 'Tsotsi actress was ordered to stay away from more than properties, along with nine other people.
Surge in claims puts UK asylum system under pressure
Britain is struggling to cope with an increase in asylum-seekers, as numbers risking their lives to cross the Channel on small boats hit record levels. - Pressure - In a sign of the workload, on September 4 this year, nearly 1,000 people were intercepted on small boats in the Channel and brought ashore.
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