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A court in Nigeria put a famous makeup artist behind bars Monday. He must stay in jail for six months because he threw money at his wedding party. The man goes by the name Amuscap, but his real name is Abdullahi Musa Huseini. During his December wedding celebrations, he threw one hundred bills...

South Sudan said America took away all their people's travel papers because the country sent back one person who wasn't really from there. The US canceled every visa for anyone with a South Sudan passport on Saturday. They said this happened because South Sudan won't take back its citizens when...

A mom and her little girl died Monday night when a big truck crashed into their motorcycle. This happened at Sikri shops on the road between Oyugis and Sondu in Homa-Bay County. Both Pamela Ondiek and her daughter passed away right there on the road after the crash. The motorcycle driver lived...

Niger police caught a rebel leader last week. The man runs part of the Azawad Liberation Front, a group that wants to break northern Mali away from the rest of the country. Security teams found him carrying both Niger and Mali passports when they grabbed him near the Nigeria border. The...

The ICC just said victims of a Ugandan war leader will receive 52 million euros, which equals about 7.4 billion Kenyan shillings. These people suffered under Dominic Ongwen, known as "White Ant," who worked for Joseph Kony's Lord's Resistance Army. Ongwen must spend 25 years in jail for horrible...

The early light spread across the city as Abdulilah Mohamed walked back to where he once lived in Sharg Elnil, Khartoum. He came home after running away from the civil war that tore through Sudan. Broken streets led him to what remained of his house, barely standing after two years of fighting...

Business leaders played golf together at Muthaiga Golf Club last week. More than 250 company bosses joined this special game day on April 4. Corporate Masters Marketers Limited planned everything from start to finish. Everyone enjoyed playing golf, but making new business friends mattered most...

ZANU PF boss Christopher Mutsvangwa just slammed Information Minister Jenfan Muswere for talking out of turn about party election results. Mutsvangwa sent an angry message to Muswere on April 7 because the minister went on TV and told everyone who won the Women's League vote in Manicaland...

President Mnangagwa has stepped up his fight against political rivals, with former Cabinet minister Saviour Kasukuwere at the top of his hit list. The president fears a plot to push him out of power might succeed if he doesn't act fast. Secret sources say Mnangagwa believes Kasukuwere helps run...

Zimbabwe faces a major political storm after President Mnangagwa closed Parliament completely. Many people think he did this because lawmakers planned to start removing him from office. The trouble began Tuesday when the Deputy Speaker rushed into Parliament and stopped all work before anyone...

KLM-Martinair Cargo has cut back its Africa flights for the 2025 summer season. The Dutch airline stopped all trips to Harare and reduced weekly flights to Johannesburg and Nairobi from five to three. Their big Boeing 747 cargo planes no longer land in Zimbabwe at all. The company made these...

Rigathi Gachagua has recently made big claims against President Ruto. The former Deputy President says Ruto secretly controls Sudan's Rapid Support Forces through gold deals with RSF leader Mohamed Hemedti. Gachagua told KTN viewers that Ruto helps clean money from gold sales to buy weapons for...

Tendai Biti said no to what President Mnangagwa calls his "2030 agenda." He sees this plan as just a way for thieves to keep their stolen money safe. War hero Blessed 'Bomshell' Geza points out many bad people around the president who push for him to stay past normal terms. These friends include...

Gas prices in Zimbabwe went down a tiny bit this month. The energy boss, ZERA, said diesel costs 3 cents less, and petrol dropped 2 cents lower. These new prices started April 4 and last until May 4, 2025. ZERA uses something called M-1 rules when it changes prices each month. You can buy...

Police caught a man from the scary zvigure gang last night. These bad guys hurt people around town for no good reason at all. The zvigure gang made everyone afraid to walk outside alone. They jumped on anyone they saw, hitting them hard until they fell. Neighbors stayed home after dark because...

Workers spray bug killer at Matererini Flats in Mbare after bedbugs spread through many homes. Harare City sent pest teams early Monday morning, April 7, 2025, because people living there asked for help. The city plans to check how well the spraying works and tell everyone about any changes...

Zimbabwe phone bosses want all cell phones signed up for safety reasons. POTRAZ asks the government to make everyone list their phones with the state. This would help stop bad people from using phones to commit crimes. Under this new plan, all SIM card users must link their phones to their...

The South African rand hit rock bottom yesterday against the British pound. The rand fell to R25.04 per pound as money people worried about South African tax plans and trade problems. Everything started going wrong when lawmakers passed a new Budget on April 2. Finance boss Enoch Godongwana...

The High Court in Mutare just pushed for better jail buildings across Zimbabwe. Judge Siziba made this big call after Michael Mundandishe took his bad jail story to court. Mundandishe spent time locked up at fifty years old because he held a meeting without permission. The awful places where...

The court in Pretoria just said yes to selling Shepherd Bushiri's big, fancy airplane. This happened on April 3, 2025, at the North Gauteng High Court. They will sell his Bombardier Challenger 604 jet, worth R50 million. The plane has been at Lanseria Airport since Bushiri and his wife, Mary...