Africa

Thando Hopa, a woman living in South Africa, is fighting stereotypes by becoming possibly the first albino model in the country. And she’s doing it beautifully. While South Africa is not as prejudiced against albinos as other African countries, her condition has been a problem for Thando. Born with an inherited depigmentation of her skin, […]

A woman in South Africa filmed a scary incident where a great white shark tried to bite its way through the viewing cage she was in at the time. Cue that famous Jaws theme and watch the footage here. People can probably be forgiven if they are starting to think that the vicious toothy predator […]

Young Africans have used the hashtag #TheAfricaTheMediaNeverShowsYou to post photos of the home they know and love in hopes to change the world’s view of the continent. The effort by Africans to show the world the real Africa was fostered to outshine the usual media portrayal of a desert land comprised of hungry children of […]

Voting in Burundi’s parliamentary elections began at 6 a.m. against a backdrop of political protests that have turned deadly, leaving over 80 Burundi citizens dead and over 400 more injured. Burundi opposition parties have boycotted polling stations, creating an atmosphere of fear and chaos for voters in areas where support for the president has waned. […]

Resort towns in Tunisia are on high alert following the terror attack on Friday which left 39 dead, with Reuters reporting a highly-increased police presence in resort towns. Tourism is a vitally important industry for Tunisia, and it is feared that the beach attack, coupled with the attack earlier this year on tourists in Tunis, […]

A new wave of xenophobia occurred in South Africa this week. The xenophobic attacks were reported by the chairman of the Nigerian Union in the Northern Cape Province in South Africa. As reported in Bella Naja, the President of the Union, Ikechukwu Anyene, made the following statement while in Pretoria, South Africa. “The National Secretariat […]

A sea rescue volunteer in Plettenberg Bay got a double whammy shock as he responded to a report of a great white shark attack, only to find the victim was his own son. Marty Reddering has been a volunteer with the National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) in South Africa for 41 years, so he’s used […]

Sheikh Abdul Nyass and eight of his followers have been sentenced to death for blasphemy in Kano, Nigeria. Four others who were arrested on blasphemy charges were acquitted and released. Citi FM reported thirteen people were arrested for blaspheming the Prophet Muhammad following a gathering last month to honor Senegalese sect founder Sheikh Ibrahim Niasse. […]

At least 10 people were killed and more than 20 were injured when a young female suicide bomber launched an attack in a market on Tuesday in north-east Nigeria. This was reportedly the second attack of this nature in the last 24 hours and both attacks were launched by female suicide bombers. According to IOL, […]

An African rock python near Durban in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa literally came up against a prickly problem after swallowing a porcupine whole. The snake died after its innards were thoroughly punctured by its dinner. The deceased African rock python definitely bit off more than he could chew (or digest anyway) over the weekend at the […]

Godfrey Baguma bears the nickname “Sebabi,” which literally means “ugliest of them all,” but this didn’t stop Uganda’s ugliest man from becoming a father again for the eighth time, this time with his second wife. Baguma, 47, suffers from a rare medical condition, which gives him his unusual looks, but love is truly blind. He […]

Rape is widespread in Kenya, and elderly women are often the victims. Now women are finding ways to protect themselves in self-defense classes, and even the Kenyan women who are too weak to stand on their own have found a way to protect themselves. They pretend to be crazy. The charity Ujamaa, which runs the […]

Thirty-five years after achieving independence, landmines in Zimbabwe are proving to be a huge problem. They are left over from the Rhodesian Bush War, which ran from 1964 to 1979. The war was known as the Rhodesian Bush War by the Rhodesian government under Prime Minister Ian Smith, but also known as the Zimbabwe War […]

Polygamy isn’t exactly something people in the West look upon fondly. That someone could have 100 wives — even if that someone is a king — seems a relic of the past, not a reality in the present. But in Cameroon, a Central African republic bordered in part by Nigeria, Chad, and the Congo, there […]

A fuel scarcity crisis striking Nigeria has crippled economic activity, kept workers at home, and has now shut down the nation’s entertainment industry, as well. The fuel scarcity crisis has been in effect for more than a month, leading to long lines at filling stations and a rise of an expensive black market for fuel. […]

In a fire fight in the Nigerian border town of Mafa, Nigerian troops engaged and killed thirty Boko Haram fighters, one of which was a Boko Haram commander. The gun battle between Boko Haram and Nigerian forces took place at the border with Nigeria and Cameroon, the International Business Times reported. Major General Chris Olukolade […]

Militants from Boko Haram killed 10 people, hacking them to death using machetes, in a raid on a northeast village in Nigeria’s Adamawa state, CNN reported. Boko Haram militants, armed with little more than machetes, attacked the village in the early morning hours while the residents of the village were still sleeping. Maina Ularamu, the […]

A fast food outlet near Durban in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, closed for business Friday after what is the second health scandal to hit KFC South Africa in less than two weeks. The Inquisitr previously reported on the story of workers at KFC Braamfontein who were caught on camera washing chicken pieces with a hose on […]

While several locations in the world are legalizing marijuana, or cannabis as it is sometimes known, South Africa is tending to lag behind in the trend. In fact, the smoking of marijuana, cannabis, or “dagga” as it is called in South Africa, is still illegal despite attempts to have it legalized in any form. However, […]

A branch of the popular fast food outlet, KFC in Braamfontein, South Africa, has reopened after a chicken washing scandal hit the social media, but customers still have doubts. As reported on the Inquisitr, on around May 8, two photos of KFC employees washing chicken pieces with a hose on the dirty concrete floor behind […]

KFC Braamfontein has officially closed its doors after shocking images of staff hosing down chicken pieces outside on the concrete floor went viral. The KFC fast food outlet in Braamfontein, Johannesburg, had to be closed until further notice after the photos of staff washing the chicken pieces on a dirty floor went wild on the […]

A Nigerian woman visited her friend recently and on arrival at the home, picked up the friend’s baby. Little did she know that the woman’s overprotective dog would object, as the animal jumped up at her, biting her on her breast. According to police in the Lagos state of Nigeria, Helen Asiquo suffered bite wounds […]

They are the lost and forgotten of the world these days — the many girls taken from schoolhouses and villages throughout Nigeria by the extremist group Boko Haram. Many of the girls were mere children, sold into sex slavery or kept by the extremists for their own sexual abuse. Boasts of “new life” from the […]

Yesterday, South Africans celebrated Freedom Day. The purpose of the celebration was to mark the first democratic elections in the country when Nelson Mandela was elected president. Although the comments about the celebration were largely positive, particularly on Twitter, some of the comments leading up to and on the holiday highlighted the recent violence against […]

A 16-year-old orphan, Hawa Koroma, who survived Ebola, tells how she was abandoned after her mother died, then taken in by her neighbor who promised to care for her but ultimately abused, raped, and abandoned her. “I was left with nobody, and no hope,” Koroma said with tears falling from her face. According to Mirror, […]

Toyin Akinosho, one of Nigeria’s leading independent journalists, has fled his country after a bizarre, apparent assassination attempt that followed a series of investigative reports in Akinosho’s magazine about corruption in the Nigeria oil industry. Now, as Akinosho looks for a way to safely return to Nigeria, the mystery remains — who wants Toyin Akinosho […]

The 2015 elections in Nigeria continue on Saturday with runoff elections in three states, and several outlets are offering live results as all the votes are counted. Nigerians took to the polls earlier this month to elect a president and governors. But three governorship races — in Imo, Abia, and Taraba — were inconclusive after […]

In Egypt, belly dancer “Safinaz,” whose real name is Sofinar Gourian, was fined and sentenced to six months in prison for wearing a dress with the colors of the national flag during a performance. But how did this belly dancer break an Egyptian law? In a related report by the Inquisitr, male belly dancers are […]

A mystery ailment kills 18 in Nigeria, and has left another five people in the hospital. According to the Hinderland Gazette, the strange illness started popping up earlier this month, and health officials have been trying to find out the cause. At this time, it is suspected that a “locally brewed alcohol” might have sickened […]

The 16-year-old surviving daughter of the van Breda family, who were brutally hacked to death in a series of horrific axe murders three months ago, has left rehabilitation but has no memory of the incident. As reported on the Inquisitr, her parents Martin and Teresa van Breda were killed along with her 22-year-old brother Rudi, […]

Everything got to be too much for a grandfather in South Africa who ended up locking himself and his 4-year-old grandson in a car and setting it alight. According to Jujuthlal Jhawirpersad’s brother, Ishwarlall, a series of domestic crises pushed his brother over the edge. According to police in Johannesburg, 64-year-old Jujuthlal phoned the parents […]

It was only an explosion from a nearby power transformer, but that was all it took to send jittery residents at Nairobi University into a panic. Just 10 days ago, the Islamist terrorist group Al-Shabaab attacked Kenya’s Garissa University College and killed 148 students. Al-Shabaab is a Somali terrorist group that has pledged itself to […]

A woman in Lephalale, South Africa, barely escaped after being attacked by a 13-foot python in her home. She had a “strange feeling” around her leg, looked down, and discovered the huge snake wrapping itself tightly around her leg. She then struggled to free herself from the python attack. It happened Saturday morning as 44-year-old […]

The Cecil Rhodes statue in Cape Town University was removed after student protest. The removal of the monument was not without some backlash, though. As the movement against racism spreads worldwide and wherever national freedoms allow it, many reminders of historical South African leaders are being targeted for their symbolism. The students of South Africa’s […]

This must have been a very tired man, as the alleged rapist fell asleep after he robbed and then sexually attacked a woman, who then promptly locked him in and ran for the police. It happened over the weekend near Durban in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. A 39-year-old woman was confronted by the alleged rapist, who […]

Its a sign of the technological times as Zimbabwe sex workers start demanding mobile payment upfront. They have had enough of being duped out of payment for services rendered, it seems. Readers might remember a time when everyone in Zimbabwe could become a billionaire as the Zim Dollar was reduced to a bad currency joke. […]

A man and his teenage son appeared in the Welkom Magistrates Court in South Africa on Wednesday, to face charges which included “attempted compelled rape by dog.” By dog rape, it was argued that the employer’s son ordered their dog to attack and mount their employee. Abraham Monwametsi, 57, took his employer and the man’s […]

Shocking news comes from Osogbo, the capital of Osun State in Nigeria, as the body of a 20-year-old woman was found to have been dumped in a pit toilet. Her boyfriend is suspected of killing her and hiding her corpse in the toilet. Apparently, residents complained about a bad stench in the village, which they […]

Nigerian prostitutes certainly know how to deliver on a campaign promise. The 2015 Nigerian election saw a groundbreaking victory followed by an even stranger outcome — three days of free prostitute services for Africa’s largest nation. This week, President Goodluck Jonathan was defeated by his challenger, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress. It […]

The Nigeria 2015 election live results are in, and it appears that opposition candidate Muhammadu Buhari has notched a surprising victory over President Goodluck Jonathan. With most of the votes now counted, the former military leader is ahead of incumbent Jonathan by roughly three million votes. Analysts believe that with few votes still remaining to […]

Live results from the 2015 Nigerian presidential election are starting to trickle in, showing a very close race between President Goodluck Jonathan and his primary challenger, ex-military ruler Muhammadu Buhari. The early results showed little separating the two, with Jonathan’s People’s Democratic Party enjoying a lead of about 20,000 votes. But as live returns from […]

The King of Swaziland apparently owes a businessman in Canada a lot of money, and a Canadian court impounded King Mswati’s private jet in settlement of R35 million ($2,881,194) of the debt. The monarch apparently actually owes the businessman around R1.6 billion ($131 million) in total. It seems the plane was in Canada for maintenance […]

In what is probably Africa’s poorest country, officials in Malawi plan to burn an ivory stockpile worth an estimated $7.5 million on Thursday in an effort to combat elephant poaching. Around four tons of ivory will be piled up and set alight on Thursday in probably the most expensive bonfire ever as the landlocked African […]

Live results from the 2015 Nigerian presidential election will be available online, but may take a bit longer than first anticipated. Voters are going to the polls in what is expected to be one of the tightest races in Nigeria’s history, with incumbent Goodluck Jonathan facing former military ruler Muhammadu Buhari. But voting has faced […]

A Chinese restaurant in Nairobi, Kenya, has been closed down after it was discovered the eatery was barring black patrons from entering the premises. According to IOL, the seemingly racist actions of the restaurant were reported by authorities on Wednesday after management said “no blacks” could enter the restaurant. Angry residents in the area took […]

Some people are desperate to leave the poverty or dangerous circumstances that they live in and do strange things to get away. In this case, a pilot in Ethiopia hijacked his own plane and flew it to Geneva in Switzerland, looking for a better life. A court in Ethiopia on Friday sentenced the pilot to […]

Ever since the 2011 revolution against the Arab Spring, convincing people to vacation in the North African country of Tunisia has been a hard sell. The March 18 attack against visitors of the Bardo art museum didn’t exactly help matters, but a cry for unity is being voiced through social media sites under the banner […]

An investigation has revealed several male students from the University of Ghana have been starring in underground gay porn movies for cash. Investigations run by StarrFMonline and Breeze FM, have uncovered an underground gay porn movie industry where foreign producers and their local collaborators are preying on university students and unemployed young men who desperately […]

The latest information about a deadly attack at a popular Tunisian destination is over. According to Fox News, 19 people, were killed in the Tunisia shooting. The gunmen and a police officer are also among the dead. However, all hostages were freed and safely evacuated. The National Bardo Museum is home to one of the […]

A text message has been doing the rounds on social media, advising of an imminent terror attack in Ghana by 73 Nigerians carrying bombs who were allegedly about to invade the West African country. The text message said that two of the alleged terrorists had been caught, but appealed to everyone in Ghana to be […]