Uganda’s hardline President Yoweri Museveni has warned citizens planning anti-corruption protests Tuesday that they are “playing with fire.”

Uganda’s President Museveni warns citizens they are ‘playing with fire’ over planned protests

Namibian Michelle Nehoya has spent nearly $500 (£390) on the application process for a visa to visit Canada - but almost two years later it has yet to materialise. The 38-year-old, who lives in Namibia's capital, Windhoek, is desperate to get to Quebec to see her aunt and cousins whom she has not seen for almost a decade.

Namibia turns the visa tables on Western nations

A plane intended to remove asylum seekers to Rwanda will be used to send dozens of people to Vietnam, Labour sources said.

Failed asylum seekers to be sent back to Vietnam

Opposition leader Bobi Wine says the security forces have besieged the headquarters of his party.

Crackdown on Uganda's opposition ahead of protests

Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna has received a warning that his position in the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party is at risk. Homa Bay Town MP Peter Kaluma accuses Sifuna of disseminating misleading information. The internal conflict has been triggered by a statement bearing Sifuna's signature declaring that ODM politicians would decline ministerial appointments offered by President William Ruto. Kaluma vehemently contests this assertion, claiming it contradicts the decisions made during the party's most recent meeting. In response, he has issued a stern warning to Sifuna, threatening to initiate proceedings for his removal from office if he fails to accurately represent the party's position.

ODM Rift Widens: Kaluma Threatens Sifuna's Removal for Opposing Raila-Ruto Talks

The daughter of Cameroon's president has said she hopes that her coming out as a lesbian can help change the law banning same-sex relations in her country. Brenda Biya told the Le Parisien newspaper that there were many people in her situation and she hoped to inspire them. The 27-year-old...

President's daughter hopes coming out will change anti-gay laws

Eight people have been jailed for their role in a county lines plot which involved children delivering Class A drugs. The group was sentenced after being convicted of conspiring to supply heroin and crack cocaine in Barrow and Manchester, between September 2022 and January 2023. Preston Crown Court heard Jordan...

Eight jailed for county lines drugs plot

A man who repeatedly attacked his puppy until it had to be put down, then left an RSPCA inspector with life-changing injuries, has been jailed. Storm Williams from Sutton Coldfield blinded the puppy with his attacks, as well as leaving him with broken bones, bruising, and swelling all over his head and body.

Puppy beaten so badly it had to be put down

Sgt Richard Heard faces three charges of rape against a female police officer.

Police sergeant raped fellow officer, court told

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Yesterday was the third time this year that an ad stating Chelsea Clinton lives in a beautiful Virginia home popped up on my laptop. My computer did not warn me this was a dangerous site, so this time, I clicked on the link.

Chelsea Clinton is rumored to be living in Virginia but probably still in NYC

A dealer who lived a "luxurious lifestyle" and hired high value vehicles to use in a drug supply operation has been jailed. Dylan Martin, 31, was running the "Doctor" line which supplied heroin and cocaine in Braintree and the surrounding area. Essex Police said he was arrested in the town...

Drug dealer who lived 'luxurious' life jailed

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BEIRUT/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Lebanon's Hezbollah launched a big rocket and drone attack at Israel on Thursday and threatened to hit new targets in retaliation for the killing of a top commander, in the latest surge of violence in the steadily worsening conflict across the border.

Hezbollah launches big attack on Israel, sonic booms rattle Beirut

Nuisance off-road bikers in Greater Manchester will be targeted by police using a special new forensic spray to "tag" offenders. The traceable spray, called SmartTag, will allow officers to mark motorbikes, e-bikes and quadbikes with a bright yellow solution. The spray contains a unique forensic code linked to the cannister...

Nuisance off-road bikers targeted with forensic spray

A police officer has been filmed kicking and stamping on the head of a man lying on the ground at Manchester Airport. The uniformed male officer is seen holding a Taser over the man, who is lying face down, before striking him twice while other officers shout at onlookers to stay back in a video shared widely online.

Police filmed stamping on man's head at airport

Forestry England says the woods may be closed completely to dog walkers if the problem persists.

Dog fouling forces temporary closure of woods

The family of John Hume have distanced themselves from a new museum in Londonderry which features the Nobel Peace Prize winner. The Peacemakers Museum opened in Derry’s Bogside on Monday with a key focus on John Hume and two Sinn Féin politicians, former Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness and Mitchel McLaughlin.

Hume family distance themselves from new museum

A biker has died after his motorcycle was involved in a crash with a car. It happened on Chester Road, in Delamere, Cheshire, at about 09:15 BST on Sunday. Police said the crash, which happened between Stoney Lane and the junction of the A54 Middlewich Road, close to Delamere Primary School, involved a white Audi A5 and an orange Kawasaki ZX.

Motorcyclist killed in crash with car

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Benny Hinn was a popular preacher during the 1990s and early 2000s. There were Virginia churches that offered bus rides to his crusades in North Carolina, and I knew quite a few Virginians who purchased his books and tapes and donated to his ministry.

Benny Hinn is being criticized for asking for money again

Vets have put 27 XL Bully dogs to sleep in Cheshire in the last 12 months, a meeting of policing bosses heard. Questions were raised as to why so many of the banned breed had been euthanised if there had been no known attacks. The Cheshire Police and Crime Panel...

Vets put down 27 XL Bullies despite 'no attacks'

Residents spend five hours at a safe distance while the bomb squad removes the explosive discovery.

Street cleared as stash of grenades found

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Kenya's opposition joins crisis-hit government

The opposition has been given key portfolios, as the president tries to quell anti-government...

Kenya's opposition joins crisis-hit government

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