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A South African company has on Tuesday unveiled what it calls the first African military plane. The plane, called Advanced High Performance Reconnaissance Light Aircraft, AHRLAC, was designed and made in Africa. Ivor Ichikowitz, the chairman of the Paramount Group, while showing the plane to reporters, said the lightweight aircraft can be used for peacekeeping missions and reconnaissance and is ...

The Italian Embassy in Nigeria has refused to issue visa to some Nigerian players allegedly based on their names, religion and the suspicion that they belong to the dreaded Islamic militant sect (Boko Haram), said Coach of the Nigeria Beach Eagles, Adamu Aoudu. The players were supposed to join the Nigerian team that participated in the recently held FIFA Beach ...

Some foreigners are believed to be assisting the violent Islamic sect, Boko Haram, to manufacture explosive devices and facilitate the supply of bombs and other explosive materials with which its sustains campaign of violence against the Federal Government. This was revealed to security agencies after the confessions of some arrested members of the sect during interrogations. The Chief of Army ...

A Kenyan police officer that went crazy has been admitted in an Embu hospital where he was taken by police officers. The Wajir-based officer had arrived with his wife on Saturday and hired a room at Oakhust lodge where they spent the night. On Sunday morning, customers and the hotel staff heard noise emanating from their room and it was ...

Zambia’s newly sworn-in President, Michael Sata, said on Sunday that his government will be guided by the biblical Ten Commandments. Sata is the first elected Catholic head of state and a devout believer. He became the country’s first Catholic president after winning last Tuesday’s election. Addressing the congregation at Saint Ignatius Parish in Lusaka on Sunday, he said he wanted ...