Professor Puleng LenkaBula is the new Vice-Chancellor of the University of South Africa (UNISA)

For the first time in 148 yrs, University of South Africa appoints its first woman vice-chancellor

Life Style Nov 11
Professor Puleng LenkaBula has just made history as the first woman principal and vice-chancellor of the University of South Africa (UNISA) in the school’s 148-year history. According to a statement by the University, the appointment was a unanimous decision made by the Council of the University.
East Africa is bracing for a third outbreak of desert locusts
Somalia faces new desert locust invasion
Life Style Nov 09
Somalia is facing a fresh desert locust invasion, the latest in a string of invasions in the last year.
The graves are located in Tarhuna
Seventeen bodies found in new Libya mass graves
Life Style Nov 09
Seventeen bodies have been unearthed in newly found mass graves in western Libya's Tarhuna region, the missing persons authority said Saturday.
Floods in Bor Town, Jonglei, South Sudan
Several candidates to miss out on school due to floods in Jonglei
Life Style Nov 06
Rising floodwaters have forced hundreds of candidates to drop out of school in Jonglei State capital, Bor, educational officials have said.
Saray Khumalo have set a Guinness World Record for the most money raised during a?fundraiser
The first Black African woman to scale Mount Everest just broke a Guinness World Record
Life Style Nov 06
A year after becoming the first black African woman to scale the world’s highest mountain, Saray Khumalo seems to have set a Guinness World Record for the most money raised during an eight-hour stationary cycling ?fundraiser, a report by VOA said.
Christian Tumi, an archbishop emeritus was kidnapped on Thursday near Kumbo
90-year-old archbishop abducted in Cameroon
Life Style Nov 06
A 90-year-old archbishop has been abducted with nearly a dozen other people in a western Cameroon region gripped by conflict between anglophone separatists and security forces, the archdiocese said on Friday.
The victim was abducted alongside the husband from their residence
Gunmen kill pregnant woman, abduct husband in Kaduna
Life Style Nov 04
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have killed a pregnant woman at Rigachikun in Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State.