Category: Foreign

The Liberian President, George Weah, has been forced out of his office by two black snakes. This has made the former world and African best footballer to work from his private residence since Wednesday. Weah’s Press secretary, Mr Smith Toby, said that two black snakes were found in the foreign affairs ministry building, Weah’s official place of work. In view of this, therefore, all staff have been told to stay away until 22 April. “It’s just to make sure that crawling and creeping things get fumigated from the building. “The…

In a blood-soaked display of religious fervour in the Philippines, a man was nailed to a cross with up to 10 more to follow while barefoot men beat themselves with flails on Good Friday. Frowned upon by the Church, the ritual crucifixions and self-flagellation in the north of the country are extreme affirmations of faith performed every Easter in Asia’s Catholic outpost. Wilfredo Salvador stared at the sky and appeared to mumble a prayer after the slight 62-year-old with wild grey hair and a long beard became the first local…

Thieves broke into a police station on Tuesday night as all officers on duty abandoned their post to watch a UEFA Champions League match at a nearby trading centre. The incident happened at Kobujoi Police Station, Nandi County, Kenya. The thieves made away with three rifles and ammunitions. On returning to the post, the soccer-crazy policemen discovered that the room of the officer in-charge, which also serves as an armoury was open. They walked in to find the steel box, in which firearms are kept, broken. The thieves stole three…

After a fire that toppled the steeple of the 850-year-old landmark and caused major damage to the roof, French President, Emmanuel Macron, has vowed Tuesday to rebuild Notre-Dame cathedral “within five years”. “We will rebuild the cathedral even more beautiful and I want it to be finished within five years,” Macron said in a televised address to the nation a day after the blaze. “And we can do it.” But he also warned: “Let us not fall into the trap of haste.” Macron said that the dramatic fire had brought…

In a dramatic gesture after an unprecedented retreat at the Vatican, Pope Francis on Thursday knelt to kiss the feet of South Sudan’s previously warring leaders. Pope however urged them to not return to a civil war. He also appealed to President Salva Kiir, his former deputy turned rebel leader Riek Machar, and three other vice presidents to respect any peace agreement they signed and commit to forming a unity government in May. “I am asking you as a brother to stay in peace. I am asking you with my…

Tourists who take selfies pretending to touch planes, have been threatened with death sentence by the Thai aviation authorities. A beach close to a busy airport on Phuket in the country’s south has become a popular attraction with holiday makers because of its proximity to the island’s airport. The aviation authorities claim that tourists taking photos may cause crashes and announced plans to shut off a section of the beach to stop pilots becoming distracted by the activities of the tourists. Phuket locals, however, hit back by saying if the…