-- "Trump has stated that White Afrikaner South African farmers are being slaughtered and forced off their land. ‘Have they told you where that is, Mr. President? I'd like to know where that is. Because this I've never seen,’ Ramaphosa then asked Trump. ‘I mean, it’s in South Africa, that’s where,'" Trump responded." --So how is farming doing under the ANC?
-- "This is truly bananas: all of Europe appears to have been seconds away a continent-wide blackout. The grid frequency across continental Europe plunged to 49.85 hertz — just a hair above the red-line collapse threshold." --
-- "Ugandan officials on Thursday confirmed an Ebola outbreak in the capital city of Kampala, with one confirmed death so far. It is the ninth Ebola outbreak Uganda has suffered since the deadly disease was first detected there in 2000." --
-- "From Wednesday, protests are banned in Kinshasa, the capital city of the Democratic Republic of Congo, says its governor. Anyone in breach of this will be arrested. And missiles are flying above civilians' homes as fighters fire heavy artillery in Goma's city centre. ‘It is a very densely populated area... there are lots of victims in terms of civilians,' International Committee of the Red Cross spokesperson Myriam Favier says. The mineral-rich east of the Democratic Republic of Congo has been dogged by conflict for more than 30 years, since the 1994 Rwandan genocide." --And it's everywhere...
-- "The reported disappearance of more than 80 government critics over the last six months has caused a huge public backlash in Kenya. The country has a history of state-sponsored abductions, and some Kenyans fear they are returning to that dark past." --And...
-- "'We live in terror,' whispers Layla over the phone so nobody can hear. She fled Sudan with her husband and six children early last year in search of safety and is now in Libya." --
-- "More than 42,000 cases of the disease (Monkey Pox) have been reported this year, with 3,051 in the last week. The vast majority are in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The number of African nations with mpox outbreaks has climbed to 18, from six countries in April." --Coming soon to a neighbourhood near you.
-- "MAIDUGURI, Nigeria - At least 100 villagers were killed in northeastern Nigeria when suspected Boko Haram Islamic extremists opened fire on a market, on worshippers and in people's homes, residents said Wednesday, the latest killings in Africa's longest struggle with militancy." --
-- "Investigators have said there was rampant corruption and mismanagement at some of South Africa’s biggest state-owned businesses between 2009 and 2018. A report last week said that more than $7 billion may have been lost to graft at some of those state-owned companies, including PRASA." --And corruption isn't their biggest problem...
-- "As if a public health crisis isn't enough, Nelson Mandela's post-apartheid dream state also has a homicide rate that would stupefy Heinrich Himmler. Incredibly, it actually declined to around 18,000 homicides between March 2004 and April 2005." --And it hasn't got any better since then.
-- "Around 200 people have been killed and 140 injured in the Burkinabe town of Barsalogho, the latest in a long line of deadly attacks by an al-Qaeda-linked armed group, Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin." --
-- "Toronto Police say that they have arrested seven suspects in connection with a global fraud investigation targeting West African organized crime groups including Black Axe. Operation Jackal III was conducted with the assistance of authorities in 21 countries." --Wait a minute...
-- "Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen provided a briefing to members of the African-Canadian community at a Toronto barbecue establishment that court documents have identified as a known hangout for members of the notorious Nigerian-based Black Axe criminal syndicate." --
-- "Gangs are grouping together determined by their ethnicity, with different groups laying claim to different parts of the city. The Praterstern area, just outside central Vienna, is now controlled by North Africans and is considered the worst area in the city for crime." --
-- "Rwandan strongman Paul Kagame is set to extend his 24-year grip on power as provisional results from Monday’s election showed him securing a fourth term with 99 per cent of the vote. In a recent statement, Amnesty International raised concerns about 'threats, arbitrary detention, prosecution on trumped-up charges, killings and enforced disappearances' targeting the political opposition in the country." --
-- "Toronto Police say multiple people were shot and injured by a group of teenagers with pellet guns at Woodbine Park on Saturday night." --Nota bene...
-- "Woodbine Park is playing host to Afrofest this weekend, a celebration of African music and culture" --I suppose it could be worse.
-- "The Maldives State Minister for Environment, Climate Change and Energy, Fathimath Shamnaz Ali Saleem has been arrested for allegedly performing 'black magic' on President Mohamed Muizzu. Sorcery is not a criminal offence under the penal code in the Muslim-majority Maldives, but it does carry a six-month jail sentence under Islamic law. In 2012, police cracked down on an opposition political rally after accusing organisers of throwing a 'cursed rooster' at officers raiding their offices." --Meanwhile... down the road in Singapore.
-- "Kenyan Police Chief Inspector Samson Kipchirchir Kipruto has been shot dead after he opened fire at and injured Magistrate Monica Kivutiin in court in Nairobi after she made a ruling in a case reportedly involving his wife." --
-- "The Chief Whip of the Nigerian Senate, Ali Ndume, has said that corruption in politics is people-driven and should not result in any serious punishment. Speaking during an appearance on Channels Television Ndume admitted that politicians 'steal and share with the people'." --I suppose it could be worse.
-- "God has a Plan for you — on the Verizon network." --
-- "Missouri state Rep. Ben Baker’s 21-year-old daughter, Natalie, and her husband, Davy Lloyd, 23, were among three people shot and killed in a gang attack while serving as missionaries in Haiti, the politician said Friday." --
-- "A Canadian man, 62-year-old Norman 'Andre' White was discovered bound and murdered with his head nearly severed at his home in Jamaica. according to the Jamaica Constabulary Force, as of April 20, Trelawny recorded a 100% increase in homicides in comparison to the corresponding period last year." --Meanwhile back at the ranch...
-- "Dallas Ly sat quietly in a downtown Toronto courtroom Monday as assistant Crown attorney Jay Spare told the jury that it is an admitted fact that Ly decapitated his mother Thanh Ly. She also suffered multiple stab sounds to the neck and chest." --
-- "Apartheid has long since gone. A generation grew up without it and soon so will another. All they will know is ANC rule. And ANC rule has meant racism, violent crime and a regime so corrupt that it can’t keep the lights on, but can ally with Russia, China and Hamas. South Africa is a racist hellhole not because of apartheid but because of the ANC." --Oh... it gets better...
-- "ANC is a party whose leader, Julius Malema, talks openly about killing all the white people." --
-- "Africa has descended to mass violence and, in some places, near anarchy. There were 104 conflicts across the continent in 2022, the deadliest year in Africa for more than three decades. Separately, the United Nations has been running MONUSCO, its own peacekeeping operation, in eastern DRC for more than 25 years." --
