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R&B superstar R Kelly walked out of the Cook County Jail in Chicago on Monday after posting bail of a hundred thousand dollars.Kelly, who is facing several charges of sexually assaulting underage girls, spent three days behind bars, whilst his

Chinese national Yang Fenglan, 69, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison in Tanzania for her role in the illegal ivory trade. A Dar es Salaam court on Tuesday convicted her for trafficking 706 elephant tusks worth $2.5 million between 2000

 The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) will on Wednesday embark on a national day of strike action against job losses in eight of the nine provinces. Cosatu said workers within different economic sectors in the country have

Manila (dpa) - Frenchman Alain Robert - dubbed "Spiderman" for his exploits - was arrested in the Philippines on Tuesday after free-climbing one of the country's tallest buildings.The 56-year-old, known for scaling towering structures

Zimbabwe’s inflation rate has hit 290%, the second highest in the world after Venezuela.Inflation was being driven mostly by the shortage of foreign currency, which had led to huge disparities in the exchange rate between Zimbabwe's

A travel junkie and social media celebrity has died after falling into a ravine where she eventually froze to death.Gigi Wu, who became known as the "Bikini Hiker" would tour Taiwan's tallest peaks and scenic mountain ranges where she

A Zimbabwean human rights groups say at least 12 people were killed, at least 78 shot in a crackdown on protests that began on Monday over a dramatic rise in fuel prices.The Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum said in a statement that more than 240

A search is underway for four South Africans who are believed to have drowned in Mozambique earlier this week.The Department of International Relations and Cooperation says the group left the country last Saturday and were reported missing on Monday

A South African with dual British nationality, Luke Potter, has been confirmed as one of the victims of the Al Shabaab attack on the DusitD2 Hotel in Nairobi.The death toll has risen to 21 with 19 people remaining unaccounted for, the BBC reported