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A court in Comoros has handed down a life sentence for high treason to former President Ahmed Abdallah Sambi. He was convicted of selling passports to stateless people living in the Gulf and had been accused of embezzling millions of dollars. Citing an unfair trial, Sambi, 64, refused to attend the hearings at the State Security Court whose rulings cannot be appealed. Sambi – who is an arch rival of the Comoros President Azali Assoumani – had already spent four years behind bars before he faced trial. He pushed through a law in 2008 allowing the sale of passports for…

Somali forces have ended a more than 20-hour battle to regain control of a hotel seized by militants in Mogadishu on Sunday evening. At least 14 people were killed, including eight civilians, during the siege, police say. Militants from the al-Shabab group , which said it was behind the attack, had been holed up in one of the rooms in the Villa Rays hotel. Witnesses told the BBC they heard explosions and gunshots at the hotel. Somali police have said that 60 people were rescued from the hotel, which is near the presidential palace. As well as the eight civilians…

What are 3 things that you can say to or ask an atheist? What things could you think to add? What do you do with your Guilt? The atheist might say that they don’t believe in God but the Bible says that they actually suppress this knowledge. Paul writes in Romans 1:18 that “the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth.” The Greek word for suppress is “katechō” which means “to hold back, to detain” or “to restrain” so it is an intentional act of suppressing what they…

The World Cup is not World War. But it is. Otherwise why has it engulfed the whole world, including all countries not represented in Qatar? Even for those countries, the most heart breaking news, has not been the early upset of the big nations; but a world cup without alcohol restrictions. Qatar was smart not to have leaked the rule ahead of the Games; they waited till the country was overflowing with soccer fans from around the world, then dropped the bombshell. If the news had leaked earlier, all the world cup matches would have been patronized largely by Arabian…

On March 12, 2022, 12-year-old Akosua (not her real name) was sent on an errand by her mother in Nima, a suburb of Accra. On her way home, an unknown man believed to be in his 30s asked her to buy a recharge card for him, which she did. Upon her return, he asked Akosua to get his phone from his room, and the moment she entered the room, he followed and raped her. When Akosua’s mother, Madam Cecilia (not her real name), noticed that her daughter had been gone too long, she decided to look for her. After searching…

Champion boxer Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez issued a warning to Lionel Messi after a video emerged of the star celebrating Argentina’s World Cup win over Mexico with a Mexican jersey on the floor. The video shared on social media showed Messi seemingly touch the Mexican jersey with his foot while he and his teammates jumped up and down in their changing room following Saturday’s 2-0 win. “Did you see Messi cleaning the changing room with our jersey and flag????” wrote Mexican Alvarez, a four-weight champion boxer, on Twitter. “He had better ask God that I don’t find him!!” Alvarez’s outburst elicited…

A hotel in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu, where government officials are known to stay, has come under attack. Soon after the attack at Villa Rose began, Environment Minister Adam Aw Hirsi said he had survived the attack. There were also unconfirmed reports that Mohamed Ahmed, Somalia’s internal security minister, was injured. Al-Shabab militants said they had stormed the hotel. The Islamist group has been active in Somalia for more than 15 years. The Villa Rose hotel, where the ambush took place, is a short walk from the presidential palace in central Mogadishu. An unknown number of assailants, armed with explosives and…

Mohammed Kudus scored twice as Ghana beat South Korea 3-2 in a pulsating World Cup encounter on Monday to keep their World Cup hopes alive and leave Paulo Bento’s side facing an early exit. Mohammed Salisu opened the scoring against the run of play midway through the first half at Education City Stadium and Ajax midfielder Kudus doubled the Black Stars’ lead. But the Asian side, who looked toothless in the first half, roared back after the break, pulling level through a quickfire double from forward Cho Gue-sung either side of the hour mark. Ghana looked shell-shocked as the Korean…

Cameroon goalkeeper Andre Onana was removed from their squad just hours before their Group G game against Serbia on Monday. The Inter Milan keeper, who played in their opening defeat to Switzerland, was dropped for the game and not included among the matchday substitutes after being dismissed following an argument with Cameroon coach, Rigoberto Song. The argument is reported to have been over the keeper’s preference to try and play the ball out from the back, rather than sending his kicks far up the pitch, with Song recriminating with him for taking too many risks. Onana will play no further…

Fire has gutted a warehouse belonging to China Mall at Weija junction in Accra. The incident happened on Saturday [November 26, 2022] afternoon. According to a post by the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS), it took firefighters over 9 hours to bring the incredibly hot and heavy fire under control with 5 fire pumps. The Public Relations Office of the Greater Accra Regional GNFS said they received the distress call at 3:32pm. “The ferocious warehouse fire was offensively fought by the tactical firefighters and finally knocked out at 02:17am on early Sunday morning of November 27, 2022 without recording any…