Monthly Archives: October 2014
Music promoter murdered over £400 debt
A UK music promoter has been stabbed to death in broad daylight over an alleged debt.
25 year-old Olamide Fushina also known as Ben or...
Ebola: does anyone really know?
As Will Pooley, the British nurse who is returning to Sierra Leone after surviving the Ebola virus he contracted there, busies himself answering repeated...
Union claims nurses inadequately protected as Ebola strikes again
A second Texas health worker has tested positive for Ebola and has been placed in isolation as African Voice went to press, after a...
Under fire police in unprecedented protest
Over a hundred and fifty unarmed police officers took part in a peaceful demonstration in Algiers on Tuesday to express solidarity with colleagues assigned...
Sex sells, but so do great songs – Gladys Knight
Throughout her storied career, veteran songbird Gladys Knight has witnessed artists break into the music business, for better or for worse. In an interview, the 72-year-old...
Bride forced to come clean after little secret comes out
A bride-to-be from Valencia who slept with a dwarf on her hen night has given birth to a baby with dwarfism, the Spanish website...
Pocket powerhouse breaks medals record
American gymnast Simone Biles won two more gold medals in Nanning, China on Sunday to become the most decorated US female gymnast at a...
Shunned Winnie set to scrap for Madiba home
Nelson Wandela’s former wife, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, is challenging the estate of the late former president, seeking the rights to his home in Qunu, Eastern...
Awards celebrate diversity in Civil Service
The achievements of ordinary civil servants at the forefront of the drive for greater diversity and equality in the Civil Service were recognised at...
Court confirms Shia cleric death sentence
A respected Shiite cleric has had his death sentence confirmed by a court in Saudi Arabia, sparking fears of renewed unrest from his supporters...