Animal rights group decries live-plucking of South African ostriches for fashion

The World Animal Protection says ostriches were being cornered by workers who pulled out their feathers without administering pain relief.

Two charged as police investigate discoveries of women bodies in South Africa

Prosecutors said the two women had been charged with murder over the killing of Jabulile Ntimba in what police described as a possible love triangle.

Head of Yahya Jammeh's 'death squad' court martialled in Gambia

Sanna Manjang, who was the head of the squad and a lieutenant colonel, is charged with deserting the armed forces when he went on the run in January 2017.