Madagascar impeaches its president

President Hery Rajaonarimampianina of Madagascar has been impeached in a vote late on Tuesday by the island-nation president.

The impeachment threatens to derail rebuilding efforts after years of crisis, analysts said.

The vote by 121 of 151 members of parliament has to be ratified by the country’s constitutional court. Rajaonarimampianina was elected at the end of 2013, after the country had suffered five years of political turmoil following the coup of 2009 that ousted Marc Ravalomanana from power.

Indian nurse who's been in a coma for 42 years after being raped in 1973,dies

Aruna Shanbaug, who became the face of a debate on euthanasia after being in a vegetative state for more than four decades following her brutal rape in 1973, died in Mumbai’s KEM Hospital on Monday after a bout of pneumonia.

Xenophobia: S/Africa Sends Back 5,645 Immigrants Home

Following the spate of xenophobic attacks in April on foreigners in South Africa, the South African government has decided to return 5,645 foreigners, the government said on Sunday.

Spokesperson for the South African Government, Jeff Radebe, revealed this in a statement that foreigners chose to leave South Africa voluntarily.

The Malawians, dominated the list with 3,506, followed by Zimbabweans (1,440) Mozambicans (682), while Tanzanians had (17).

Islamic Crusaders React To Buhari’s Handshakes With Married Women On Facebook

A wave or mixed reactions inundated the social media, following Nigeria’s President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, recent shaking hands with women, with many Muslim fundamentalists describing his actions as “Un-Islamic.”

Simonateba reported that some Islamic fundamentalist are of the opinion that Buhari, should not be seen shaking hands with women, making emphasis on the married ones.

Egypt hangs 6 convicted Islamist militants

Egyptian authorities hanged six men convicted of killing soldiers on Sunday, police said, ignoring appeals to spare them amid allegations two of them had been in custody at the time of their alleged crimes.

A military court upheld the death sentences last March, following a trial in which the six were convicted of carrying out the attacks in the months after the army's overthrow of Islamist president Mohammed Morsi in July 2013.

Prosecutors said they were members of the Sinai-based Ansar Beit al-Maqdis jihadist group, which late last year pledged allegiance to ISIS in Iraq and Syria.

Angola demands UN apology

Angola demanded an apology from the UN on Saturday after the world body called for an investigation into the killing of members of a Christian sect by police in April.

Details of an April 16 police raid in the remote hills of central Huambo province have been fiercely contested, with authorities saying 13 sect members were killed, while opposition party Unita claims over 1 000 civilians were slain in the operation.

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCR) spokesperson Rupert Colville has urged Angola to ensure "a truly meaningful, independent, thorough investigation" into the alleged massacre.

Boko Haram attack: Nigeria army imposes curfew on Maiduguri

The Nigeria army on Thursday imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew on the restive north-eastern town of Maiduguri in the aftermath of a Boko Haram attack on the city, a military statement said.

"In view of the recent development within Maiduguri metropolis a 24-hour curfew is hereby imposed in the city," army spokesperson Colonel Tanko Gusau said in the statement.

"This is done to protect lives and properties of innocent and law-abiding people of Maiduguri," capital of Borno state.

Boko Haram fighters launched an attack on the city on Wednesday but were repelled by Nigerian troops after intense clashes, residents and the army have said.

Conservation group: Tourist deaths behind walking ban in Zim park

Has the fear of a foreign tourist being killed by a wild animal led Zimbabwe's state parks authority to ban visitors walking alone in a national park that is popular with South Africans?

That's one of the suggestions that emerged this weekend from the local Zambezi Society conservation group in the wake of the Zimbabwe National Parks and Wildlife Authority (ZNPWA)'s insistence that walking without an armed professional ranger will no longer be allowed in the Mana Pools, in the wild north of the country.

"It is understood that there will be a perception that a fatality of a foreign tourist will be damaging for tourism," said a statement from the society, which says it works to "conserve wildlife and wilderness” in the Zambezi Valley.

City surge to win at Swansea

 Yaya Toure has scored twice to lift Manchester City to a 4-2 win at Swansea City in an entertaining Premier League game on Sunday in which the hosts fought back from 2-0 down to level the scores.

Ivorian midfielder Toure struck his 50th league goal for second-placed City to give them a first-half lead and James Milner added a second.

Gylfi Sigurdsson pegged one back for Swansea with an excellent curling effort on the stroke of halftime and Bafetimbi Gomes struck his fifth goal in as many games to level the scores early in the second half.

Reds prepare for life after Gerrard

Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers braced supporters for a close-season rebuilding process after long-serving captain Steven Gerrard played his final home game for the club.

Gerrard, 34, declared himself "devastated" following Saturday's 3-1 loss to Crystal Palace at a sold-out Anfield and must now prepare for his last ever Liverpool appearance at Stoke City next weekend.

Gerrard's departure echoes that of his fellow stalwart Jamie Carragher, who bowed out in 2013, and with Luis Suarez still to be satisfactorily replaced following his move to Barcelona last year, Rodgers knows there is a pressing need to bolster his squad.

Car bomb kills at least 3 in Afghan capital

A car bomb rammed a convoy of foreign troops near the main airport in Afghanistan's capital on Sunday, killing at least three civilians in the latest attack in the city, police and a witness said.

The Nato force in Afghanistan said it could not confirm if any of its vehicles had been hit.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility, though Taliban insurgents have launched a wave of attacks around the country since the drawdown of most foreign troops last year to a small training force.

76 dead in fighting for Syria's Palmyra

Syrian government troops and militia put up fierce resistance on Sunday to an ISIS assault on one of the jewels of the country's heritage, ancient Palmyra.

At least 47 regime loyalists and 29 jihadists were killed as ISIS overran northern neighbourhoods of the adjacent modern town of Tadmur late on Saturday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

The Britain-based watchdog reported heavy artillery exchanges in the west of the town, close to the Unesco-listed world heritage site.

Thousands in Chile's 'March for Equality' to support gay rights

Thousands of people, many waving rainbow-colored flags, gathered in Santiago on Saturday for a "March for Equality", pushing for Chile to acknowledge more gay rights.

The boisterous crowds showed their support for equality in the socially conservative South American nation, which has been slower to adopt gay marriage laws than some of its neighbours.

March organizers estimated the size of the crowd at 50 000. Couples, some wearing wedding dresses, kissed for the cameras as they marched in downtown Santiago, ahead of International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia on Sunday.

Pope Francis canonises 2 Palestinian women

Vatican City - Pope Francis named two Palestinian women as saints on Sunday, in a ceremony in Saint Peter's Square just days after the Vatican formalised its de facto recognition of the State of Palestine.

The canonisation of Sister Marie-Alphonsine Danil Ghattas, founder of the Sisters of the Most Holy Rosary of Jerusalem, and Maryam Baouardy, who founded a Carmelite convent in Bethlehem, was not directly connected with the Vatican's Wednesday announcement of a new accord with the State of Palestine.

But the ceremony, attended by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and a delegation of senior clergy including the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Fouad Twal, highlighted Pope Francis' longstanding drive to help embattled Christian communities in the Middle East.

Malaysian minister to meet Indonesian, Thai counterparts on migrants

Malaysia said on Sunday that its foreign minister would meet his Indonesian and Thai counterparts to discuss the surge in stricken migrants from Bangladesh and Myanmar flooding to Southeast Asia.

Foreign minister Anifah Aman was to meet Indonesia's Retno Marsudi in the Malaysian city of Kota Kinabalu on Monday, a government official said.

That would be followed by separate talks between Anifah and Thai Foreign Minister Tanasak Patimapragorn later in the week, "most probably on Wednesday".

Police, rebels clash in India, 4 dead

Two policemen and two guerrillas were killed in a clash in India's central state of Chhattisgarh on Sunday, officials said.

Another policeman was injured in the clash that occurred in a Bijapur district forest area.

"Police were on a search operation to track down Maoists when the insurgents opened fire on them," Bijapur deputy police chief Indira Kalyan Elesela said.

Kidnappers demand ransom for Malaysian hostages in Borneo

Suspected Philippine Abu Sayyaf rebels have demanded a ransom in exchange for the release of two Malaysians seized in Borneo earlier in the week, a Malaysian police official said on Sunday.

The kidnappers have allowed Thien Nyuk Fun, a restaurant owner, and Bernard Ted Fen to speak to their families, according to Sabah police chief Jalaluddin Abdul Rahman. Jalaluddin did not disclose when the kidnappers contacted the families of the victims or how much ransom money was demanded, but he said the captives were unharmed and being held in the southern Philippines.

Fire engulfs building in Pakistan, killing 6 children

A Pakistani police officer says six siblings have died in a fire in a residential building in the eastern city of Lahore.

Basharat Hasan says the fire broke out at the two-story building due to a short circuit early Sunday. He says three boys aged five to 12 were burned to death, while three girls, ages seven, nine and 15 died of suffocation. He says their mother was hospitalised in critical condition. Their father was not home at the time of the incident.

Taliban release dozens of kidnapped Afghan civilians

Taliban insurgents who kidnapped dozens of people in southeast Afghanistan early on Saturday released most of them that night but at least two are still being held, officials said.

The insurgents set up roadblocks in the Sayed Karam district of Paktia province, pulling passengers out of cars at gunpoint on suspicion they were government workers before taking them to an unknown location. A total of 25 people who had been abducted were freed, interior ministry spokesman Sediq Sediqqi said on his Twitter account Sunday.

Israel commemorates Jerusalem 'reunification'

Israel marked the 48th anniversary of the "reunification" of Jerusalem on Sunday with thousands expected to join a controversial march through the city's Arab eastern sector which it captured in the Six-Day War.

Known as Jerusalem Day, the anniversary marks Israel's seizure and later annexation of the territory, which includes the walled Old City, in a move never recognised by the international community.

The day is marked by a series of state ceremonies and an annual march through the Muslim Quarter of the Old City to the Western Wall, the holiest site at which Jews can pray, which is predominantly attended by nationalist hardliners.

Photos: T.B Joshua heals crippled man at Mexican Crusade

On May 8th and 9th, Prophet T.B Joshua held a crusade at the Aztec Stadium in Mexico City that was attended by over 100,000 people...and there he 'healed' quite a number of people including this man in a wheelchair. I don't know what his story is but as soon as T.B Joshua prayed for him, he got up from the wheelchair and praised God. Hmmmm...

Moving on. CeCe Winans, VaShawn Mitchell, Alvin Slaughter were all at the crusade. See more pic after the cut...