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  • Mozambique to set up new schools close to distant mountain range

    Mozambique to set up new schools close to distant mountain range

    Six schools were built by the Gorongosa National Park in central Mozambique with an investment of more than $1 million (£800,000).

    These schools will house pupils who attend school in the area’s mountain range.

    The administrator of the conservation area, Pedro Muagura, says that this is an initiative that brings together several partners, aiming to improve access to basic services for the local community.

    The project includes the construction of laboratories, sports fields and houses for teachers.

    The park, one of Mozambique’s famous conservation areas, was, for many years, badly affected by a rebel conflict.

    Most of its wildlife, decimated during the civil war, has been restored thanks to an investment from the US-based Greg Carr Foundation.

  • Pastor expelled for impregnating 10 church members

    Pastor expelled for impregnating 10 church members

    A Nigerian pastor has been expelled from Umuidoko Ogrute in Enugu Ezike, Enugu State for allegedly impregnating at least 10 church members.

    The self-acclaimed miracle pastor was paraded in the community by angry residents when they learnt of his escapades with female church members.

    According to reports, the yet-to-be-identified cleric was apprehended on Friday, April 28, when one of his female members revealed to her family that her pastor was responsible for her pregnancy.

    According to a source, the nabbed pastor often took the women to a mountain under the guise of special prayers as most of them were said to be looking for miracles.

    It was gathered that he built a small hut on top the mountain where he carried out the condemnable act of sleeping with them on a rotational basis.

    The pastor has allegedly been prophesying that they will clinch rich men for marriage, and believing his words, they succumbed to his request.

    The source also said that when the ladies inform him that they are carrying his child, he asked them to terminate it the pregnancy.

    Outraged by his actions, members of the community razed down his church and sent him packing.

    A source said; “This man has a church and goes to the mountain with his female church members for prayers. It was revealed that 99% of his church members are women who aren’t from the community. He always gives them visions to help them get married to rich men. The women desperate for a miracle, visit his church for solution and never return home to their families.

    Unfortunately for him, one of his victims was accosted by her family members and she explained how she got pregnant. Her revelation made irate youth pay the church a courtesy visit.

    They got there and found other victims whom they set free from the pastor’s bondage. They razed down the church and helped him pack his items advising him never to return to the village.”

  • Tanzania’s DJ Joozey becomes first DJ to performs on Africa’s tallest mountain, Kilimanjaro

    Tanzania’s DJ Joozey becomes first DJ to performs on Africa’s tallest mountain, Kilimanjaro

    Tanzania’s DJ Joozey, real name Joseph Simon, has amazed social media users after sharing photos of himself playing a set selection on Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa’s tallest mountain.

    Joozey ascended to the peak of the mountain with his music collection, setting it up at a height of 5,895 metres (19,341 feet) above sea level, and played for fifteen minutes, becoming the first African DJ to play at the peak of the highest mountain.

    However, he admitted that the mix was not loud enough due to the sound being muffled by the wind at the mountain top.

    “I did it! I played on Mt Kilimanjaro, the highest free-standing mountain in the world, 5,895 metres (19,341 ft) above sea level and 4,900 metres (16,100 ft) above its plateau base. Breaking the world record, I am the first man to ever play a 15min DJ set. God is good!” the DJ captioned the video clip of himself on Kilimanjaro with his setup.

    Joozey, 27, is a rising star in Tanzania’s music industry and has been involved in show business for approximately five years, according to the local journal Tangaza Magazine.

    The DJ was among the few chosen African artists in American rapper DJ Khaled’s album campaign for his “God Done” album last year.

  • Four rare mountain gorillas ‘die in Uganda lightning strike’

    Four rare mountain gorillas, including a pregnant female, have died in Uganda after being hit by lightning, a conservation group says.

    The three adult females and a male infant were found in Uganda’s Mgahinga National Park with “gross lesions” on their bodies indicating electrocution.

    The Greater Virunga Transboundary Collaboration (GVTC) called this a “big loss for the species”.

    There are just over 1,000 mountain gorillas in existence.

    The species is restricted to protected areas in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda and Uganda.

    The four that died were part of a 17-member group, which has been called the Hirwa family by the authorities.

    An infant mountain gorilla
    Members of the Hirwa group were photographed in 2012

    The Hirwa group had crossed the border from Rwanda into Uganda last year and had been living in Uganda’s Mgahinga National Park.

    Mgahinga is in the Virunga Massif range of mountains which straddle the borders of Uganda, Rwanda and DR Congo.

    “This was extremely sad,” Andrew Seguya, executive secretary of the GVTC, told the BBC.

    “The potential of the three females for their contribution to the population was immense,” Dr Seguya said.

    He added that the 13 surviving members of the Hirwa family have been found and are feeding well.

    Infographic

    Samples from the post-mortem are currently being tested and confirmation of the cause of death is expected within the next three weeks, GVTC said.

    In 2018, the mountain gorilla was removed from the list of critically endangered species, after intensive conservation efforts, including anti-poaching patrols, paid off.

    SOurce: myjoyonline.com