http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-39121997 http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-39121997 A French police sniper has accidentally shot and injured two people during a speech by President Hollande. Mr Hollande was inaugurating a new stretch of railway in the town of Villognon in western France when gunfire was heard. A waiter and a worker attending the event were slightly wounded, one in the ankle the other on the leg, according to local media. One local report said the safety catch was unlocked and the gun discharged. The shot interrupted the speech for a few moments, but reports say there was no panic. "I hope it's nothing serious. I think not," Mr Hollande said as he paused his address to ask whether anyone had been hurt. Officials say the lives of the injured - the head waiter of a local hotel and an employee of a railway maintenance company - are not in danger. A judicial investigation has been launched. The marksman is based with a special protecti

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-39026482   Femi Achulani survived an attempted kidnapping in Malawi by people wanting to kill her for her body parts. In Malawi, like other countries in the region, people with albinism are hunted down because of the belief that potions made from their body parts can bring good luck and wealth. She told the BBC how a gang tried to lure her away from her home two years ago:  was a Friday. Five men and one woman came here at about 7 o'clock in the evening. They arrived when I was in the kitchen preparing our supper and my husband was outside here. They told him that they were looking for me. That they were policemen, and had come to protect me because they had got a tip that some people were looking for me to kill me. I was scared because these were total strangers. I had never seen them before. There was such commotion here that some of our neighbours gathered. And although they said they were policemen, they were not wearing u

http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/Burial-function-turns-chaotic-killed-poison-allegations/688334-3809906-rfjb9l/index.html PALLISA- Police in Pallisa District are investigating circumstances under which two mourners were reportedly lynched on allegations of poisoning a 28-year-old man under unclear circumstances. Bukedi region police spokesperson, Mr Sowali Kamulya, said mourners who had on Saturday turned up to send off Micheal Kungulu, 28, turned chaotic, attacked and killed Martin Omunugu, 30 and Augustine Okoboi, 58, accusing them of poisoning the deceased. Chaos ensued when the master of ceremony started reading the biography of the deceased and it came to the knowledge of the mourners that Omunugu and Okoboi, both residents of Kidupa village, Butebo sub-county in Pallisa District were behind the death of Kungulu. “At the time of burial, information started spreading that the deceased was poisoned. The deceased had reportedly left behind a written note accusing Omunu

By IsaacWaniala  Just weeks after swangs avenue announced the sucking of singer and Ugandan diva Irene Ntale, The "gyobera" hit maker did not resist anything but rather started criticizing her managers for being untrustworthy and being cheats . She said they had become dishonest and where paying her peanuts yet she was main and major source of capital in the shows performed.  However, the star singer has not stayed silent, she has attacked former boss and said she's ready to prosper without them. In her latest song that was released on Friday evening Irene Ntale laments how her bosses were behind her fall.  The song is tittled "Twelageko." Meanwhile, there has been no official statement released from Swangz Avenue regarding Irene Ntale's statements.

By Isaac Waniala The sensational East African singer with numerous hits all over east Africa on friday was arrested by Police in Tanzania after she was found in possession of drugs and marijuana.  However, it did not go well for the artist who was later detained in custody after many people gave testimony about her drug dealings.  She was later given a police bond and asked to pay 5 million Tanzanian currency for the offense as she will be attending court to answer her charges, however the 0plice revealed that other sanctions may be imposed on her once found guilty.    

By BBC Sports Tiger Woods' last major championship win was the US Open in 2008 Fourteen-time major winner Tiger Woods says he will "never feel great" again because of the number of injuries suffered during his career. Woods, 41, pulled out of the Dubai Desert Classic before the s econd round this month because of a back spasm. He only returned to action in December after two back operations. "There were a lot of times I didn't think I was going to make it back. It was tough, it was more than brutal," Woods told Dubai magazine Vision. Woods' first return to competitive action after a 15-month lay-off came in December at the Hero World Challenge - an 18-man tournament in the Bahamas - and he fini shed 15th at the PGA Tour event. He hopes to compete in the Masters at Augusta from 6-9 April. "There have been plenty of times when I thought I would never play the game again at the elite level," added Woods, who has w