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Two pilots working for Algeria's national airline have been suspended because they allowed a 10-year-old orphan to fly a domestic passenger aircraft.
The report says the boy's adventure was funded by a charity and filmed by El Bilad TV, who show him dressed for the occasion in a pilot's uniform and pushing buttons in the cockpit under supervision.

Selena Gomez may be the most-followed person on Instagram (124 million and counting…), but the singer knows when it’s time to unplug and take a step back from the spotlight. Last October, Gomez canceled her tour and sought out treatment to focus on her emotional health and exhaustion, something she’s opening up about in the September issue of InStyle.

Dumi Masilela, a South African singer, actor best known as Sifiso Ngema in etv's Rhythm City has died after he was shot in Tembisa last night in what is believed to have been a Carjacking.
He passed away this morning after fighting for his life in hospital.

Barcelona forward Neymar has paid his buyout clause of 222m euros (£200m), the Spanish club say.
Neymar, 25, is set to sign for Paris St-Germain for a world record fee, after telling Barca he wanted to leave on Wednesday.
The Brazil international's lawyers paid the sum in person at Barca's offices.

The International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung disease in some few days passed organised its 20th Conference of the Union Africa Region at the Accra International Conference Centre, Accra - Ghana with the focus on Accelerating Implementation Through Partnership to END, TB/ HIV Tobacco and other related NCD’s.

Former Paralympic and Olympic runner Oscar Pistorius of South Africa, serving a six-year prison sentence for the murder of his girlfriend, was hospitalized in Pretoria, South Africa, on Thursday morning, according to several South African news outlets.
Correctional Services spokesperson Singabakho Nxumalo told The Citizen: “We can state that offender Oscar Pistorius was taken to an outside hospital facility this morning for a medical examination.”

Ghanaian music star, Rocky Dawuni, will be playing a string of US Summer dates starting on August 6 at the brand new Levitt Pavilion Denver in Colorado. Rocky and the band will continue to Dartmouth, New Hampshire for their “Summer Concert Series” at the Hopkins Center for the Arts on August 9. From there they will perform at the super hip Arts Riot is Burlington, Vermont on August 10 before proceeding to headline the esteemed Festival des Traditions Du Monde Sherbrookein Canada on August 11.  The tour also includes public and private dates and will culminate at the Levitt Pavilion Pasadena on August 26 in Pasadena, California.

Georgina Rodriguez is glowing!
Cristiano Ronaldo's girlfriend stuns in a fitted black mini-dress while debuting her burgeoning baby bump in a new photo shoot for Hola! Magazine.
In an interview released on Wednesday, the 23-year-old model opened up about becoming a mother for the first time and how she takes care of herself.

Nigerians speculating on when their ailing president will return from London are now being encouraged to put their money where their mouth is.
Sports gaming site NaijaBet.com has launched the 'Buhari to Return' game, departing from its usual focus on English Premier League football and other big sporting events.

In “Love Myelitis ” Elorm Beenie touches on Already made factory-designed wardrobe crafted African designs from our vibrant fashion industry.”

Let’s wear Ghana, see Ghana, eat Ghana and feel Ghana” an initiative of the Ministry of Tourism Arts and Culture and its implementing body Ghana Tourism Authority.

41-year-old former world heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko has retired from boxing.
He turned down a rematch with  Anthony Joshua, slated for November 11 in Las Vegas, BBC reports.
“I have achieved everything I dreamed of, and now I want to start my second career after sports. I would have never imagined that I would have such a long and incredibly successful boxing career,” Klitschko said.

US President Donald Trump urged the Mexican president to stop publicly saying he would not pay for a proposed border wall, according to transcripts.
Mr Trump admonished Enrique Pena Nieto for publicly denouncing the wall during a 27 January phone call, transcripts obtained by the Washington Post show.

The Gambian government has revoked the diplomatic passports of former president Yahya Jammeh and those of his family.  
Jammeh and his family are among the 207 Gambians who have had their privileges cancelled with immediate effect.

Barack and Michelle Obama left the White House almost 200 days ago, but some supporters of the 44th president are still reaching out to him as if he were in office. We’re not talking about policy changes, though he probably gets plenty of letters about that still. It seems many people are still inviting the Obamas to their weddings — and the Obamas are writing back.

The father of one of the Afghan girls who caught the world's attention when trying to attend a robotics contest in the United States was killed on Tuesday in an ISIL-claimed attack at a mosque in Herat.
Fatemah Qaderyan, the 14-year-old Afghan robotics team captain, is "angry and grieving" following the deadly attack targeting Shia worshippers, the team's coach, Ali Reza Mehrban, told Al Jazeera.

The deputy director General of the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation Francisca Ashitey-Odunton has been appointed Ghana’s High commissioner to Kenya by President Akufo-Addo.
She was sworn in along four others at a ceremony at the Flagstaff House Wednesday.

African Twins Fashion Week Ghana 17 slated for August 19. This event brings twins all over Africa & beyond to appreciate a wider range of fashion despite the resemblance.
It’s a night of fashion & Style displaying the distinctness of collections yet identical. This year’s second edition is the biggest twins fashion event which involves international twin models and designers to grace the event

Justin Bieber wrote a message to fans on Wednesday in the wake of canceling his tour. In the note, he explains that he want to be “sustainable” as both a performer and an individual.

Neymar will earn 865,000 euros (£775,477) a week when the Brazil forward completes his world record move from Barcelona to Paris St-Germain.
The 25-year-old's wages will equate to 45m euros (£40.3m) a year before tax.
Barcelona have told the French club they must pay his 222m euro (£198m) fee "in full" and they are understood to be ready to meet his release clause.

After the death of front man and vocalist, Chester Bennington, two albums by Linkin Park re-entered the top 10 on the US sales chart on Tuesday.
“One More Light,” the California rockers’ final album, which hit number one when it came out back in May, jumped back to number four on the Billboard chart for the week while “Hybrid Theory” Linkin Park’s debut album, which was the top-selling US album of 2001 returned at number eight on the latest weekly chart.

An assistant chief at the Estherwood Police Department in Louisiana, Wayne Welsh, has resigned from his position after he recieved a backlash on a racist post on his facebook page on Sunday which depicted a woman holding a young girl’s head under water in a bathtub, with the caption: “When your daughters first crush is a little negro boy.”

Abelemkpe Mawarko branch manager Jihad Chabaan, who is standing trial for assaulting a caterer at the restaurant, has been found guilty of assault and causing harm.
The Abeka District Court judge has sentenced him to 9 months in prison.