The UK has put specific sanctions on people connected to Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) because more proof of war crimes in the Darfur region has come to light. After a BBC Verify investigation found that executions in El-Fasher were the fault of a high-ranking RSF officer, the move was made. El-Fasher is a place […]
The country of São Tomé and Príncipe, which is one of the smallest in Africa, has taken a big step towards closing its digital gap. Starlink is an internet service that uses satellites and was created by SpaceX. It has now been made available across the country. This move promises to make big changes in […]
President Cyril Ramaphosa recently called on young white South Africans not to leave the country in a pre-election campaign drive in Stellenbosch. He said that the fears that many white South Africans have of not being wanted, “is entirely not true”. “There is a place, there is room for all of us,” the president said. […]
Zimbabwe hiked fuel prices on Monday for the second time in a week but most pumps remained dry, with no end in sight to shortages that are helping drive inflation rapidly higher and which have led to protests about the cost of living. The Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority said a litre of petrol would now […]
NKC Research has projected that the Zimbabwe economy will continue deteriorating in 2019 considering the shortages of basic goods and the lack of foreign exchange. Economist at NKC African Economics, Jee-A van der Linde, said: Furthermore, it is unclear whether the re-introduction of the Zimbabwean dollar will yield the desired effect, because the inflation rate […]
A protest by members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) turned violent on Monday in Abuja. The protesters reportedly clashed with security agencies close to the Federal Secretariat in the Nigerian capital. Monday’s incident comes about two weeks after two Shiites were killed and two police officers injured after a similar protest turned violent […]
DR Congo’s health minister resigned Monday, citing his removal as the head of his country’s Ebola response and concerns over a proposed “experiment” with a new, unlicensed vaccine. “As a result of your decision to place the response to the Ebola outbreak under your direct supervision… I hereby submit my resignation as health minister,” Oly […]
South Africa’s highest court has ruled that the public protector – the state official in charge of investigating corruption – had lied under oath and acted in bad faith. The devastating judgement will add weight to claims that Busisiwe Mkwebane is involved in a dirty-tricks campaign to undermine President Cyril Ramaphosa and halt his campaign […]
Health personnel across the country have received advanced techniques on emergency surgery from a visiting team of Israeli doctors to Cameroon. For three days, the team comprised of ten of Israel’s top surgeons were at the Yaounde Central hospital to drill medical personnel drawn from the four corners of the country on the various aspects […]
Human Rights Watch has accused Cameroon security forces of killing at least four civilians and raped one woman in mid June during operations in the North West region of Cameroon. Amongst those killed was an an elderly man with a physical disability and a young man with a mental disability, Human Rights Watch said. “These […]
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Sunday said he will seek an urgent judicial review of what he described as an irretrievably flawed report in which the country’s graft watchdog said he misled parliament over a campaign donation. Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s report followed an investigation by the watchdog into a 500,000 rand ($35,878.56) donation […]
Dr. Kambale Tsongo Philemon survived the deadly Ebola viral disease in the Democratic Republic of Congo in November 2018. And now, he’s inspired to treat others suffering the deadly disease at an Ebola medical center in Beni. “I took an oath and I have compassion for people who are sick. I want to save lives. […]
Ghanaian actress, Nadia Buari, who has been very private about her family took to Instagram to share these rare photos of herself enjoying a stroll with her husband and their four beautiful children. See photos below; The Ghanaian Actress has always kept her private life out of social media so this post from her was […]
Two persons have been handed a total of 40 years in jail by the Kasoa Circuit Court presided over by His Lordship Ebenezer Osei Darko. The two Daniel Amoah and Yaw Danso were convicted on the charge of conspiracy to commit crime to wit robbery. The two were alleged to have attacked a mobile money […]
Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, the Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, has said the continuous destruction of the environment is self-inflicted and must be halted. “When we destroy the environment we destroy ourselves. We rely on nature for our critical needs including medicine, food, air and water for free, yet we show signs of ungratefulness […]
The Nigerian Police Force has invited Busola Dakolo, wife of musician Timi Dakolo for investigation after storming their home in Lagos on Sunday. It will be recalled that Dakolo had detailed how pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo of the Commonwealth of Zion Assembly allegedly raped her when she was a teenager in his church in Ilorin. Dakolo […]
Exactly fifty years ago, on 20 July 1969, Neil Armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon. But he had a little help from a sticky South African invention. Pratley Putty, invented by Krugersdrop resident George Montague (Monty) Pratley, was used by NASA on the spacecraft. Initially introduced to the market as Pratley […]
President Cyril Ramaphosa will brief the nation on Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s report on allegations that he violated the Executive Ethics Code of conduct related to a Bosasa donation. The presidency announced that Ramaphosa will hold the briefing in Pretoria on Sunday at 18:00 at the Union Buildings. “Members of the media are invited to […]
At least 17 people have been killed in clashes between Ethiopian security forces and activists seeking a new autonomous region for their Sidama ethnic group, according to a local official and hospital authorities. A local district official told Reuters news agency on Saturday that at least 13 people were killed in a town near Hawassa […]
British Airways and Lufthansa have suspended flights to Egypt’s capital, Cairo, over unspecified security concerns, giving no details about what may have prompted the move. “We constantly review our security arrangements at all our airports around the world, and have suspended flights to Cairo for seven days as a precaution to allow for further assessment,” […]