Phonetics is the study of speech sounds. It looks at how a sound is made in the mouth and throat, how it travels as a wave, and how listeners recognise it. The topic shows up in schools, journalism training, call centres, healthcare, and language research. It also shows up in small moments, like spelling a […]
The impact of Africa on world entertainment, fashion, sports, and pop culture has increased many folds, and the most powerful reflection of this upsurge is social media. In 2025, African celebrities will not only break the regional icon but also trendsetters of the world, with millions of devoted followers who follow on Instagram, X, Tik […]
Gunmen kidnapped 73 students in yet another school attack in northern Nigeria on Wednesday, prompting authorities in Zamfara state to close all primary and secondary schools. The new kidnappings occurred just days after three other groups of hostages were reportedly freed after large ransom payments, raising hopes that other captives will be released soon. According […]
Leading human rights groups, including Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, Access Now, Mnemonic have called on social media platforms to preserve and archive all content relevant to provide evidence of incidents of human rights abuses in Afghanistan in view of ongoing crisis in the landlocked country. Issuing a statement, international human rights organizations have asked […]
On Monday, the son of Mozambique’s ex-president, Armando Guebuza, denied taking bribes to facilitate a $2 billion secret government loan that plunged the country into a financial crisis. Ndambi Guebuza, Guebuza’s eldest son, is one of 19 high-profile defendants on trial in Maputo’s high-security prison for alleged ties to a 2013 corruption case known as […]
Leader of Tanzania’s main opposition party, Freeman Mbowe, appeared in court to face “terrorism” charges – a case termed by his supporters “a politically motivated one”. His supporters claim that the move to chain Mbowe is aimed at crushing dissent. The Chadema party’s 59-year-old chairman has been behind bars since July 21. He was arrested […]
Former Malian interim president Bah Ndaw and prime minister Moctar Ouane have been released from house arrest – confirmed West African bloc ECOWAS on Friday. In a released statement, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) said it “welcomes” the step by Mali to release “all restrictive measures” on the former leaders. Both of […]
The African Union (AU) appointed a mediator in the crisis that has engulfed northern Ethiopia for nearly a year, prompting Tigray rebels to accuse the AU of “bias.” “It would be naive to think this mission could work,” rebel spokesperson Getachew Reda wrote on Twitter three days after former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo was appointed […]
After gunmen freed them from forest hideouts, nearly 100 Nigerian school children kidnapped three months ago from an Islamic seminary were reunited with their parents on Friday. The tegina seminary abduction in northwest Niger State has been one of Nigeria’s longest-running mass kidnappings since December when criminal gangs began targeting students and pupils. In Niger […]
Nigeria and Russia have inked an agreement for the former to get nearly $1 billion in military equipment and assistance. A statement was laid forth by the Nigerian Embassy that said the agreement “will provide a legal framework for the procurement of military equipment, after-sales services, preparation of personnel in technology transfer and educational establishments, […]
Kenya’s Court of Appeal’s decision to reject Uhuru Kenyatta’s proposal to bring sweeping changes to the constitution is expected to have significant implications on the 2022 general elections in the East African nation. Last week, a seven-judge upheld the high court’s May judgment and called President Kenyatta‘s plan to overhaul the structure of the government […]
A malaria trial was conducted in two African countries of Mali and Burkina Faso that included combining malaria prevention drugs and vaccinations. The trial has yielded striking results with 70% reduction in severe illness among children. The results of the study have been published in the New England Journal of Medicine and lauded as “very […]
Five people were killed, including three police officers, according to Tanzania’s president on Wednesday, following a gun battle with an armed man near the French embassy in the capital, Dar es Salaam. It was not immediately clear whether the shootout in the heavily guarded diplomatic area was a terror attack or a misunderstanding between the […]
The so-called slave castles on the Ghanaian coast, where many slaves embarked on their final journeys, serve as a stark reminder of the practice’s barbarism. The International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition was established by UNESCO in 1997. The events of the night of August 22 to 23, 1791 […]
Ethiopia has started developing its own social media platform to rival Twitter, Facebook, and WhatsApp. The state communications security agency, on Monday, said that the government does not plan to block the global services. Ethiopia has been a troubled place since last year as an armed conflict has put the federal government against the Tigray […]
Algeria will review its relations with Morocco, according to a statement released by the Algerian presidency on Wednesday, after accusing Morocco of complicity in deadly forest fires, escalating tensions between the North African neighbors. Hundreds of forest fires ravaged large swaths of northern Algeria on August 9, killing at least 90 people, including 33 soldiers. […]
On Tuesday, the Southern African Development Community praised Zambia for ensuring a peaceful transfer of power after a veteran opposition politician won a landslide victory at the polls. On Monday, Hakainde Hichilema was declared the winner after a landslide victory over Edgar Lungu, who had been in power for six years. On a continent where […]
South Africa is the hub of Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccines production. But the company has been vehemently exporting vaccines out of the continent to rich European nations, an act heavily criticized by the health activists across the African continent. It is to be noted that Europe has already vaccinated a large majority of its […]
Business tycoon and opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema won Zambia’s hotly contested presidential election on Monday, defeating incumbent Edgar Lungu. Official results, with 155 of 156 constituencies reporting, showed Hichilema securing 2,810,757 votes against Lungu’s 1,814,201. Zambian President Edgar Lungu conceded defeat late Monday night – in what marked the country’s third peaceful power handover to […]
Facebook Inc along with other world’s leading telecommunications carriers like China Mobile Ltd and MTN Group Ltd is set to further expand the already planned giant sub-sea cable in Africa. According to a statement released by the companies on Monday, the new plan will expand to include Indian Ocean Island countries Seychelles and Comoros to […]