Lihanda hopeful of Dakar test

Kampala- Patrick Lihanda, the national boxing coach believes the Bombers are in better shape now than they were three weeks ago when they camped in his Luzira Prison and are ready for the African Olympic Qualifiers in Dakar, Senegal next week. Twenty six boxers [men and women] and eight coaches have resided behind the prison […]

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BVN requirement for new e-passport not acceptable – Wike

Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike said Nigeria has failed if her way to check corruption is by requesting Bank Verification Number (BVN) as a condition for obtaining the new e-passport. Wike, who spoke on Tuesday at the roll-out of the enhanced international e-passport in Port Harcourt, said he was shocked when he was informed that […]

Rwanda’s health minister fired for lying about testing kits

Rwanda’s president Paul Kagame on Sunday revealed how the country’s health minister had been fired over mishandling of coronavirus testing kits. In a stinging rebuke on his ministers, Kagame accused several of them including the ex-health minister Diane Gashumba of lying, carelessness and indiscipline. Kagame, who was speaking at the National Leaders’ Retreat said Gashumba […]

Cameroon’s international partners call for investigation into village massacre

Cameroon’s international partners including France and the United Nations have condemned last week’s killing of 23 villagers in a troubled English-speaking region. The incident on Friday took place in a region where armed separatists are campaigning for independence from the rest of Cameroon, which is majority French-speaking. More than 3,000 people have died and at […]

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Ruto Holds Crisis Meeting As Resignation Calls Intensify

(KDRTV) Deputy President William Ruto is believed to have summoned his staff to his Karen residence on Wednesday as investigations into ex-sports CS Rashid Echesa’s firearms scandal take centre stage. The people Daily reported that Ruto summoned the employees after detectives quizzed some of them over allegations that they could have aided Echesa to defraud […]

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Locust swarms: South Sudan latest to be hit by invasion

Swarms of desert locusts that have been devouring crops and pasture in the East Africa region have spread to South Sudan, the UN food agency says. Several million South Sudanese are already facing hunger as the country struggles to emerge from a civil war. The UN has warned that a food crisis could be looming […]

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Ntseki addresses Khune’s Bafana future

Itumeleng Khune’s number one jerseys have been under threat ever since he picked up injury problems, and the national team coach has addressed the issue. Khune, 32, has faced a long time on the bench due to injuries that have kept him out for months at a time and hasn’t been with the national team […]

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EFCC re-arraigns 6 public officers over alleged N64.6bn pension fraud

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday re-arraigned six public officials over their alleged involvement in police pension scam to the tune of N64. 6 billion at the FCT High Court, Maitama . Those re-arraigned by the EFCC were Atiku Abubakar Kigo, Ahmed Inuwa Wada, Mrs. Veronica Ulonma Onyegbulam, Sani Habila Zira, Mrs. […]

Trial of Lesotho’s first lady for rival’s alleged murder adjourns

The trial of Lesotho’s first lady for the alleged killing of Prime Minister, Thomas Thabane’s ex-wife has been adjourned to March 17. Maesaiah Thabane appeared in court in Maseru on Tuesday as the court seeks further investigations. “Your case is still under investigation and is still awaiting direction from the Attorney General with regard to […]

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Simi thrills fans in Sierra Leone with ‘baby bump’

Nigerian singer, Simisola “Simi” Ogunleye, has shared videos of the amazing experience she had throughout her say in Sierra Leone after has taken her fans in the country by surprise with a wonderful performance. Sharing a video of how her fans in the country gathered just to get a glimpse of her face on her […]

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Sokoto Director, 2 others allegedly impregnate 14-yr-old

A director of finance, Ahmad Yahya Nawawi; one Habibu Abubakar, and another person, all staff of the Sokoto State Urban and Regional Planning Board have allegedly impregnated a 14-year-old girl. The trio allegedly took turns to have carnal of the girl, a sachet water hawker, in one of their offices, which has resulted into a […]

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Egypt Accelerates Construction of Border Wall with Gaza

Egyptian authorities have sped up efforts to construct a wall on the border with the Gaza Strip, in an attempt to end the infiltration of extremists to and from Sinai. Palestinian sources in Gaza said the Egyptian army intensified its construction work, which it started in late January. The construction intensified after an Egyptian intelligence […]

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Lecturers suspended after ‘sex-for-grades’ film

The University of Ghana has suspended two lecturers for various periods without salary after they were filmed sexually harassing undercover reporters in a BBC documentary. The documentary exposed sexual harassment and misconduct by lecturers at prestigious institutions in West Africa. Professor Ransford Gyampo and Dr Paul Kwame Butakor, who were first suspended in October, were […]

Cameroon army explains massacre in Anglophone region

Cameroon’s army on Monday explained the incident in which 22 civilians were killed in the Northwest region, described it as an “unfortunate accident” caused by an explosion of fuel during a firefight. Opposition parties had accused the army of orchestrating a massacre, but army spokesman Colonel Cyrille Atonfack Guemo described the allegations as “duplicitous”. The […]

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Popular Rwanda gospel singer dies in custody

A popular Rwandan singer whose music was banned by the ruling regime was found dead in Kagali, police said Monday. Kizito Mihigo was said to have committed suicide while in custody, three days after he was caught trying to flee the country. The singer was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment in 2015 for conspiring against […]

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Libya conflict: EU agrees new patrols to stop arms flow

EU states have agreed to launch a new military mission off the Libyan coast to enforce a shaky UN arms embargo. The 27 governments still have to draft a legal text for the mission, after agreeing it in principle in Brussels. “The main objective is the arms embargo,” said Luxembourg Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn. The […]

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Niger aid stampede: At least 20 killed in Diffa

At least 20 people, many of them women and children, have been killed in a stampede in south-eastern Niger, reports say. Refugees from neighbouring Nigeria were queuing for food and money in the town of Diffa when the incident took place, according to local sources. Ten other people were injured. The region is home to […]