Africa is becoming one of the most vibrant economic spheres in the globe driven by the young population, the continuously developing infrastructure, and the increased trade on the region. In the last ten years, some of these countries have registered good growth rates making them some of the fastest-growing economies in Africa. The diversified industries […]
Literacy remains one of the most critical development challenges across the African continent. Despite progress in school enrollment over the past decades, millions of children, youth, and adults still lack basic reading and writing skills. Literacy challenges in Africa are deeply connected to poverty, inequality, violence, and inaccessibility of good education. There are long term […]
A vessel reportedly involved in the traffic of fuel was seized in the night of Tuesday August 27 breaking Wednesday by the Cameroonian customs in collaboration with the Navy in a maritime boarder between Cameroon and Nigeria. According to reports, the vessel was intercepted at about 1am Wednesday morning during one of the custom officers’ […]
Eighteen people died after a vessel sank off Cameroon’s southwestern coast, officials of Cameroon Navy said Wednesday evening. One body was recovered on Wednesday after an “intense search” by the navy, according to Lieutenant-Colonel Emmanuel Sone of Cameroon Navy. On Tuesday, Bernard Okalia Bilai, governor of the Southwest Region where the tragedy happened, said 17 […]
Police in Zambia have arrested the leader of a small opposition party on charges of defaming President Edgar Lungu after the release of a video in which he allegedly inferred that the head of state was a dog. Addressing journalists as he was led by officers on Wednesday, Chishimba Kambwili, leader of the National Democratic […]
Five people feared dead after a flooded river burst following torrential rains in Eastern Uganda. “Relatives of the people suspected to have been buried under mud across over 800 metres have been desperately trying to recover the bodies but they are being hampered by the lack of appropriate tools,“said James Ingoi is Bulambuli’s acting deputy […]
The Seventh Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) will kick off Wednesday in Yokohama, Japan, headed by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Spokesperson for the Egyptian Presidency Bassam Rady said that the conference will run from August 28 to 30, under the joint presidency of Japan and Egypt, […]
South Sudan government has for the first time launched a Country-Code Top-Level Domains (ccTLD) according to the country’s National Communication Authority (NCA). The .SS will be the country’s first segment of a domain name that will be recognized globally. There are currently more than 190 unique country code top-level domains (ccTLDs) worldwide, which are assigned […]
Government, through the Ministry of Mines and Mining Development, yesterday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Rwanda that will see the two countries cooperating and exchanging experiences from the extractive industries to develop their respective mining sectors. Mines and Mining Development Minister Winston Chitando signed on behalf of the Government, while Rwanda’s Mines, Petroleum […]
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Wednesday received another batch of 153 stranded Nigerians from Libya. The Director-General of NEMA, Mr Mustapha Maihajja, represented by Mr Slaku Lugard, an official of the agency, received the returnees on Wednesday in Lagos. Maihajja said that the Nigerians arrived in the Cargo Wing of the Murtala Muhammed […]
Deputy President William Ruto has said the constitutional review should be a win-win for Kenyans and not a tool to divide the country. He asked Kenyans to ignore leaders who want to take advantage of calls for a referendum to amend the Constitution as a route to create division, hatred and confusion in the country. […]
Thousands of taxis blocked several roads in the Pretoria CBD on Wednesday morning as protests in the area continued. Angry taxi drivers also littered the streets with an array of objects after a taxi driver was shot dead on Tuesday. The atmosphere is tense and volatile. According to Sowetan, taxi operators found people, believed to […]
A heavy downpour on Tuesday that lasted till the early hour of Wednesday has ravaged a section of the Ado Ekiti capital city and cut off certain parts of the metropolis from the main city. Mainly affected is the Ureje area, along Polytechnic road and other adjoining communities like Boom Town, Eminrin and Ijelu village, […]
A senior State Department official of the United States of America has said that the US is continuously getting disappointed by the Zimbabwean government. The remarks come as reports of human rights violations by suspected state security agents have been increasing lately. Only last week, there were reports of the abductions of opposition MDC members, […]
Ghanaian actress and philanthropist, Fella Makafui has revealed a huge portion of her earnings goes into what she wears. In a video, Fella boasted that she doesn’t repeat what she wears. She disclosed that she mostly gives them out and buy different dresses often. The YOLO actress admitted that her actions are influenced by what […]
Gernot Rohr has dopped Daniel Akpeyi and invites two new players of Maduka Okoye and Joe Aribo for September 10 friendly match in Kyiv. It will be Nigeria’s first outing since their 2019 Africa Cup of Nations Third-Place match in Cairo Egypt against the Carthage Eagles of Tunisia which The Gernot Rohr’s team won 1-0 […]
Fans of deceased Ivorian musician, DJ Arafat, real name Ange Didier Huon; want the government to celebrate the life of the king of a uniquely Ivorian music genre, coupé-decalé. One Romeo Pognon in Ivory Coast launched an online petition on Tuesday appealing to authorities to offer the Félix Houphouet Boigny stadium in the capital Abidjan […]
Officials in western Kenya have exhumed the body of a local man to strip him of the uniform he was buried in, according to reports. Martin Shikuku Alukoye was buried in his full Kakamega County Youth Service uniform after drowning this month. Local officials then exhumed the body to retrieve the uniform, despite opposition from […]
Two Ebola patients who were treated with new drugs in the city of Goma in eastern Congo have been declared “cured” and returned to their home. Top doctors fighting Ebola quickly used the case on Tuesday to press the message that people can recover from the potentially deadly disease if they seek proper care. Ebola […]
The rainy season is well underway in Sudan and the intensity of the downpours have led to flash floods that have claimed seven lives and left two others injured, the state-owned SUNA news agency reported on Tuesday, August 13. “Seven people died and two others were injured in different parts of Al Jazirah State, while […]