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 […]
The World Health Organisation has vaccinated over 1,300 people who potentially came into contact with the Ebola virus in the Congolese city of Goma, it said on Sunday, helping contain what many feared would be a rapid spread in an urban centre. A year-long Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has killed at […]
Visiting Guinean President Alpha Conde on Sunday donated two cows to Corps members serving in Daura, Katsina state, President Buhari’s hometown. Conde, a guest of Buhari and the Daura Emirates was complementing the gesture of the Nigerian leader to the Corps members. Buhari, in what has become a yearly ritual also donated two cows and […]
Dr. Yakubu Nura, a lecturer at the University of Maiduguri, Borno State, has won the World Physics Competition by defeating about 5720 contenders from 97 countries. World Championship-2019 in Physics (Einstein’s planetary equation) acknowledged the outstanding international contributions and selected him “based on international meritorious competition”. Dr. Nura’s research article was announced winner among 5721 […]
In Benin Republic and Togo, voodoo is a serious religion with thousands of devotees, any wonder why the voodoo festival in these countries is most vibrant and colourful. It features voodoo dolls and devotees in animal skins chanting and dancing to drumbeats, as well as horse racing on the beach, and loads of food and […]
Tastic Rice and David Tlale earlier this week, hosted an exclusive lunch at Le Chatelat in Sandhurst, in celebration of the historic movement that crowned the 9th of August Women’s Day. With a theme inspired by the heritage both brands hold in South Africa, Tastic Rice and David Tlale invited phenomenal women from all walks […]
Charismatic Ghanaian actor turned politician, John Dumelo says it would be “unfair” for him to bow out of the movie industry if he enters Parliament. The political aspirant who is eyeing the National Democratic Congress seat for the Ayawaso West Wuogon constituency held that it was acting that made him who he is today. In […]
President Uhuru Kenyatta has urged the Caribbean community to support Kenya’s bid for the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) non-permanent seat for the period 2021 to 2022. The President made the appeal as he pitched for closer cooperation among African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries to spur development and economic growth. “Kenya’s candidature is informed […]
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo Friday said the relations between Ghana and Angola was now on “a new level.” This follows bilateral discussions the President held with his Angolan Counterpart, João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço at the Presidential Palace in Luanda, on the Second day of his two-day historic state visit to that country. Addressing a […]
At least 60 people have been killed and 70 injured in a fuel tanker explosion in Tanzania, police say. Pictures posted online show flaming wreckage scattered over a wide area and charred bodies lying on the ground. Police said people were trying to recover fuel from the vehicle, which had overturned on a major road […]
With the air distance between the two countries just 979 miles, Rwanda has spoken its readiness to check the outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Ms Sarah Audu, Head of Communication at the Rwandan High Commission in Nigeria, made this known in a statement in Abuja on Saturday. Audu said that […]
57 people have died and 65 others injured after a fuel tanker exploded in Tanzania on Saturday. Many of the victims were siphoning petrol from the vehicle, which had crashed, state broadcaster TBC Taifa said. The explosion occurred around 200 km (120 miles) west of the capital Dar es Salaam. “We have been saddened by […]
The former President of Zimbabwe, Robert Gabriel Mugabe, has reportedly told his family members that he does not want to be buried at the Heroes Acre shrine in Warren Hills. Zimbabwe independent reports that Mugabe does not want his funeral to be presided over by President Emmerson Mnangagwa who took power from him in 2017 […]
FORMER Minister of State for Mashonaland Central Province, Advocate Martin Dinha is being investigated by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) on allegations of criminal abuse of office during his tenure as Bindura’s executive mayor between 2004 and 2008. In a letter seen by The Herald date stamped August 5, 2019 to Bindura Municipality signed by […]
Kenya’s first female Special Weapons and Tactics team graduated on Friday. The group of 48 is the first of its kind in the country and the entire sub-Saharan Africa. Interior CS Fred Matiang’i presided over their graduation at Ngong’, saying it comes at a time when the country is seeking to handle emerging security threats […]
The Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey says Ghana will continue to forge partnerships with like-minded countries to achieve the vision of a free, peaceful and prosperous continent. She said her ministry has been able to facilitate a joint military training programme under the CAPSTONE General and Flag Officer Course between […]
A manhunt has been launched in Meiganga, Adamawa region to track down 22 inmates who escaped from prison last night. Sources say, the inmates escaped after digging a hole on one of the walls of the prison before escaping through a nearby bush into the wild. Prison warders and security forces immediately got alerted and […]
The Nigerian police hierarchy is demanding answers from the Army over a clash which led to the death of three police officers and a civilian in the north eastern Taraba State. The police maintain that the action of the soldiers had also led to the escape from lawful custody of a “millionaire kidnapper,” one Alhaji […]
The government of Burundi on Thursday officially disputed recent reports that close to half of its population were affected by malaria. The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in its latest report said 5.7 million cases of malaria had been recorded in Burundi in 2019 — a figure roughly equal to […]