Facebook and TikTok Ban Lifted in South Sudan Following Violent Response

Facebook and TikTok Ban Lifted in South Sudan Following Violent Response

Following the viral release of horrific films reportedly portraying the murders of South Sudanese citizens in Sudan, the government had put a ban on Facebook and Tik Tok last week. This ban on social media sparked protests and violence around the nation so South Sudan had removed its ban on Facebook and TikTok today. On […]

AB de Villiers: The Legend Returns to the Field After 4 Years, Set to Lead Game Changers South Africa

AB de Villiers: The Legend Returns to the Field After 4 Years, Set to Lead Game Changers South Africa 

When South African legend AB de Villiers announces his much anticipated comeback to cricket after almost four years, cricket fans around the world are going crazy about his legendary comeback. In the second World Championship of Legends (WCL) tournament, De Villiers who is regarded as one of the most unique and captivating cricket players of […]

M23 Rebels Claim Capture of Congo’s Goma Amid Mass Civilian Displacement

M23 Rebels Claim Capture of Congo’s Goma Amid Mass Civilian Displacement

Rwanda supported M23 rebels claimed to have taken control of the regional capital early Monday as fierce battle raged in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. They made their announcement just minutes before the group’s 48-hour deadline for the Congolese army to turn in its weapons expired. The two million residents of the city […]

Tensions Soar in DR Congo Following Governor’s Death Amid Rebel Siege

Tensions Soar in DR Congo Following Governor’s Death Amid Rebel Siege

Military soldiers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo increased patrols in the government bastion of Goma on Friday as Rwanda backed rebels encircled the city. Residents described the spread of panic as M23 rebels took control of Sake, a town only 27 kilometres (16 miles) from the provincial seat the day before. Soldiers were […]

A$AP Rocky's Trial Begins in Los Angeles Over Hollywood Shooting Case

A$AP Rocky’s Trial Begins in Los Angeles Over Hollywood Shooting Case 

Rapper A$AP Rocky’s trial in Los Angeles where he is charged with shooting at a former buddy case started Today on Friday.  If found guilty of two felony assault charges related to an incident that occurred in 2021 close to a hotel in Hollywood, the rapper whose real name is Rakim Mayers could spend up […]

UAE Sends Medical Aid to Angola, Reinforcing Global Healthcare Support Initiative

UAE Sends Medical Aid to Angola, Reinforcing Global Healthcare Support Initiative

According to WAM, The United Arab Emirates has sent 25 ambulances; critical medical supplies and advanced medical equipment to Angola to help strengthen healthcare infrastructure in the country. The UAE’s intervention to this humanitarian work is at the heart of a much larger $220M international development and public health sector effort announced at COP28 in […]

William Ruto Govt to Tighten Control of Social Media Amid Digital Abuse

William Ruto Govt to Tighten Control of Social Media Amid Digital Abuse 

Kenya intends to intensify social media control. A strategy to counter what it refers to as “digital abuse” is being developed by the current government. Social media companies doing business in the nation have been directed to carefully monitor and take action against “violent, hateful and unbalanced content.”  According to the interior ministry, Kenyans are […]

McDonald’s SA Unveils Wallet-Friendly Menu Amid Financial Strains of Customers

McDonald’s SA Unveils Wallet-Friendly Menu Amid Financial Strains of Customers 

McDonald’s South Africa has launched new wallet friendly menu items to assist customers in overcoming the January blues. The new menu features value for money options like products from the McSaver menu and Nazo Meals. McDonald’s is also providing one off in app offers that give customers even more ways to save such as cashback […]

Ramaphosa signs Expropriation Bill into law, What it Means?

Ramaphosa signs Expropriation Bill into law, What it Means?

The contentious Expropriation Bill which was signed into law by President Cyril Ramaphosa will permit state agencies to seize land when it serves the public interest. The 1975 Expropriation Act from the apartheid era is repealed by the Bill. According to the Presidency, expropriation is recognised under section 25 of the Constitution as a necessary […]

Debate Grows Over New Alcohol Tax in South Africa

Debate Grows Over New Alcohol Tax in South Africa

South Africa is currently engaged in a vigorous discussion regarding a proposed alcohol tax intended to decrease road accidents and limit excessive drinking. The government is considering adding a fee to the price of alcohol to support the Road Accident Fund, highlighting the significant impact alcohol has on accidents, which resulted in over 1,500 fatalities […]

African Visitors to Kenya No Longer Need ETA

African Visitors to Kenya No Longer Need ETA

Kenya will enable citizens from nearly all African countries to visit without prior approval (ETA) according to a new cabinet order. On Tuesday, a cabinet statement stated that the ETA would be dropped in all African countries except Somalia and Libya due to security concerns. It stated that this was related to “efforts to support […]

Tanzania Confirms Second Outbreak of Marburg Virus Disease

Tanzania Confirms Second Outbreak of Marburg Virus Disease

Angola’s president, Samia Suluhu Hassan has stated today that a sample from an isolated area of the country tested positive for Marburg disease. Hassan stated that “Laboratory tests conducted at Kabaile Mobile Laboratory in Kagera and later confirmed in Dar es Salaam identified one patient as being infected with the Marburg virus. Fortunately, the remaining […]

Trump announces again the withdrawal of the USA from the Paris agreement

Trump announces again the withdrawal of the USA from the Paris agreement

Immediately after taking office in the White House, Donald Trump has caused the United States to backtrack on climate action. The American president has declared that he will once again withdraw his nation from the historic Paris climate agreement while his country remains one of the world’s leading carbon polluters. The withdrawal, which is expected […]

What Led to the Fatal Explosion in Nigeria That Killed 70?

What Led to the Fatal Explosion in Nigeria That Killed 70?

According to Nigeria’s emergency response organisation, a petrol truck crashed early Saturday morning and exploded killing at least 70 people in north-central Nigeria. Locals who had hurried to gather the fuel that was spilled when the truck collapsed made up almost all of the victims.  According to the Federal Road Safety Corps, the majority of […]

Trump announces decrees for his first day as president

Trump announces decrees for his first day as president

Just before his inauguration, Donald Trump made dramatic statements to supporters who gathered in Washington on 20 January 2025. On his first day as president, he promised to move at ‘historic speed’ and sign executive orders to ‘get the country back on track’. In 2020 towards the end of his first presidency, he attempted to […]

Mozambique’s ex-finance minister Manuel Chang sentenced to 8 and a half years in prison in the United States

Mozambique’s ex-finance minister Manuel Chang sentenced to 8 and a half years in prison in the United States

Manuel Chang, Mozambique’s former finance minister, has been sentenced to eight and a half years in prison in the United States. The sentence stems from the so-called “tuna bond” scandal, a $2 billion fraud. The funds were supposed to modernize fisheries and improve maritime safety in the southern African country. Manuel Chang, 69, was convicted […]

Nigeria Joins BRICS Strengthening Africa’s Role in Global Economy

Nigeria Joins BRICS Strengthening Africa’s Role in Global Economy

Brazil, the current head of the Brics bloc of developing economies, has announced that Nigeria has been accepted as a “partner country.” South Africa joined the Brics alliance in 2010 which was first established in 2009 by Brazil, Russia, India and China. The bloc was created to act as a check on the dominant industrialized […]