Bellarmine Mugabe, the youngest son of former President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe, has pleaded guilty to firearms and immigration offenses in South Africa. Bellarmine Mugabe, who is 28 years old, pleaded guilty to his crimes after being arrested Bellarmine Mugabe firearms case South Africa early this year, following a shooting at his home in Johannesburg. […]
Pope Leo XIV has appealed to the youth of Cameroon to reject corruption and actively participate in the development of their nation. This appeal was made during a Mass celebrated in the nation’s capital city of Yaoundé, in the course of his tour through various African countries. Pope Leo's first stop in Cameroon was to […]
The Katsina State government has rescued 31 victims of human trafficking, sold in Benin Republic and taken to Burkina Faso. The Director General, Media and publicity to the state government, Abdu Labaran Malumfashi, in a statement, said the victims were expected back in Katsina State today Tuesday. According to him, the victims, seven of whom […]
Uganda’s popular opposition lawmaker and presidential hopeful Bobi Wine has denounced the government’s banning of civilian use of red berets, a symbol of his “People Power” movement. The government this month gazetted the red beret and other pieces of military wear as “property of the state.” It warned people who wear or sell them that […]
Nigeria’s government is under pressure to regulate the activities of Islamic schools, following the raid and rescue of over 300 boys and men from a building that purported to be an Islamic school in the northern part of the country. Islamic schools, known as Almajiris, are common across the mostly Muslim north of Nigeria, and […]
The Kenya Ferry Services (KFS) has been on the receiving end of social media backlash over an insensitive Tweet it posted on Monday morning. “We are serving you with four ferries at the Likoni channel and one at the Mtongwe channel. We wish you a blessed and fruitful day.” Reads part of the Tweet. This […]
Key leaders of the Anglophone separatist movement in Cameroon boycotted the first day of a national dialogue that government hopes will resolve the decades-old conflict in the Northwest and Southwest regions of the country. Nearly 3,000 people have died and half a million fled their homes since fighting broke out in 2017 between the army […]
Authorities in Uganda announced on Monday that the red beret and tunic would henceforth be designated as official military clothing, essentially banning the uniform of opposition leader Bobi Wine and his supporters. The pop star turned leading opposition figure, who has announced he is running for president against longtime leader Yoweri Museveni in 2021, has […]
NTSA has suspended nine matatu saccos for failing to operate a minimum of 30 serviceable vehicles. In a statement on Monday, NTSA director general Francis Meja, said Section 5(1) of the National Transport and Safety Authority regulations require a PSV sacco or company to operate a minimum of 30 serviceable motor vehicles. The suspension of […]
Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode says he weeps for Nigeria because of the way things have degenerated in the country. He said on Monday that in the last few days happenings in the nation called for weeping. “First is the discovery of a slave camp in Kaduna where, in the name of Koranic school, 500 […]
The United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic (Minusca) has begun a military operation against an armed group that has signed a peace agreement with Bangui but is “continuing to increase its illegal activities,” the UN confirmed in a statement. The operation, which began on Thursday, “aims to push the 3R group (Return, Claim, […]
The Head of State Paul Biya has extended his condolences to the families of victims of the road accident in the Littoral region that claimed at least eight lives last week. In a letter addressed to the Governor of the Littoral region, Paul Biya extended his condolences to the families of the victims and wished […]
A boat with more than 50 people on board has capsized off the Libyan coast, the United Nations said on Saturday, the latest accident involving migrants trying to reach Europe. The exact location of the accident remains unclear, the U.N. refugee agency UNHCR said on Twitter. A spokesman for Libya’s coastguard said a patrol boat […]
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has returned from New York where he attended the 74th Ordinary Session of the United Nations General Assembly. He arrived at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport on Friday night and was welcomed by Vice President Kembo Mohadi, Defence and War Veterans Affairs Minister Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri, Minister of State Security Owen Ncube, […]
Ghana has officially established diplomatic ties with Nepal. A communique to that effect was signed by Ghana’s Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration Minister, Ms Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey and her Nepalese counterpart, Pradeep Kumar Gyawali in New York on the sidelines of the 74th Session of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly. After the signing of […]
A visiting UN rapporteur has said Zimbabwe needs a dialogue to clear the toxic environment engulfing the air VOA reports. The special UN rapporteur, Mr Clement Voule was on a 10 day trip to Zimbabwe and compiled a report he will present to the UN in June 2020. However, he said the environment in Zimbabwe […]
The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) member states have failed to agree to endorse protocol on transhumance. This came after the two member countries Ethiopia and Somalia refused to sign this protocol on transhumance due to some articles which they say don’t favour them. “For the case of Ethiopia and Somalia, we needed to first […]
A Zimbabwean former tourism minister was released on bail on Friday after spending two months in jail over the disappearance of $94m from the country’s pension fund, the state broadcaster reported. Prisca Mupfumira was the first sitting minister of the ruling Zanu-PF party to be arrested for corruption under the new administration of President Emmerson […]
Tanzania’s two-year anti-poaching programme has registered mixed results with a spike in wildlife populations in national parks and game reserves, and an attendant increase in human-wildlife conflict. Authorities are now grappling with how to keep wild animals from destroying crops and invading human settlements adjacent to wildlife habitats, especially near the Serengeti National Park, and […]
Egypt has arrested nearly 2 000 people in what may be its biggest crackdown since the aftermath of the 2013 ouster of Islamist president Mohamed Morsi, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Friday. The authorities have also blocked or interrupted various internet services and websites, in a bid to stamp out any repetition of the […]