Legendary kwaito musician Doc Shebeleza, born Victor Bogopane, has died at age 51. The renowned businessman and kwaito veteran had been battling health issues for several years. On 2 December 2024, Doc Shebeleza shared with…
Mashaba lays criminal charges after a leaked draft…
A draft Public Protector report containing findings against the former Johannesburg mayor and founder of The People's Dialogue, Herman Mashaba, has seemingly been leaked to the media. Mashaba has opened a criminal case, in terms…
NEWS: South Sudan’s Machar, wife recover from Coronavirus
South Sudan’s Vice President Riek Machar and his wife, Defense Minister Angelina Teny, have resumed their official duties on Monday after recovering from COVID-19, an official statement said. Machar and Angelina went into self-isolation in…
Gunmen assassinate South Sudan MP in Uganda
A South Sudanese MP was shot and killed by unknown gunmen in northern Uganda. Jacob Kuwinsuk Gale, MP for Yei River State died of his wounds while being taken to hospital, officials said. In a…
Madagascar minister sacked over $2m sweets for ‘bitter’…
A Malagasy Minister was fired over plans to buy sweets for children taking COVID-Organics in schools. Education minister Rijasoa Andriamanana planned to order $2.2m worth of sweets. Hoping to ease bitterness that the purported virus…
NEWS: OPEC agrees on production cut, may force…
The Organisation of Oil Producing Companies (OPEC), Russia and other allies referred to as OPEC+, yesterday agreed to extend oil production cut till December this year. Though Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva…
Twenty-six killed in central Mali
Twenty-six people were killed in an attack on a village in central Mali, officials said Saturday, in the latest violence to hit the West African nation. Friday's attack targeted a Fulani village named Binedama in…
News: How we killed, buried 55-yr-old widow in…
It took a little while, but karma caught up with 38-year-old Johnson Emmanuel who allegedly killed and buried a 55-year old woman in his backyard at Wumba Community in Apo area of the Federal Capital…
AfDB Launches Independent Investigation into its President
The African Development Bank (AfDB) announced Thursday evening, the launch of an independent investigation into allegations of prevarication against its president, Nigerian Akinwumi Adesina, the only candidate for re-election to a new term. The Abidjan-based…
Nigeria: FG seeks NASS approval for $1.2bn agric…
The Federal Government has written the National Assembly, seeking its approval for $1.2 billion agricultural loan from Brazil and Deutsche Bank; to set up mechanisation service centres in 632 local governments of the federation. The…
News: ”Black Lives Matter” protest hits South Africa
Supporters of the ‘‘Black Lives Matter’‘ movement gathered outside the South African parliament in Cape Town Wednesday. Protesters expressed solidarity with African-American George Floyd in the United States. Floyd, 46, died after a white Minneapolis…
COVID-19 protests spread to Senegal’s capital
Protestors in Dakar set tyres on fire and threw stones at security forces on Wednesday night during protests over a nationwide dusk-to-dawn curfew imposed almost three months ago because of the coronavirus pandemic. The unrest…
News: Nigeria stands by AfDB president Akinwunmi Adesina
President of the African Development Bank AFDB Akinwunmi Adesina is in the news! A brewing crisis of succession at the Apex lending institution has put the highly reputed Nigerian former Agriculture minister in murky waters…
Ethiopia receives Chinese donation of 520,000 masks, medical…
Ethiopia received on Tuesday the donation of 520,000 masks from five Chinese business companies and Dongguan Municipal government. The COVID-19 medical supplies donation to Ethiopia's Addis Ababa city administration which also includes a large number…
Primary, secondary schools reopen in Cameroon
More than two months after suspension of classes due to the coronavirus in Cameroon, primary and secondary school students returned to school on Monday. The government is facing criticism for weak measures to combat spread…
More escape from quarantine centres in Zimbabwe
TWO more returnees escaped from Covid-19 quarantine centres in Mashonaland East and Matabeleland North provinces on Tuesday last week as police intensified operations by arresting 1 191 people on the same day for violating lockdown…
B. Faso: dozens killed in attack over weekend
10 people died in Northern Burkina Faso Sunday after an attack on a humanitarian convoy by armed terrorist groups, the government said. In a statement, the government said the attack on the Foubé-Barsalogho area by…
South Africa: Western Cape schools ready to welcome…
The Western Cape will open its doors to learners today contrary to Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga’s decision last night that they only report back on June 8. The Department of Basic Education (DBE) issued…
News: Ethiopia calls for truce amid escalating border…
Ethiopia says it is dismayed at recent cross border incursions along its common border with Sudan and has called for Sudanese authorities to allow for diplomacy to lead the search for an amicable solution. In…
