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…
Anglophone regions tense as Cameroon parties campaign for…
Ahead of Cameroon’s legislative and municipal elections scheduled for February 9, the country’s ruling party held a meeting under a heavy police presence with fear of secessionist attacks. It was held in Buea, the capital…
Nigeria: Okada Riders Take Protest To Ikeja Again,…
Commercial motorcycles riders popularly known as Okada in Lagos on Monday stormed the Ikeja area of the city to register their displeasure at the ban on their operations. This was after hundreds of riders including…
Eritrea dismayed at unfriendly, unjustified U.S. travel ban
The East African nation of Eritrea on Sunday expressed “dismay at this unfriendly act” after the Trump administration included it in the latest six countries to face U.S. visa restrictions. Eritrea’s information ministry asserted the…
Stampede at anointed oil passage kills 20 in…
Tanzania says 20 people have died in a stampede during a church meeting in the northern city of Moshi. The stampede was caused by church faithful being ushered to pass through one exit at the…
French defense ministry to send 600 more troops…
France will deploy 600 more soldiers in the fight against Islamists militants in Africa’s Sahel, south of the Sahara, French Defence Minister Florence Parly said on Sunday. The reinforcements would mostly be sent to the…
Tanzanian politican barred from US for rights ‘violations’
A leading Tanzanian politician who launched a crackdown on homosexuality has been banned from visiting the United States, the US State Department said. In a statement dated Friday, the US said the sanctions on Paul…
Malawi: Court to rule on presidential poll on…
Malawi’s Constitutional Court is expected to announce whether the presidential election won by incumbent Peter Mutharika in May 2019 will be annulled or validated. The long-awaited ruling after months of violent protests in the small…
African countries stoke ‘war’ against coronavirus
African governments are stepping up measures to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, although the continent has so far been spared by the deadly virus that has claimed 259 lives in China. As the “phony…
Nine illegal miners killed in South Africa –…
Nine illegal miners from Lesotho were “stoned to death” on Friday in a Johannesburg suburb by a group of rival miners, police said Saturday, denouncing what they called a “barbaric act”. Police are “investigating” the…
US appoints special envoy for S. Sudan crisis
The United States on Friday named a special envoy to seek progress in the crisis in South Sudan, whose rival leaders have repeatedly missed deadlines to end their devastating conflict. The State Department said that…
ECOWAS attempts to break political deadlock in Guinea-Bissau
A visiting commission from the economic community of West African states, ECOWAS wants to save Guinea Bissau from recurrent outbreaks of political instability. The country is currently facing post-presidential election tension following the announcing of…
Worsening locust invasion threatens food security across East…
The worst locust outbreak that parts of East Africa have seen in 70 years needs some $76 million to help control and the money is “required by, actually, now,” the United Nations said Thursday. So…
AU planning inter-Libya reconciliation forum after Brazzaville summit
Three African presidents were in Brazzaville, capital of Republic of Congo on Thursday when the 8th meeting of the African Union High Level Committee on Libya was held. Host president Denis Sassou-Nguesso was joined by…
‘No one tells Guinea what to do’ –…
“No one tells Guinea what to do.” The words of Guinean President Alpha Condé, who has been facing a wave of opposition demonstrations for months. In remarks made on Wednesday, Conde warned against foreign intruders…
Coronavirus: Ivory Coast’s suspected case tests negative
The coronavirus was confirmed in the Chinese city on January 7, 2020. Cases have since been confirmed in several other Asian countries, Europe and the United States. The World Health Organisation’s Africa emergency response program…
Nigerian drug dealer and cyber fraudster jailed in…
A self-confessed Nigerian drug-dealer and cyber fraudster, Dan Aiyegbusi has been sentenced to five years in prison on Tuesday, 28 January, at Southwark Crown Court, London. Aiyegbusi, 23, who admitted to never working a day…
Why is Libya so messy and lawless?
Libya has been beset by chaos since Nato-backed forces overthrew long-serving ruler Col Muammar Gaddafi in October 2011. The oil-rich country, a key departure point for some of the thousands of migrants travelling to Europe,…
Attack kills 15 in eastern DR Congo
Fifteen people have been killed in the eastern DR Congo region of Beni, where hundreds have died in militia violence since November, a local official said Wednesday, giving a provisional toll. In the past 24…
