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…
ED Says He “Stands Ready To Welcome” MDC-A…
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said that all political parties who contested in the 2018 harmonised elections are welcome to take part in the Political Parties Dialogue (POLAD). Presenting his State of the Nation Address in…
UK: Zimbabwe Fashion Showcase Features Awe-Inspiring Designs
Zimbabwe Fashion Showcase has always been a place of effortless style, class and an overflow of talent, and this year was no different. The tradeshow, which ran under the theme #ThisIsAfrica, yet again redefined what…
Ethiopia’s capital hosts Oromo Irrecha festival
Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa will on Saturday host the annual Irrecha thanksgiving festival, that is expected to bring together millions of Oromos from all over the country. The country’s prime minister, biy Ahmed, urged all…
Nigeria’s Buhari says anti-migrant attacks ’embarrassment’ for Africa
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday denounced recent xenophobic violence in South Africa as an "embarrassment" for the continent, as he wrapped up a state visit. Buhari's trip was overshadowed by a spate of recent…
Ethnic clashes kill 22 in Ethiopia’s Amhara region
Ethiopia continues to struggle with inter-ethnic clashes, with the latest round of violence between regional special forces and a minority ethnic group killing at least 20 people in the past five days in the northern…
90 Percent Of Cars In Nigeria Are Smuggled…
The Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Col. Hameed Ali (rtd), on Thursday said 90 per cent of cars in the country were smuggled into the country by unscrupulous elements. Ali, who said this…
Cameroon: Final resolutions expected as Major National Dialogue…
The Major National Dialogue wraps up today at the Yaounde Conference Centre with the reading and adoption of the final resolutions. The event comes to a close after days of work from delegates all over…
Ghana: Cocoa Producer Price up by 8.42 Percent
Government has announced a new producer price of cocoa for the 2019/2020 crop season from GH¢7,640 to GH¢8,240 per tonne. The increment represents 8.42 per cent meaning that a bag (64kg) of cocoa beans would…
I’ll Create Better Environment for Nigerian Businesses in…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday in Pretoria, South Africa, called for more tolerance, vigilance and heightened security in countries to ensure safety of citizens, noting that competition heralded by globalization, especially with ease in migration,…
Don’t Bring Your Food, Drinks To SGR Trains:…
Passengers making the five-hour trip between the capital Nairobi and the seaside city of Mombasa have to either contend with hunger or pay exorbitant prices for the food offered on board trains. This follows a…
Toll Gates To Return To Nigerian Roads Soon…
The federal government has concluded designs for the return of toll plazas on federal roads, Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has said. Mr Fashola disclosed this while briefing State House correspondents after the…
Cameroon: Committees of Major National Dialogue submit reports…
The eight Commissions of the Major National Dialogue are expected to submit their proposals and recommendations on how to restore peace in Cameroon’s two English speaking regions today to be adopted by Prime Minister Joseph…
Cameroon: Agbor Balla insists form of State should…
Barrister Agbor Balla has insisted the form of the State should be looked into at the ongoing Major National Dialogue for things to return to normalcy in the two crisis-hit Anglophone regions of the country.…
President Will Honour His Promise To Mugabe Family:…
Following the death of Zimbabwe's founding father, Cde Robert Mugabe, the President, Cde Emmerson Mnangagwa has made a commitment to transfer the properties of the late national hero to the family. Permanent Secretary for the…
Matiang’i Slams Judiciary for ‘Derailing War on Drugs’
The Akasha brothers would still be walking free on our streets and recruiting more Kenyans into their business if Americans had not charged them, Interior CS Fred Matiang'i has said. Baktash and Ibrahim Akasha have…
Katsina Government Rescues 31 Nigerians Trafficked to Burkina…
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…
Bobi Wine describes Uganda’s ban of red berets…
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…
Will Buhari’s govt ban Islamic schools in Nigeria?
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…
