From Afrobeat couples to Nigerian celebrities and TV celebrities, the list of the most popular African celebrity couples will rule social media in 2026. African celebrity couples 2026, Be it for the big weddings, for their style sense, or even their romantic content on social media sites, these celebrities will continue making waves in the […]
The government of Ghana has introduced a brand new e-Visa application process. It was developed with the intent of making the entire visa application process more convenient and secure. Ghana e-Visa 2026, This visa application process can be completely done through the internet, and no need to visit any embassy for the purpose of applying […]
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Saturday began a six-day walk in honor of the country’s fighters who won a five-year guerrilla war in 1986. Museveni flagged off the 195-km historic trek code-named “Africa Kwetu”, loosely translated “Our Africa”, The Great Sacrifice from Galamba in the central district of Wakiso. The president, dressed in full military […]
The commander of Libya’s east-based government, Khalifa Hafter said “men and women” would bear arms “to defend our land” after Turkey authorised the deployment of troops to support the UN-backed government in Tripoli, in the country’s west. On Friday, Khalifa Hafter said that his government, which is seeking to capture the capital Tripoli, would “declare […]
Gunmen on Thursday killed 19 people in a raid on a rural community in central Nigeria night, police said Friday. The assailants, yet unidentified, attacked the village of Tawari in Kogi State, 100 kilometres south of the federal capital Abuja, and then set fire to the houses. “They burned houses, a school, a church and […]
The Red Sea strait of Bab el Mandeb, located between Yemen and the African countries of Djibouti and Eritrea is one of the areas that might be on the receiving end of rising escalations between United States and Iran. In Yemen, the United States is backing its ally Saudi Arabia against the Iran-backed Houthi rebels. […]
Two protests, for and against the news of Turkish military deployments into Libya took place in different parts of the country. On Thursday n the eastern city of Benghazi, Libyans took to the streets to protest the move. Whiles the privately-run Libya Observer reported that hundreds marched in Tripoli and Misrata in support of the […]
Opposition parties in Ethiopia including Oromo Federalist Congress (OFC), Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) and Oromo Nationalist Party (ONP) have formed a coalition ahead of May’s national elections. The coalition comes hardly a week after OFC unveiled its latest member, prominent activist Mohammed Jawar, who said he joined because of a ‘shared federalist’ agenda. On Friday, […]
Gambian President Adama Barrow earlier this week launched his own political party in the capital, Banjul, confirming what political watchers had predicted for the West African country. The move frees him from the coalition that helped him win the presidency three years ago in the country. The coalition achieved a shock victory over long serving […]
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), on Thursday, said it had facilitated the release of 23 people previously held by a rebel group in South Sudan. ICRC said in a statement issued in Juba that it received a request from the National Salvation Front (NAS), an armed group active in the Equatorial region, […]
Turkish troops are going to Libya after Parliament, on Thursday passed a motion authorising the government to deploy them in support of the UN-backed government. The lawmakers voted on the motion in an emergency session. The motion was approved with 325 votes in favour and 184 against. The Bill was supported by the ruling Justice […]
Algeria on Thursday released a prominent opposition activist after freeing dozens of other people in recent days who were jailed during 10 months of mass protests. Report says Lakhdar Bouregaa’s release after six months in detention comes at a critical moment in the struggle between the leaderless opposition protest movement and the state. The new […]
At least two people were killed and another 17 were injured during separate New Year’s Day shootings in South Africa’s Johannesburg on Wednesday.Two women were killed during a drive-by shooting incident at a restaurant in the city’s Melville suburb around 1am (2300 GMT) on Wednesday. According to the police, the assailants sprayed live ammunition into […]
Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame has urged Rwandans to set their sights beyond 2020 to ambitions set out in Vision 2050 as a new development strategy to succeed the outdated “Vision 2020”.In a speech that was broadcast on the state-run Rwanda Television late Tuesday, Kagame said that although the New Year “we are starting is 2020, […]
The concept of Nigeria’s Police Campaign Against Cultism and Other Vices (POCACOV) has been presented to Chinese Police in Chinese’s Guangdong province. This was done in a seminar session at the ongoing security exchange programme between Nigeria and China. The POCACOV National Coordinator, SP Ebere Amaraizu, who presented the initiative, disclosed this in a statement […]
Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune Saturday appointed Abdelaziz Djerrad as prime minister and requested him to form a cabinet, official media reported. The state-run radio Channel III noted that Djerrad has already served as secretary general at the presidency in the era of President Liamine Zeroual from 1994 to 1997, and diplomatic adviser for interim President […]
At least three persons were killed in the South West Region on Christmas Day follow heavy gun battles between security forces and suspected armed separatist fighters. Christmas celebrations were marked by serious gun battles in some parts of the North West and South West Regions of Cameroon, sources have said. Though it was a rather […]
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan is planning to send troops to Libya to shore up the UN recognised Government of National Accord(GNA) based in Tripoli. Erdogan has been fighting off months-long offensive by Khalifa Haftar’s forces to the east of the country. On Tuesday, Presidential Spokesman, Ibrahim Kalin, said Turkey may need to draft a bill […]
A Nigerian, Emmanuel Mong, caught trying to catch a flight home, is in the process of being extradited from Washington to Stamford in California, where he will face charges that he illegally intercepted a $30,000 wire transfer from Purdue Pharma. According to Port of Seattle Police, 24 year-old Mong of Savannah, Georgia, was trying to […]
Former Ivorian rebel chief and candidate for the 2020 presidential election, Guillaume Soro, on Tuesday denounced the arrest of his supporters. He also denounced the will of the government to prevent him from running in the polls, after his return from an overseas engagement was briefly aborted. Using social media platform, Twitter; Soro gave his […]