Burkina Faso President Roch Marc Christian Kabore’s party backed him Saturday to run for re-election despite struggling to crush a bloody jihadist insurgency. Simon Compaore, president of the People’s Movement for Progress (MPP), made the announcement to cheering supporters at a stadium rally in the capital Ouagadougou. The decision, which came after several hours of […]
The Ethiopian embassy in the United Kingdom will restore a bust of the country’s last emperor in a London park. The bust of Haile Selassie was attacked by irate Ethiopians in early July. The Metropolitan police confirmed the incident and said it was investigating. The toppled bust stood in the Cannizaro park located in London. […]
Sudan’s ruling body ratified a law banning the widespread practice of female genital mutilation, the justice ministry announced Friday, handing the movement for women’s rights in the African country a long-sought victory. The Sovereign Council passed a set of sweeping amendments to the country’s criminal code late Thursday, including one that criminalized the deep-rooted practice. […]
Chama Cha Mapinduzi, CCM; Tanzania’s ruling part has endorsed the candidature of President John Pombe Magufuli for upcoming presidential polls. The president doubles as the CCM national chairman. His endorsement was at a National Congress in the capital Dodoma today, July 11. He also affirmed the choice of Samia Suluhu as his running mate. Magufuli […]
Super Eagles and Inter Milan player, Victor Moses has taken to social media to showoff his new haircut after getting rid of his trademark dreadlocks. The playmaker made this revelation in a recent post he shared on his official Instagram page. Sharing his new look, he wrote; “I see why they call it a star […]
Zero-based budgeting will be instrumental in curbing public debt, according to Business For South Africa. The organisation, which represents a vast majority of business organisations in the country, on Friday released a 12-point economic recovery plan, estimated to require R3.4 trillion over the next three years. During a briefing on the plan, B4SA’s Martin Kingston […]
Malian Prime Minister Boubou Cisse promised to rapidly form a government “open to facing the challenges of the day,” adding the death toll from the country’s unrest had risen to four. Violence broke out at mass protests in the capital Bamako on Friday demanding President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita resign over a long-running conflict, and economic […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has urged African leaders to ensure the immediate actualization of the Common African Position on Assets Recovery (CAPAR), as the continent celebrates Anti-Corruption Day, July 11, 2020. In a letter to South Africa’s President, Cyril Ramaphosa, Chairman of African Union, the Nigerian leader asked for a re-commitment to the anti-corruption war by […]
A British man has died at a Spanish hotel in a fall that killed another man, according to reports. A Foreign and Commonwealth Office spokesman said officials were supporting the family of a British national in Spain after a death at the Melia Don Pepe Hotel in Marbella. The spokesman said: “We are supporting the […]
Famous Nollywood actor, Mike Ezuruonye has shared an epic throwback photo of himself as he mocks his old looks and thanks God for grace. The Nigerian actor shared this photo yesterday July 10 on his official Instagram page. Starting off with a sense of humour, the handsome thespian pleaded with his followers not to laugh […]
Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country, as at end of June 2020 was Africa’s third most impacted country only behind South Africa and Egypt. As Africa’s biggest economy, the federal government has continued to enforce regulations across the board even though most state governments have moved to relax restrictions. The national response is led by the […]
Ivorians are mourning the passing of the country’s prime minister Amadou Gon Coulibaly.Days after his death people are still in a state of shock. On the streets of the economic capital, Abidjan many have paid tribute to a man they described as a great politician. Nicknamed AGC, Amadou Gon Coulibaly died on Wednesday after he […]
Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita went on national television early Saturday, urging dialogue with his opponents just hours after thousands of anti-government protesters marched through the capital with some pushing their way into state television offices. Friday’s developments marked a major escalation in the growing movement against Mali’s president, who still has two years left […]
Former officer-in charge of Gweru CID, Detective inspector, Leonard Gwandu, was on Thursday jailed for an effective two years after being convicted of criminal abuse of office after he released a stolen vehicle. Gwandu released a vehicle stolen in South Africa that was being held by the police as an exhibit in December last year, […]
Kiernan Jarryd Forbes, South African rapper, popularly known as AKA has tested positive for COVID-19. The singer made the announcement on his Twitter page. According to the 33-year-old, he decided to make his results public to raise awareness about the pandemic. “In an attempt to create awareness around the virus and to caution citizens to […]
The search is on at the South African Football Association for a candidate to fill the technical director role. The SAFA TD role became vacant at the end of June, following the expiry of Neil Tovey’s contract, who had been at the helm for the last five years. As reported in edition 1181 of Soccer […]
President Trump has commuted the sentence of his longtime adviser Roger Stone, calling him a victim of the “Russian hoax” and saying he would have been put at serious medical risk in prison. Trump on Friday signed an executive grant of clemency just days before Stone was due to report to prison Tuesday to serve […]
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday ordered the immediate suspension of the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, and instituted an investigation against him for his alleged involvement in various cases of financial irregularities. A statement issued from the president’s office stated that Magu was suspended to allow an unhindered […]
As governments rushed out funding to prevent an economic collapse amid the coronavirus pandemic, global public debt swelled to the highest in history, but the International Monetary Fund (IMF) warned Friday that cutting back too soon could undermine the recovery. Continuing to provide the support as the economic slowdown drags on will be “paramount,” the […]
The National Drug Authority (NDA) has said two important drugs, Ranitidine and Angiotensin II receptor blockers, may be having nitrosamine, an impurity that causes cancer. Ranitidine is used to treat patients with ulcers, and Angiotensin II receptor blockers are used in the hypertensives. Although still poorly reported in the country, side effects of drugs continue […]