FORMER Minister of State for Mashonaland Central Province, Advocate Martin Dinha is being investigated by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) on allegations of criminal abuse of office during his tenure as Bindura’s executive mayor between 2004 and 2008. In a letter seen by The Herald date stamped August 5, 2019 to Bindura Municipality signed by […]
Kenya’s first female Special Weapons and Tactics team graduated on Friday. The group of 48 is the first of its kind in the country and the entire sub-Saharan Africa. Interior CS Fred Matiang’i presided over their graduation at Ngong’, saying it comes at a time when the country is seeking to handle emerging security threats […]
The Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey says Ghana will continue to forge partnerships with like-minded countries to achieve the vision of a free, peaceful and prosperous continent. She said her ministry has been able to facilitate a joint military training programme under the CAPSTONE General and Flag Officer Course between […]
A manhunt has been launched in Meiganga, Adamawa region to track down 22 inmates who escaped from prison last night. Sources say, the inmates escaped after digging a hole on one of the walls of the prison before escaping through a nearby bush into the wild. Prison warders and security forces immediately got alerted and […]
The Nigerian police hierarchy is demanding answers from the Army over a clash which led to the death of three police officers and a civilian in the north eastern Taraba State. The police maintain that the action of the soldiers had also led to the escape from lawful custody of a “millionaire kidnapper,” one Alhaji […]
The government of Burundi on Thursday officially disputed recent reports that close to half of its population were affected by malaria. The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in its latest report said 5.7 million cases of malaria had been recorded in Burundi in 2019 — a figure roughly equal to […]
Everton have agreed to sign forward Alex Iwobi from Arsenal in a deal worth up to £40m. Iwobi came through the ranks at the Gunners, playing 149 times and scoring 15 goals. The Nigeria forward is Marco Silva’s seventh summer signing. Iwobi will join fellow new arrivals goalkeeper Jonas Lossl, defender Djibril Sidibe, midfielders Andre […]
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has called on Nigerians living in South Africa to reconsider their stay in the country and return home. It said that the killing of Nigerians in South Africa had taken an alarming dimension requiring every form of caution. NANS President Danielson Akpan gave the advice in Abuja on […]
President Uhuru Kenyatta on Wednesday evening expressed the need for Kenya and the Caribbean island state of Barbados to scale up their bilateral engagement for the mutual benefit of the two countries. Terming Barbados as a strategic partner for Kenya in the Caribbean, Uhuru said the two developing countries need to work in solidarity in […]
Minister of State for Tertiary Education, Ghana, Professor Kwesi Yankah, says there is an estimated students’ attrition of almost 50 per cent in tertiary institutions within Africa. He said there is a low gross enrolment ratio in tertiary education within Africa, and that an abysmally low percentage of those whose ages fall within the bracket […]
Medical aids as we know them will disappear by 2026 under the National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill released today. Health Minister Zweli Mkhize unveiled the bill today in Pretoria. Under the NHI, the government will provide a package of comprehensive health services for free at private and public health facilities as part of its bid […]
Civil servants are not happy with Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube’s failure to urgently deal with the issue of their remuneration, with a teachers’ union calling him a human epidemic. Recently, Ncube announced that government workers will get their 13th cheque, come November this year. However, the Apex Council, an umbrella body for all civil service […]
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a $98 million financial package for Ethiopia for a road transport corridor project to neighbouring Djibouti, it said late on Tuesday. The project’s total cost is $255 million, comprising an AfDB grant of $98 million to Ethiopia’s government and an AfDB grant of $5.3 million to Djibouti’s government, […]
Eritrean president Isaias Afwerki earlier this week (August 6) met with the commander of Saudi Arabia’s military offensive in Yemen, Lt. General Prince Fahad bin Turki Abdulaziz. Eritrea’s Minister of Information said the two held talks as part of deepening bilateral relations between the two countries especially in the area of regional security. A statement […]
Malawi’s Constitutional Court on Thursday (August 8) began hearing a presidential election petition challenging the re-election earlier this year of Peter Arthur Mutharika. Five judges were empaneled to listen to the case filed by two main opposition candidates: opposition leader Lazarus Chakwera of the Malawi Congress Party, MCP, and former vice-president Saulos Chilima, who came […]
General Overseer of the Evangelical Bible Outreach Ministries International (EBOMI), Prophet Isa El-Buba, has stated that the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government is gradually worsening the prospects of unity and cohesion in Nigeria, stressing that the country “is already drifting towards war” due to certain tendencies, actions, and policies of the administration. He said because of […]
Pakistan’s cricket board axed coach Mickey Arthur on Wednesday after a disappointing Cricket World Cup. Arthur’s contract expired after last month’s World Cup, won by hosts England, and the South African had asked for a two-year extension. But Pakistan Cricket Board chief Ehsan Mani said Arthur and his assistant coaches Grant Flower and Azhar Mahmood […]
The United States of America has announced a US$45 million donation to Zimbabwe towards the provision of food aid in the upcoming lean season between October 2019 and March 2020. The contribution was provided through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and will ensure that 360,880 rural households will have enough food to take […]
Proceedings in the Kenyan National Assembly was on Wednesday morning halted when a Member of Parliament attempted to participate in proceedings with her five-month-old baby. MP Zulekha Hassan’s move created a hold-up of quarter of an hour leading the presiding speaker to order that she be escorted out of the chambers by the sergeant-at-arms. The […]
South Africa’s unemployment rate jumped to its highest since the global financial crisis more than a decade ago, data showed last week, piling pressure on a shrinking economy and President Cyril Ramaphosa’s pledge to deliver a turnaround. The increase in joblessness was preceded by a sharp rise in jobless claims from the Unemployment Insurance Fund […]