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[Video] Kenyan University closed following students’ riot over ‘love affair’

Maasai Mara University entrance. Photo Credit: Standard Media   A university in Kenya, the Maasai Mara University has had its main campus closed indefinitely. It follows students’...

Police in Ghana clash with illegal miners, at least two confirmed dead

Photo Credit: Starr Fm   Police in Ghana have confirmed the death of at least two people after illegal miners clashed with police officers in the...

Nigerian hanged in Singapore for cannabis offence

Photo Credit: BBC   A 38-year-old Nigerian man has been hanged for drug trafficking after being caught with 2.6kg of cannabis. "A 38-year-old male Nigerian national, Chijioke...

Tunisian victims of abuse speak on TV in reconciliation move

Victims of abuse spoke out during a live broadcast on Thursday. Photo Credit: AFP Tunisians who suffered abuse under decades of authoritarian rule have been...

U.S. proposes U.N. arms embargo on South Sudan, sanctions

The United States circulated on Thursday to the 15-member United Nations Security Council a draft resolution to impose an arms embargo on South Sudan...

Volkswagen to cut 30,000 jobs at VW brand by 2021

Photo File Credit: Reuters   German carmaker Volkswagen and its powerful labor unions have agreed a turnaround plan involving 30,000 job cuts by 2021 at its...

Mozambique: Scores killed in fuel truck blast

At least 73 people have been killed in a fuel truck explosion in Mozambique, officials say. A government statement said people had been trying to...

Children of Rastafarians in Ghana refused admissions into schools due to their dreadlocks

Some rastafarians in their dreadlocks. File photo Credit: 3FM   Rastafarians in Ghana have announced their intention to sue the country’s education ministry for denying their children...

U.S. spy chief resigns

U.S. Director of National Intelligence James Clapper attends a hearing, where he announced his resignation, in Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, U.S. November 17,...

Trump election: Obama urges Trump to stand up to Russia

Barack Obama and Angela Merkel have enjoyed a strong working partnership. Photo Credit: AFP US President Barack Obama has urged his successor Donald Trump to...

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Nigerian High Commission apartments in Ghana demolished

Some new apartments built at the residence of the Nigerian High Commissioner in Ghana’s capital city Accra, have been demolished by bulldozers. The apartments have been constructed to...

Covid-19: Ghana records significant recovery numbers

Ghanaian health officials on Saturday said over 10,000 persons infected with the coronavirus have now recovered. The significant number of recoveries means the country now...

DR Congo: President’s ex-chief of staff jailed 20 years for corruption

The ex-chief of staff of the president of the Democratic Republic of Congo has been jailed 20 years by a high court. Vital Kamerhe was...

Covid-19: Zimbabwe’s health minister arrested, charged for graft

Zimbabwe's Health Minister Obadiah Moyo has been arrested over corruption allegations related to procurement of medical equipment worth $60 million. Moyo is accused of illegally...

Ghana’s new law that jails citizens not wearing facemask 10 years

Ghanaians who fail to wear the face masks in compliance with a presidential directive risk going to jail for ten years. They also face a...
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