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Congo opposition leader Badibanga named PM of unity government

Samy Badibanga leads the opposition in parliament. Photo Credit: AFP     Democratic Republic of Congo opposition leader Samy Badibanga was named prime minister on Thursday, the...

32 people die in Niger from Rift Valley Fever

Rift Valley Fever primarily is an illness of livestock such as sheep, goats and camel. Photo Credit: AFP   Health officials in Niger have confirmed the...

Kenyan teachers in court for helping candidates cheat in exams with ‘special chairs’

Kenya has been trying to crack down on exam cheats this year. Photo Credit: AFP   Seven teachers in Kenya have appeared in court for allegedly...

UN Chief warns of mass killings in South Sudan

The Secretary General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon has stated that there are emerging dangers of mass killings in conflict stricken South Sudan. He...

Kenyans support the closure of the ‘Dadaab’ Somali refugee camp, survey shows

Refugees stand outside their tent at the Ifo Extension refugee camp in Dadaab, near the Kenya-Somalia border in Garissa County. Photo Credit: Reuters   A new...

Escaped Chibok girls overcome doubts and jealousy to attend university

When a colleague asked Margee Ensign to help her sister who had been snatched by Boko Haram from her school dormitory in Chibok and...

Heightened calls to protect graves of people with albinism

UN albinism expert Ikponwosa Ero says buried bodies are being targeted. Photo Credit: BBC   A UN expert on albinism has told the BBC that buried...

ICC ‘begs’ Gambia, Burundi and South Africa not to leave

The auditorium where the ICC meeting is taking place. Photo Credit: Anna Holligan The International Criminal Court has made a passionate appeal to the...

Zimbabweans abroad barred from voting in countries they reside in 2018 election

Several million Zimbabeans have fled to neighbouring South Africa. Photo Credit: AFP The electoral commission of Zimbabwe has announced that Zimbabweans abroad will not be...

Egyptian policeman gets life sentence for killing man over cup of tea

Photo File Credit: Reuters   An Egyptian court sentenced a policeman who killed a man over the price of a cup of tea to life in...

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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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