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Gender equality faces a setback in Nigeria as top Muslim cleric rejects equality bill

The Sultan of Sokoto says Muslims should be allowed to uphold their religious beliefs. Photo Credit: AFP.   Getting the needed support for gender equality bill...

Anglican Church names Nigerian bishop, the first African in 2 decades

The Church of England has appointed its first black bishop in over two decades. Nigerian Woyin Karowi Dorgu is set to be the 13th...

Ugandan monarch charged with murder

King Charles Wesley Mumbere. Photo Credit: BBC     The chief of the Rwenzururu kingdom in western Uganda, Charles Wesley Mumbere has been officially charged with murder...

Malawi faces calls to review two-year jail term for HIV-positive ‘hyena’ man

An HIV-positive Malawian man has been jailed for two years with hard labor after claiming families paid him to have sex with more than...

Burundi’s Catholic Church calls for refugee talks

President Nkurunziza has ruled Burundi for 11 years now. Photo Credit: AFP   The Catholic Church in Burundi has called the government to open talks with...

Catholic Church in Rwanda apologizes for role in genocide

The Catholic Church in Rwanda has officially said that it regretted the actions of clergymen and nuns who participated in the 1994 genocide. In a...

African states fail to stop work of U.N. gay rights investigator

African states failed on Monday to halt the work of the first U.N. independent investigator appointed to help protect gay and transgender people worldwide...

Pope extends power to forgive abortion to all Roman Catholic priests

Pope Francis walks after closing the Holy Door to mark the closing of the Catholic Jubilee Year of Mercy at the in Saint Peter's...

South African pastor sprays congregants with insecticide

A South African Prophet, Lethebo Rabalago has come under criticism and ridicule for spraying his congregants with an insecticide. The prophet who runs a...

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...

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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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