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Rwandans donate sanitary pads to support the poor

Rwandans have joined a major campaign aimed at ending period poverty in the country. Citizens are pledging and donating sanitary pads so the poor could...

Rwanda accused of abusing street children at detention centre

Human Rights Watch has accused Rwanda of illegally detaining and abusing street children at a holding centre in the capital, Kigali. The rights group said...

Commonwealth boss says lasting peace requires justice

Lasting peace and the prosperity that comes with it cannot be achieved without justice, the Commonwealth Secretary-General has declared, during a keynote speech in...

Gambian refused rent in UK as landlord claims African cooking ‘smells’

A Gambian student studying in the UK has been denied a room by a London based landlord not because he could not afford the...

Malawian court rules to allow dreadlocks in schools

A high court in Malawi has ruled ordering the government to allow Rastafarian students with dreadlocks to attend school. Though a temporary order, it has...

Uganda: Imam suspended after unknowingly wedding another man

The Uganda community of Imam of Kyampisi Masjid Noor mosque in Kayunga District has been thrown into a state of shock following the suspension...

Ex-Pope Benedict warns against relaxing priestly celibacy rules

Retired Pope Benedict XVI has issued a defence of priestly celibacy in the Catholic Church as his successor considers easing a ban on married...

Senegal’s new law criminalizing rape and paedophilia

Senegal now has a new law that criminalizes rape and paedophilia, a move that is meant to fight all forms of violence against women. Passing...

Opinion: Why Ghanaians pray instead of party

We go to great lengths here to start every year on a high note. The belief is if things start off well on the first...

Kenya: Preacher stabs wife and kills himself at pulpit

It was traumatic for some worshipers in Kenyan town of Mombasa when a local preacher stabbed his estranged wife and killed himself at the...

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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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