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Press Freedom: Namibia tops Africa in 2017 RSF Index

Namibia ranks 24th globally out of 180 countries, according to the just released 2017 World Press Freedom Index. The rankings by Reporters Without Borders...

Angolan president sets Aug 23 for general elections

Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos has signed a decree setting August 23 as the date for general elections, state radio reported on Wednesday. Dos...

Zambia’s Hichilema refused bail, treason charge case referred to higher court

Zambia's opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema on Wednesday was denied bail after his lawyers made a request before a court. He is however due to...

Hope of finding missing Ghanaian Unicef director fades

Police in Cape Town in South Africa have announced that the search for the Ghanaian United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) associate director who went missing...

Court in South Africa rules setting aside controversial nuclear deal

The South African government has suffered a setback in expanding its nuclear power station after a Western Cape High court ruled that a pre-agreement...

Primitive human ‘lived much more recently’

A primitive type of human, once thought to be up to three million years old, actually lived much more recently, a study suggests. The remains...

Zambia’s Hichilema falls sick in jail

The Zambian opposition leader, Hakainde Hichilema is reported to have fallen sick in detention as he continues to stand trial for alleged treasonable act...

Progress on fight against Malaria hailed by King of Swaziland

The new Chair of the African Leaders Malaria Alliance (ALMA), His Majesty King Mswati III of the Kingdom of Swaziland, has praised the efforts...

Zambian opposition accuses government of plotting against it

Zambia's main opposition party, whose leader has been arrested and charged with treason, accused the government on Monday of trying to frame it for...

South Africa’s Ramaphosa backs graft probe of Zuma’s government

South African Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa on Sunday said he wants allegations of influence-peddling in government investigated, lending his support to a probe called...

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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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