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Ethiopia’s electoral body gets a female head

The National Electoral Board of Ethiopia will now be headed by prominent female politician who recently returned from exile. Ethiopia’s lawmakers have approved the nomination...

Kenya: 800 illegal clinics operating in Nairobi

Kenyan officials some 800 clinics are operating illegally in the country's capital, Nairobi. Daily Nation reports that a new report shows that only 1,500 private...

African governments performing poorly in creating jobs

Governments on the African continent have been rated poorly by their own citizens for doing little to tackle the issue of unemployment. Citizens also raised...

Over 340 million children in Africa lack decent toilet

A new report on the performance of countries in providing toilet facilities to citizens showed that an estimated 344 million children in sub-Saharan Africa...

Tanzania under pressure to allow ‘pregnant girls’ in schools

The World Bank has insisted it will only support Tanzania's educational programs with funding if pregnant girls are allowed into schools. The bank had suspended...

Zimbabwe: daily life a year after Mugabe’s fall

Some Zimbabweans dared to hope that the fall of long-time authoritarian leader Robert Mugabe a year ago would finally bring change after years of...

Magufuli claims World Bank ‘would not abandon Tanzania’

Tanzania's President John Magufuli on Friday said his country has not been abandoned by the World Bank. The bank suspended a planned $300 million educational...

Police in DR Congo kill two student protesters

Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo say two students have been killed after police officers shot at them for protesting. The students were shot...

Zimbabwe: Dozens of passengers killed in bus fire

Police in Zimbabwe on Friday said over 40 people were killed when a bus they were traveling in caught fire. The horrific accident happened in Gwanda...

African leaders to hold special summit on AU reforms

Heads of African Union (AU) Member States are holding a special summit in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa this weekend over major reforms within...

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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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