AFRICA
Major news headlines and political topics across Africa, including Trending Metro updates across African countries and cities
WHO to Africa: New COVID-19 variants now on the rise
Rising cases of COVID-19 new variants in Africa countries have really called for concern as its emergence has worsened situation....
South Africa reimposes lockdown, bans sales of alcohol
Cyril Ramaphosa, South African President has announced that the country will move back to lockdown level 3, taking effect from...
South Africa Becomes Fist African Country To Hit 1 Million Coronavirus Cases As New Variant Spreads Rapidly
South Africa has become the first country on the continent to register more than one million Covid-19 cases, France24 reports....
Gunmen acting like Boko Haram kill 207 Ethiopians in Benishangul-Gumuz
Gunmen acting like bloodthirsty Boko Haram terrorists have killed 207 Ethiopians in western Benishangul-Gumuz regional state. The armed men attacked...
Married Zimbabwean woman dies in young lover’s house after marathon sex
Siphilisiwe Nokomo, a married Zimbabwean woman, has died in a house of her younger lover. The woman, 41 years of...
Malian opposition leader Soumaila Cissé dies of COVID-19
Malian opposition leader, Soumaïla Cissé, died of coronavirus on Friday in Paris, France, his family and his Union for Republic...
Mali seizes 88 bars of gold worth $8.5 million hidden in car
Gold estimated to be worth seven million euros ($8.5 million) hidden in a car have been seized by customs officers...
VIDEO: Airport staff nabbed after stealing from travelers in Ghana
An alleged immigration official has been arrested for stealing passengers' items from their luggage. The staff of Ghana’s Kotoka International...
21-year-old Zambian student murdered by her boyfriend after she broke up with him
21-year-old Zambian student nurse, Mapalo Masiku has been murdered by her boyfriend, Kaluwayo Mwika after she broke up with him....
Zimbabwean Nurse Dies From Coronavirus Barely 6 Months After Graduation
Barely 6 months after he graduated from Sally Mugabe Central hospital, Petros Tauya, a Zimbabwean nurse has died from Coronavirus....
Ugandan President Appoints Son, Muhoozi, As Head Of Special Forces
Yoweri Museveni, Uganda’s President has reappointed his eldest son, Lt Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba as head of the country’s Special Forces...
Namibian diplomat’s wife arraigned for ‘murdering’ two of her children in Egypt
A Namibian diplomat's wife in Ethiopia has been charged to court for allegedly killing two of her children. This tragic incident...
Three South African students killed in car crash after celebrating their graduation
Three students from Rethusegile Secondary school in Lethabong Village near Rustenburg, South Africa have lost their lives in a fatal...
Eswatini PM dies after contracting COVID-19
Ambrose Dlamini, Eswatini Prime minister has lost his life after testing positive for COVID-19. This was announced by the Eswatini...
Benin Republic records 547 pregnancy cases in secondary schools
The Beninese news agency, ABP has reported that more than 500 pregnancies were recorded in secondary schools of Benin’s northeastern...
Ugandan maid feeds boss’ baby with urine, infects child with syphilis
A Kira division court on Friday, December 11, sentenced a Ugandan maid identified as Vicky Abiria to 4 years in...
ISWAP appoints new ‘governor of the Lake Chad’
Sources have disclosed that the Islamic State of West Africa (ISWAP) has appointed Aliyu Chakkar as its new "governor of...
After 36 years in power, Congo’s president seeks fourth term re-election
The president of the Republic of Congo, Denis Sassou Nguesso, who has accumulated 36 years in power, will seek a...
BREAKING: Akufo-Addo re-elected as Ghana’s president
President Nana Akufo-Addo has won the 2020 presidential election in Ghana, defeating his closest challenger and former president John Mahama...
Five dead in Ghana election violence
No fewer than five people were killed in the violence that broke out during the December 7 election in Ghana....