Africa

Following the gruesome 2018 murder of a man with albinism, whose body parts he had planned to sell, a Malawi court has sentenced a Catholic priest to 30 years in prison. The judgement was given by Judge Dorothy NyaKaunda Kamanga on…

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has stated that its board of directors has approved the establishment of the African Pharmaceutical Technology Foundation. This was contained in a statement released on Monday by the African…

The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has stated that access to finance for women will bolster inclusivity in Africa and narrow the global hunger gap. This was stated on Sunday by Marie-Laure Akin-Olugbade, director-general, West…

New Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has been diagnosed with COVID-19 and is self osolating. The 66-year-old President who made the announcement got back to his country on Friday June 24, from the United Arab Emirates where he had…

No fewer than 17 young people were found dead at a nightclub in a township in South Africa’s southern city of East London on Sunday. A Provincial Police Spokesman, Brigadier Thembinkosi Kinana, who disclosed this told reporters that; “We…

A Kenyan woman identified as Maureen Atieno Omolo, has narrated how her husband plucked off her eye, cut off her finger, and inflicted several machete wounds on her body. During an interview with Afrimax TV, the lady said the man’s…

President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Akinwumi Adesina has stated that Africa must end dependence on the importation of food and medicine. This was made known by Adesina in an interview with Reuters on the sidelines of the…

On Wednesday, UN Secretary-General António Guterres expressed shock and outrage over reports that more than 100 civilians had been killed during attacks by armed extremists in central Mali and farther north in the previous week.…

For reportedly murdering his 33-year-old wife, a Kenyan man has been apprehended by the police. Muradh Awadh reportedly killed his wife after suspecting that she was having an affair with another man. Nur Ibrahim a mother of five was…

Operatives of the Kenya Police have arrested one John Mwangi in connection to the murder of his friend, who died under unclear circumstance. Mwangi was arrested in Nanyuki, Laikipia County where he was hiding after killing his…

Operatives of the Ghanaian police have arrested three soldiers involved in a recent robbery operation in the country. The soldiers identified as Yinsabilik Gabriel, Elikem Adams and Asiedu Stanley, reportedly participated in a robbery…

A 35-year-old carpenter, Ali Mwazuma Rashid, allegedly poisoned his three children, causing the deaths of two, before committing suicide in Malandi village, Kwale County, Kenya. Rashid is said to have returned home on Sunday, June 12,…

Two military personnel under training at the 155 armoured regiments in Damongo in the Savannah Region of Ghana, have been arrested for allegedly raping a student of the Damongo Nurses Training College. According to Citi News, the…

The ECOWAS Court of Justice has expressed dissatisfaction with national courts' application of community law. According to the court, this has a negative impact on the development of the law and the region's integration project. “In…

A 20-year-old Cynthia Nanjala, has died after she was allegedly raped by her employer six days after she started working for him in Nairobi, Kenya. Nanjala succumbed to her injuries on June 2, 2022, two weeks after she was found lying…

The Republic of Chad has declared a food emergency due to the lack of grain supplies occasioned by the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war. The declaration was made on Thursday. According to Chad, the food supply had significantly decreased…

A spokesman for the MINUSMA mission has disclosed that two UN peacekeepers were killed and two others injured on Friday after an improvised bomb exploded in central Mali. According to a security official, the soldiers were part of the…

After accusing the Democratic Republic of Congo, of firing shells across the border in May this year, Rwanda’s Foreign Ministry has declared that his nation would retaliate if it suffers further attacks from the neighbouring country.…

After being struck by lightning, a 17-year-old coconut seller has died while two other victims were hospitalized The coconut seller, known as Emmanuel Doli, who was a former student of the Sokode Senior High Technical School, was selling…

African Development Bank (AfDB) has stated that it is designing financial institutions that will invest in business owned by youths. This was stated on Friday by Akinwumi Adesina, president, AfDB at the end of the bank’s 2022 annual…

President Muhammadu Buhari has called on African leaders to respect the rights of citizens to make their choices during elections. This was made known on Friday by Buhari at a bilateral meeting with Lazarus Chakwera, president of Malawi,…

For deliberately and unlawfully touching a woman's breast against her consent, a man known as Aron Juma Munyasa has been arraigned before a Milimani Law Court in Kenya It revealed that the lady in question identified as M.A filed a case…

Senegal’s President Macky Sall has fired his Health Minister, Abdoudaye Diouf Sarr after 11 newborn babies were killed in a hospital fire blamed on an electrical short circuit. The tragedy occurred late Wednesday, May 25, in the western…

Three brothers, Lehlogonolo, Katleho and Tebogo Khoabane, have died after consuming poisoned energy drink given to them by their father in South Africa. The boys aged 16, 13 and 6, died on Thursday morning, May 26, in Heidelberg,…

Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) have arrested a Narc-Kenya MCA aspirant for Muthara Ward (Meru county), Benson Thuranira, for allegedly robbing an M-Pesa shop (a mobile money shop) in Nakuru community of…