AFRICA

More than 80% of Zambians have expressed anger with President Hakainde Hichilema for not inviting the country’s Renowned Clergyman Prophet ISAAC Praise to attend the official funeral of Zambia’s 4th Republican President Rupiah Bwezani…

With the world’s attention focused on Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, a vast humanitarian crisis is quietly unfolding in the Horn of Africa. This year's drought, the driest in four decades, has decimated livestock populations and poses a…

KAMPALA, March 8 (Reuters) - The lieutenant general son of Uganda's president said on Tuesday he had retired from the military, in a move widely seen as preparing the ground for a potential run for the presidency in 2026. Critics of…

The 37-year-old mechanic was said to often spend time with his two wives on a rotational basis and would bid them farewell when going to the other room. On the night of February 26, the deceased was bidding Atika farewell on his way to…

President/Chief Executive of Dangote Industries Limited, Aliko Dangote has received the highest civilian honour in Cameroon - the Commander of the National Order of Valour - from the President of the Republic, Paul Biya.…

A 21-year-old undergraduate of the University of Lagos, Chidinma Ojukwu, has narrated how she stabbed the Chief Executive Officer of Super TV, Usifo Ataga, to death in the Lekki area of Lagos State. She spoke at the Lagos State Police…

It is a sad day for family and friends of Michael Usifo Ataga, the Chief Executive Officer of Super TV, and a director in Super Network Limited, a telecoms firm, as he has been gruesomely murdered by his side chick. Ataga who resides in…

On Monday, the continent’s political dignitaries convened at the Pan African Parliament in Midrand, Johannesburg, to elect new leadership and in all the pandemonium that broke out, Zimbabwe’s Barbara Rwodzi stood out as an audience…

A pupil has committed suicide after his parents allegedly refused to let him go watch the UEFA Champions League finals on Saturday. Mavin Ochieng Okuku, a grade seven student at Ramba Primary School in Suba North constituency, Kenya…

West African leaders suspended Mali from their regional bloc Sunday over what they said amounted to a coup last week, Ghana’s foreign minister said after an emergency meeting to address the political crisis in Mali. The 15-nation bloc,…

On Wednesday evening, Namibian President Hage Geingob and first lady Monica Geingos tested positive for Covid-19. On Thursday morning, the presidency in a statement said that the president and first lady are in good spirits and…

The woman said she decides whom to sleep with any time she wants. A woman has made up her mind to change the marriage narrative for one of the most unpopular forms of it – polyandry. Surprisingly, the yet-to-be-identified woman…

The Kazungula Bridge gave truckers another route to Beitbridge on the border between Zimbabwe and South Africa On Monday, Chobe, Botswana, a road and rail bridge linking Botswana and Zambia was inaugurated, marking the completion of a…

According to a confirmation from the national army of Chad read on national radio, the newly re-elected President Idriss Déby has died of wounds he received while commanding his army in battles against rebels in the north. In a…

Johannesburg – A 15-year-old Limpopo schoolgirl has been arrested for the brutal assault of Lufuno Mavhungu, who was captured on video being beaten her at Mbilwi Secondary School this week. The schoolgirl has been charged with assault…

Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo has signed a law extending his presidential mandate by two years. This follows the parliament's approval of a motion to extend the term over the dispute that has caused a delay in conducting…

Dear Akon, The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) and Vanguard Africa are aware that you and your wife, Rozina Negusei, visited Uganda from April 2 to April 6, 2021 to discuss business and investment opportunities with Ugandan President…

The Zimbabwe Ministry of Foreign Affairs has revealed that Zimbabwean man, Nyasha Mugwagwa, was one of 12 people who were beheaded by Islamic insurgents in Mozambique. The Islamic State-linked insurgents, who are known in Mozambique as…

The Eritrean authorities have released on bail 36 prisoners who had been in detention because of their faith. Sources told the BBC that 14 of the released prisoners have been in detention for the past four years in the Dahilik island.…

N'Djamena  — Voters in Chad headed to the polls on Sunday for a presidential election in which Idriss Deby is widely expected to extend his three-decade rule despite growing signs of popular discontent and opposition criticism over his…

The news of rapper AKA’s fiancée Nelli Tembe‘s sudden and tragic death has sent shockwaves throughout the country. The news of the apparent suicide broke on Sunday morning, after reports that police were investigating an…

Tanzania has revised a decision to lift a ban on all media in the country, clarifying that only online television would benefit from the measure, a government spokesman said in a tweet on Wednesday. The country's new President Samia…

The plane's nonappearance took its original destination in Zambia by surprise. As the pilot informed air traffic control that he was about to land, they told him: "We can't see you." The cargo plane touched down on Sunday at the…

History has been made by Award-winning novelist, children’s writer, dub poet and musician Ignatius Tirivangani Mabasa who wrote the first-ever ChiShona PhD thesis at Rhodes University. The multi-talented writer who writes mainly in…