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Bernard Madoff, who was convicted for running the largest known Ponzi scheme in history, died on Wednesday in federal prison where he was serving a 150-year sentence, the Bureau of Prisons said. He was 82. Suffering from kidney…

Tanzanian president, John Pombe Magufui, a known COVID-19 sceptic, is reported to be on life support following a stroke induced by the viral disease. Opposition leader Tundu Antiphas Lissa reported Tanzania Intelligence and Security…

A Zimbabwean woman based in the United Kingdom (UK) was arrested after she tried to defraud an insurance company, Aviva of nearly £400 000 by claiming her husband had died. Thuile Bhebhe, 51, reported that her husband had died in Zimbabwe…

A judge in Mauritania's capital Nouakchott on Thursday charged ex-president Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz and about ten other figures with corruption, following an investigation into his decade-long rule. The move marks the latest step in the…

Tanzania's President John Magufuli is in good health and working normally, one of his diplomats has told a broadcaster in Namibia, countering reports he had been flown to hospital in Kenya and then India in a critical condition with…

Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) has revealed that Rwanda is still leading the world with the sixty-one percent of members of the country’s legislature being women. While several African counties have in the past been ranked among the top…

Ghana has become the first country to launch a nationwide programme to deliver coronavirus vaccines with Zipline drones. Zipline started delivering the shots on Tuesday as part of the WHO's first shipment of vaccines through COVAX, its…

The UK government has announced to it's citizens that it is illegal to travel for leisure to Zimbabwe for now while those who wish to do so should do it for legal reasons. This was contained in the regulations that were posted on the…

Senegalese police clashed with supporters of arrested opposition leader Ousmane Sonko on Thursday, leaving one person dead in the south of the country, a police official said. It was the first death confirmed in clashes since Sonko was…

The leader of Senegal's main opposition party said he will appear before a judge to answer questions over rape allegations. Controversy has dogged Ousmane Sonko since February, when Senegalese media reported that an employee at a salon…

Zimbabwean-born telecoms magnate Strive Masiyiwa was ranked the 11th richest black billionaire by Forbes as of 24 February 2021. Masiyiwa made it to the list of the world’s top 15 billionaires which includes bi/multiracial individuals with…

Controversial prophet, Shepherd Bushiri's daughters and mother-in-law have reportedly been stopped from leaving Malawi for Kenya. Prophet Shepherd Bushiri’s daughters who were the first to leave South Africa before the prophet and his…

Prince Harry and his wife Meghan have made a final split with the British royal family, telling Queen Elizabeth that they will not be returning as working members of the monarchy. The split means that Prince Harry and Meghan will lose…

China commerce ministry has announced that it has “full confidence” in Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as the next director-general of the World Trade Organization after her appointment was confirmed. In a statement attributed to an unnamed…

Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday left the presidency under a dark cloud of his own making, ending his single four-year term stained by two impeachments, deep political divisions and his handling of a pandemic that has caused…

The Zimbabwean government has distanced itself from Minister of Defence Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri's utterances that the Chinese are responsible for the outbreak of the Covid-19 global pandemic. The first coronavirus index case was…

The US House of Representatives has impeached American President Donald Trump charging him with “incitement of insurrection” following a violent riot by his supporters which led to the death of five people. Trump has become the first…

The Trump administration on Wednesday executed convicted murderer Lisa Montgomery after the Supreme Court paved way for the application of a death penalty, marking the ruling as the first time the US government has implemented the sentence…

France's President Emmanuel Macron has tested positive for Covid-19, the French presidency has said. The 42-year-old took a test after symptoms appeared and will now isolate for seven days, a statement from the Elysée Palace said. Mr…

Former Portsmouth, West Ham, and Fulham star Papa Bouba Diop, known for scoring Senegal's famous goal to beat France in the 2002 World Cup, has reportedly passed away at the age of 42 after a battle with illness. According to a number of…

Was it was the day after Thanksgiving when slave traders would sell slaves for a discount to assist plantation owners with more helpers for the upcoming winter hence the name ... "Black Friday" is the term for the phenomenon that takes…

The United States will temporarily require visitors from Iran, Myanmar, and a number of African nations to pay up to $15,000 in visa bonds in a new hardline immigration measure enacted late in Donald Trump’s presidency. The rule took…

Diego Maradona, regarded as one of the greatest footballers of all time, has died aged 60. The Argentinian, who had brain surgery this month, died of a heart attack, his lawyer said. Maradona inspired his country to World Cup glory in 1986…

United States President, Donald Trump has claimed that his victory was stolen. On Tuesday, Trump retweeted a publication that says 79 percent of his voters “believe the election was stolen”. The American leader said he totally agrees,…

FIFA has revealed the nominees for their The Best awards on Wednesday morning. A ceremony on 17 December will see players and coaches from both the women’s game and the men’s game win the prizes up for grabs. The nominees, as selected…