Africa

Paper artist Mylène Amon spent 120 hours creating 130 optical illusion representations on the theme of Ivory Coast in portrait, surpassing the previous record of 100 portraits held by a Nigerian. This Guinness Record-holding optical artist has just taken up the challenge of a marathon that began on February 5 …

According to a report by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), 65% of companies in Sub-Saharan Africa that have adopted artificial intelligence (AI) have seen an improvement in their financial situation by 2024. The study is based on a survey of 245 business leaders in the region, as part of the 28th edition of …

The Nigerian Army has neutralized 27 terrorists in operations against terrorist organizations Boko Haram and Daech in the country’s northeast. The Army said on Saturday that it had carried out operations against terrorists in Borno State between January 30 and February 7. During these operations, 27 terrorists were neutralized and …

According to reports, the first mass grave containing 19 bodies was discovered last Friday on a farm in the town of Kufra, in the south-east of Libya. According to the charity al-Abreen, which helps migrants in eastern and southern Libya, most were shot dead before being buried. Another mass grave …

A suspected landguard has shot and killed 27-year-old farmer at Akyem Ayisikrom in the Upper West Akyem District of the Eastern Region, Ghana. The incident occurred during a forceful takeover of ancestral farmland that has sustained the community for centuries, reports said. According to Adom News, some peasant farmers who …

A 30-year-old man has been arrested for defiling a 9-year-old girl at Gomoa Nyanyano in the Gomoa East District in the Central Region, Ghana. According to reports, the suspect asked the victim, who was playing with her friends, to buy water for him. She had just closed from school, while …

Niger’s Minister of Transport and Equipment, Colonel-major Salissou Mahaman Salissou, recently announced the forthcoming creation of a national airline and another under the aegis of the Alliance of Sahel States (AES). This project aims to strengthen links between member countries by facilitating intra-regional travel. “Our country is very vast, and …

President John Dramani Mahama has appointed John Setor Dumelo as Deputy Minister of Agriculture in Ghana, according to reports. The appointment of the MP for Ayawaso West Wuogon confirms his political commitment to the National Democratic Congress (NDC). In his victory speech at the December 2024 legislative elections, the now …

A 30-year-old barber sentenced to nine years imprisonment by an Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court for sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl in Nigeria. Justice Rahman Oshodi handed down the jail term after the convict pleaded guilty to the amended two counts of indecent treatment of a child and …

A 33 year-old man has been arrested for the killing of a 74-year-old woman in Njikoka Local Government Area of the state, Nigeria. The Anambra State Police Spokesman, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, said the suspect was arrested after he was tracked to a location where he fled. According to reports, “the …