Africa

Kenya’s interior ministry said on Wednesday that it had suspended the local activities of cryptocurrency project Worldcoin while government agencies assess potential risks to public safety, Reuters reported. The project founded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman launched last week. It requires users to give their iris scans in exchange for …

South African former President Jacob Zuma has returned from Russia where he has been receiving medical treatment. “The check-up and observations went well,” his foundation said in a statement. His trip came after he lost a case last month at the Constitutional Court, where he had tried to overturn a …

Tunisian President Kais Saied has announced the dismissal of the country’s first female prime minister, Najla Bouden. Ms Bouden was hand-picked by President Saied to lead the government after he removed her predecessor two years ago and took control of almost all state powers. Her late-night dismissal was followed by …

Former Ivorian President Henri Konan Bédié died Tuesday (August 1st) at the age of 89, local media reported. It comes on Tuesday when the former president, who was in Daoukro, his native village, became unwell. Evacuated to PISAM in Abidjan around 6 p.m., he died few hours later. Head of …

A 25-year-old young man has been sentenced for stealing cooking items valued GH₵1,450.00 by an Accra Circuit Court in Ghana. The complainant left for work and returned the following day and detected that her door was damaged, and the room ransacked. Her blender valued GH₵400.00, microwave valued GH₵500.00, rice cooker …

The UK and its allies stand ready to support all efforts by the leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to restore democracy to Niger where President Mohamed Bazoum was recently overthrown, British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly said. “It was important for African leaders to head up …

A newly appointed Magistrate has been nabbed for posing as a woman to sit for exams for his girlfriend at the Law Development Centre (LDC) Lira, Uganda.  “The suspect was promoted to the rank of grade one magistrate by the Judicial Service Commission weeks ago,” according to reports. “The suspect …

Two pupils have drown in a dam at kikoko village, Makulibita sub-county in Luwero District, Uganda, according to reports. “The two deceased went to a natural forest where the dam is located to collecte firewood and swim as well,” reports said. Residents waited for them until evening and village members …

Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu has fleshed out the details of a raft of measures to tackle the rising cost of living, which has prompted civil unrest and looting. In a televised address to the nation, Mr Tinubu said he had ordered the release of 200,000 tonnes of grain from strategic …

Three students have been jailed for plotting the gang rape of a cousin of one of them in Ilorin East Local Government Area of the state, Nigeria. “The first defendant has invited his two friends to join him in the act while the victim was in the room,” according to …