Africa

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni proves unwavering, after signing what international community termed as one of the world’s harshest anti-LGBTQ laws. The anti-homosexuality law carries penalties of up to the death penalty. Mr Museveni says it was necessary to prevent members of the LGBTQ community from being ‘disoriented‘ from ‘recruiting’ other …

The Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps has arrested a 67-year-old man for molesting his 25-year-old daughter in Dutse Local Government Area, Nigeria, according to reports. “The victim was locked in a room within the house for many years,” reports said. The room, she was living in served as her …

A court in the Nigerian capital, Abuja, has started calling witnesses as it considers a petition against President Bola Tinubu’s victory in the February elections, according to reports. The opposition Labour Party says it is presenting additional material to support its argument that the poll was rigged. Opposition lawyers are …

General elections in Zimbabwe will take place on August 23,2023, outgoing president Emmerson Mnangagwa announced. Elected in 2018 following a coup that deposed President Robert Mugabe a year earlier, Emmerson Mnangagwa is currently completing a second term in office. His main rival, 45-year-old lawyer and pastor Nelson Chamisa, had expressed …

A 45-year-old lawyer was gunned down at his residence by unknown assailants in kitiko Birongo in Ndejje Division in Uganda, according to reports. “Unidentified individual was seen shooting before briefly withdrawing only to return and shoot him at close range multiple times in the head,” reports said. “Assailants quickly fled …

Central African Republic’s president Faustin-Archange Touadéra announced that his country will soon hold a constitutional referendum that would potentially allow him to seek re-election in 2025. President Touadera said he took the decision after consulting the president of the National Assembly and the president of the constitutional court. Mr Touadera …

A 16-year-old girl is fighting for her life after being attacked by her stepfather at Kasoa Ofaakor in the Awutu Senya East Municipality of the Central Region, Ghana, according to reports. “The victim was impregnated by her stepfather and she confronted him to seek a safe abortion,” reports said “The …

The Zimbabwean government summoned the acting US ambassador to the country over election-related social media posts, which it said amounted to activism and meddling in internal affairs. Last week, the US embassy encouraged Zimbabweans to register to vote “and make sure your voice is heard”. In a statement on Tuesday, …

Thirteen people have died in a span of three days and four others are admitted in critical condition after eating suspected toxic food in Namibia, local media reported. All are from a household of 22 people in Kayova village, in north-eastern Kavango region. The deceased, majority children, are said to …

The General Overseer of the Alabaster International Ministry, Prophet Kofi Oduro said President Nana Akufo-Addo will go down in history as the worst president of Ghana in the 4th Republic. He said Nana Addo has only managed to bring untold hardship on ordinary Ghanaians since he came into office on January 7, …