Africa

Renowned British R&B singer Craig David has shared his enthusiasm and admiration for Tiwa Savage following their collaboration on the song Commitment. In a recent interview on the Capital Xtra podcast, the 43-year-old called the Nigerian Afrobeats star a consistent and talented force in the music industry. He further asserts …

A 40-year-old farmer has died after a palm tree fell on him in Bogije Village, Ijebu Igbo, Ogun State, Nigeria, according to reports. The incident occurred around 3:30 pm on Sunday and was reported to the police later that evening, according to the Ogun State Police Command spokesperson, Omolola Odutola. …

Almost 188 churches have been closed on the instructions of the Minister of Territorial Administration Paul Atanga Nji, sub-prefect of Yaoundé 4, Cameroon. “Of the 615 religious groups operating in his district, the administrative authority found that all 188 were operating illegally,” according to reports. From noise pollution to extortion …

Cameroonian lawyers launched a three-day strike on Wednesday to protest against police violence targeting their profession, according to reports. The protest was instigated by the Cameroon Bar Council, which issued a statement denouncing the physical violence, barbarism and other humiliating treatment to which lawyers are recurrently subjected by the forces …

Togo’s Head of State, Faure Gnassingbé, appointed 20 senators to the country’s new Senate on Wednesday evening. This appointment completes the election of 41 senators on February 15, 2025, which was boycotted by part of the Togolese opposition. Togo’s Senate is expected to have 61 members, a third of whom …

A man was arrested in possession of two human skulls and three locally-made firearms in the community of Okoffia, Ezza South Local Government Area, Nigeria. The suspect was arrested by the police in Ebonyi State. According to the police spokesperson, the suspect confessed that the human skulls were given to …

Eleven (11) Niger soldiers were killed in an ambush near the Algerian border on February 28, 2025, according to reports. “The Chief of Staff of the Nigerien armed forces, Brigadier General Salaou Barmou, accompanied by the Chief of Staff of the army, Colonel Major Maman Sani Kiaou, came to Agadez …

On Saturday March 1, hundreds of South Africans paid tribute to Muhsin Hendricks, the first openly gay imam murdered two weeks ago in Cape Town. On the occasion of the Pride March, the LGBTQIA+ community called for justice for the imam, who was shot dead in his car. The LGBTQIA+ …

The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) has retrieved a nearly decomposed body of a young woman from a septic tank at Sunyani Magazine in the Bono Region, Ghana. The body was retrieved on Friday, February 28, 2025, after a distress call was received at 5:30 pm. The Sunyani Municipal Fire …

A 29-year-old woman and her daughter, believed to be over two years old, have been found dead under mysterious circumstances at Akrokere in the Adansi North District of the Ashanti Region, Ghana. The woman’s lifeless body was discovered separately from her daughter’s, about 20 meters apart. Upon inspection, multiple signs …