Africa

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, …

A 29-year-old man has been sentenced to five years imprisonment for presenting a five-year-old girl for money ritual at Pokuase in Accra, Ghana, according to reports. The victim was kidnapped by the suspect at a public toilet in Accra. “He presented the minor to a herbalist at Pokuase for money …

A court in Libya sentenced 23 people to death and another 14 to life in prison on Monday for their role in a deadly Islamic State militant campaign that included beheading a group of Egyptian Christians and seizing the city of Sirte in 2015, Reuters reported. The Attorney General’s office …

A 40-year-old man has filed for divorce from his wife because of how stunning she looks, in the capital city of Lusaka, Zambia, according to reports. The man has taken the extraordinary step of seeking the dissolution of his marriage, citing that his wife is exceptionally beautiful. This surprising revelation …