Africa

Ugandan prison authorities announced the suspension of all visitations in their facilities due to the rising Ebola cases with the latest in Masaka District, Dailymonitor reported. In a press release on November 1, the prisons spokesperson, Mr Frank Baine, issued standard operating procedures aimed at curbing the spread of the …

While responsibilities are being determined after the death last Sunday of a dozen people at the concert of Fally Ipupa at the Martyrs stadium in Kinshasa, organizers and police are blaming each other. Nine civilians were killed by suffocation, to which authorities added the death of two police officers. An …

Nigerian police announced the arrest of seven men for assaulting and torturing a 40-year-old woman in the south-eastern state of Enugu. “The men raided the woman’s home after accusing her of entering a “sacred forest” to hunt and harvest snails,” a legal aid campaigner told police in a complaint. At …

General elections are scheduled for November 20 in Equatorial Guinea and President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo launched his candidacy for a sixth term on Thursday. Mr Obiang, 80, ruled the West African country for 43 years. He seized power in 1979 from President Francisco Macias Nguema, who was the leader …

A 23-year-old mother, resident of Nkroful in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis, attempted to kill her two children and herself, arguing that she was fed up with life. The woman locked herself and her two children in her room and decided to kill the children and herself later. She covered her six …

An investigation is underway to establish the cause of a fire that engulfed the girls’ dormitory at Sawla High School (SHS) in Savannah Region, Ghana. The timely intervention of the Sawla Fire Command prevented the fire which could have ruined the entire dormitory from wreaking more havoc. The tactical firefighters …

TikTok for Business has launched an academy to train marketers to better use the social network in their business. TikTok Academy, this education program is set up for the large community around the world and particularly in the North Africa and Middle East area. Companies and brands wishing to make …

United Nations agencies said on Thursday that two-thirds of South Sudan’s population could face severe food shortages during the lean season from April to July next year due to floods, drought and conflicts. The shortages are worse than what the country experienced at the height of a civil war in …

If it is true that football is nowadays an activity that earns a lot of money for players, it must be recognized that everyone has their talent, their value which distinguishes them from others in terms of performance, therefore, gain financial as shown by the ranking below. African players are …

Three men were arrested by the National Agency for Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, in collaboration with vigilantes, for raping a 13-year-old girl over father’s sin in Nigeria’s Anambra state. Four suspects are involved in the incident. While three of them were arrested, the fourth escaped when security guards invaded …