A French tourist died Tuesday of her injuries after being bitten by stray dogs in a resort in western Sahara, southern Morocco, local authorities said on Wednesday. The victim, 44, whose identity was not disclosed, was attacked by a pack of stray dogs while walking away from her hotel in …
Read More »Tiktoker Khaby Lame officially obtains Italian citizenship
Khaby Lame, the most followed influencer on TikTok, has officially obtained Italian citizenship, La Repubblica and The Guardian reported. Khaby, 22, who started on the social network after losing his job at the start of the coronavirus crisis, said he was “very proud”, the two media reported. The Tiktoker was …
Read More »Kenya: “They pressured me to tamper with the results”, Wafula Chebukati
While Kenyan opponent Raila Odinga and his coalition continue to reject the election result, the head of the electoral commission, Wafula Chebukati, on Wednesday raised the issue of the attempt to manipulate the figures. According to the chairperson of the electoral commission, quoted by RFI, four commissioners tried to put …
Read More »Emirates airline makes important announcement on flights to Nigeria
Emirates airline announced that it will suspend flights to Nigeria from the start of September as Nigeria has been unable to repatriate its money from Nigeria. The problem arose because Nigeria restricted access to foreign currency, Reuters news agency reports. In a statement, Emirates said it made considerable efforts to …
Read More »Here is the name of the richest pastor in the world
Founder of the Living Faith Tabernacle also known as Winner’s Chapel, David Oyedepo is today ranked as the richest pastor in the world with 150 million dollars. “(…) Nowadays, our books are published in different languages around the world without us having to pay and yet they send us copyrights. …
Read More »Tanzania installs high-speed Internet on Kilimanjaro
Tanzanian government announced that it installed a high-speed internet service on the top of Kilimanjaro in order to improve safety of porters and climbers during their ascent to the highest point on the African continent, The Guardian reported. The network was installed at 3720 meters above sea level. During the …
Read More »What fate for coastal countries in the fight against terrorism in Africa?
Deadly attacks by armed groups are increasingly frequent in the Sahel, where terrorist threat extends from the northern regions of coastal countries. Should coastal countries prepare and anticipate their security and political responses? Now that France left Mali at the insistence of the Bamako junta while the situation is worse …
Read More »Nigerian singer in trouble for spitting on police
Nigerian musician Buju BNXN will have questions to answer after boasting on Twitter of how he spat on a police officer’s face, police have said. The musician, whose real name is Daniel Benson, has since deleted the tweet. A spokesman of Lagos state police said the star “will surely answer …
Read More »“Colour of skin may be why Tigray crisis is not getting attention”, WHO chief
World Health Organization chief Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said racism is at the root of the lack of international attention given to the ongoing civil war in Ethiopia’s Tigray region. Calling it the “worst humanitarian crisis in the world”, with 6 million people unable to access basic services, Dr Tedros …
Read More »Morocco: blogger sentenced to prison for insulting Islam
Moroccan authorities arrested and sentenced Fatema Karim, a blogger to two years in prison, accused of “undermining the Muslim religion” in a Facebook post deemed offensive to Islam. Fatema Karim, 39, was questioned by police on July 15 and has been in detention since, her brother Bouazza Karim said. She …
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