Africa

Ethiopia has limited access to social media and messaging platforms amid mounting tensions between the authorities and the Orthodox church, local media reported. Netblocks, an organisation that monitors freedom of access to the internet, said the restrictions impacted Facebook, Messenger, Telegram and TikTok. This comes after the church’s highest body, …

South African president Cyril Ramaphosa has declared a state of disaster to try to deal with an energy crisis. The president’s announcement on Thursday gives the government additional powers to tackle crippling electricity shortages that have worsened in recent months. He insisted South Africa would emerge with a more efficient …

Gunmen have reportedly attacked army troops and killed four officers in Kwale, Ndokwa West Local Government Area of Delta State, Nigeria, according to reports. The incident which happened Kwale road is currently creating tension as the army personnel was said to have invaded the community. The hoodlums ambushed the army …

Students at Dabokpa Technical and Vocational Institute in Tamale have innovated by creating their own version of the “Yellow Yellow” Tricycle in Ghana. From design to finished product, they assembled their own working three-wheeled vehicles piece by piece. The manufactured tricycles were posted on the Facebook page of Ibrahim Mustapha …

A magistrate’s court sitting in Awka, Anambra State, has sentenced a 35-year-old man to jail for child labor and abduction of underage girls for prostitution in the state, Nigeria, according to reports. “They were taken away by the suspect, who promised to secure them jobs in Agbor, Delta State, where …

Uganda’s environmental management agency says it will start imposing fines from April on motorists driving private cars without rubbish bins. Offenders will face a maximum fine of up to 6,000,000 Ugandan shillings ($1,630; £1,350), according to a penalty scheme announced on Wednesday. Motorists who refuse to pay the fines will …

An 11-year-old missing boy has been found dead inside a drum in Asaba, the Delta State capital of Nigeria, according to reports. “I travel to the West part of the country, on my way coming back to Asaba, I called him and informed him of my coming cause he was …

A Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Akure ordered the remand of a 20-year-old man at the Olokuta Correctional Centre for killing one his master in Nigeria, according to reports. The suspect was an apprentice of the deceased in the Akure South local Gouvernment Area. “He killed his master and dumped …

Men of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps, Gombe State Command, arrested a 40-year-old man for luring no less than 12 children between the ages of 5 and 10. The suspect who is a resident of Liji in Yalmatu Deba Local Government Area of the state, allegedly specialized in …

South African MPs have dropped a proposed sponsorship deal with Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur which sparked a public outcry after details leaked to the media. The country’s official tourism board had conditionally approved the proposed three-year deal worth 900m South African rand ($52.5m). But critics said the amount could …