Africa

A Ghana Police Service Chief Inspector, known in his neighborhood as a staunch Arsenal supporter, has died while watching a match between Arsenal and Chelsea, the MyNewsGh website has reported. He collapsed after the full-time whistle was blown at the match viewing center during the Chelsea vs Arsenal match. He …

Several residents of Mukono District in central Uganda have accused religious leaders, traditional healers and witchdoctors of spreading wrong information about Ebola Virus Disease which has so far 135 people and killed 53 in the country, Dailymonitor reported. According to local leaders, religious leaders, witchdoctors and traditional healers in the …

A new species of mosquito, Anopheles stephensi, from Asia, is spreading dramatically in several African countries, posing a potential threat to tens of millions of Africans. Present in Djibouti for several years, Anopheles stephensi is spreading further in Africa, representing a real threat to more than 126 million people living …

After a small delay caused by a fire alarm at Nasa’s control centre in the US, two satellites built by Zimbabwean and Ugandan engineers respectively, have been launched into space. LIVE: #AskNASA experts your questions about @NorthropGrumman’s CRS-18 resupply mission to the @Space_Station set to launch Sunday.It will carry experiments …

President Evariste Ndayishimiye of Burundi and chairperson of the East African Community (EAC) gathered regional leaders in Egypt on Monday night to discuss the rising insecurity in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the BBC reported. Presidents Samia Suluhu of Tanzania, Paul Kagame of Rwanda, William Ruto of Kenya and DR …

A magistrate’s court in the northern Nigerian city of Kano has ordered two TikTok stars to be whipped and made to sweep the court premises for a month. They were found guilty on Monday of defaming Kano state governor Abdullahi Ganduje in a comedy video they recorded and shared on …

Police in the town of Ondo in Nigeria arrested a 54-year-old man for setting fire to five of his stepchildren when his wife refused him s3x, News agency of Nigeria reported. The police spokesperson in the state, Funmilayo Odunlami, who explained the incident, said the suspect was being investigated, while …

Tanzanian Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa will on Monday lead mourners in paying their respects at a funeral service for 19 people killed after a passenger plane crashed into Lake Victoria in Tanzania, the BBC reported. The plane crashed on Sunday morning near the shore at the end of the Bukoba …

Kenya Airways has threatened to take disciplinary action against its pilots who have been in industrial action since Saturday. The government backs the national carrier which maintains that the strike is unlawful. The labour ministry on Sunday said the airline was free to take necessary lawful measures against its pilots. …

Faced with the galloping inflation in Ghana, currently estimated at 37%, hundreds of Ghanaians took to the streets of Accra on Saturday 5 November to denounce the deteriorating economic situation, French media RFI reported. “Resign or be impeached! Politicians eat, Ghanaians suffer!” : the slogans chanted by the crowd were …