Africa

An Egyptian criminal court has sentenced Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh, a former presidential candidate, to 15 years in prison with hard labor for spreading false news and joining a terrorist group. The politician was convicted along with an interim leader of the proscribed Muslim Brotherhood group, Mahmoud Ezzat. He is …

The leader of the Methodist Church in Nigeria, His Eminence Samuel Kanu Echu, was abducted in the southeastern Abia State on Sunday, police confirmed. The priest was abducted alongside two other clerics. Abia state police said a manhunt had been organized to rescue the priests. In Nigeria, the Methodist Church …

Two Rwandan soldiers were captured in Bwisha chiefdom, Democratic Republic of Congo, about 20 km from the Rwandan border, army spokesman Gen Sylvain Ekenge said. It comes just a day after Kigali claimed the soldiers, Élysée Nkundabagenzi and Ntwari Gad were captured by pro-government rebels. According to the Congolese army …

Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Sunday said the country has recorded six monkeypox cases in May from four states. The Centre says that from 1st January to 29th May, 2022, the country has reported 66 suspected cases of monkeypox. Of the suspected cases, according to the centre, 21 …

Allies of Central African Republic President Faustin-Archange Touadera have proposed changes to the constitution that would let him keep running for office, prompting protests from the opposition, Reuters agency reported. Backers of the plan to remove presidential term limits said it was meant to bring the country into line with …

A study using a sample of blood donors in South Africa has suggested that nearly everyone in the country has either been infected with Covid or has been vaccinated, or both, the Daily Maverick reports. The South African National Blood Service and the Western Cape Blood Service looked at the …

Blacklisted by ECOWAS, Mali is struggling to find cash to honor its contracts with the private Russian company Wagner, several sources said. Some indiscretions said the Malian government must pay 10 million dollars per month to the Wagner group. The government has thus requested several loans from various institutions in …

A court in Koforidua, eastern Ghana, convicted and sentenced two armed robbers, aged 47 and 38, to 30 years each in prison with hard labour. According to adomonline.com, the convicts attacked and robbed a resident of Klo-Agogo, in the amount of 4,500.00 GHC. The bandits also attacked and robbed a …

A father is being investigated in South Africa for the deaths of three of his sons after consuming an energy drink he allegedly gave them, local media reported. Two of the siblings died at school and the third died on the way to hospital. A fourth child who consumed the …

Two more journalists have been detained in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, increasing the number of reporters and media workers jailed since last week to 13, the BBC reported. The move has been seen by some as a crackdown on critical voices. The arrests have coincided with the launching of …