Africa

Authorities in Mozambique say over 14,000 HIV patients have abandoned antiretroviral therapy in the first three months of the year in the central province of Zambézia. Male patients form the largest part of those no longer taking the drugs, according to Dr Cheinaze Veríssimo – the provincial head of the …

Rwandan President Paul Kagame has suspended and put under house arrest minister Edouard Bamporiki, in charge of youth and culture, authorities have announced. The minister’s suspension was as a result of “matters of accountability under investigations”, a statement from the prime minister’s office said. He is accused of “serious cases …

A 38-year-old farmer in Ghana has been sentenced to 10 years of imprisonment for attempting to kill his 16-year-old biological son for money ritual, 3news website reported. Kwabena Ebo, a resident of Ayisakro, a community near Axim in the Nzema East Municipality of the Western Region, was charged with trading …

An evangelist is in trouble after telling people he knows of a gate leading to heaven from south-western Nigeria that he can show them – for a fee, the BBC reports. Pastor Ade Abraham was reported to police by one of his followers, who said the pastor had charged him …

Liberian president George Weah has sacked the head of the country’s only international airport after dark runways, caused by power failures, had forced numerous incoming flights to land in neighbouring Sierra Leone instead. A presidential press release says the new man to manage the airport will be Darlington Karnley, who …

Health authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo have confirmed a third case of Ebola in the northwestern city of Mbandaka, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Thursday. It is a 48-year-old man who is a high-risk contact of the first patient, who died on April 21, Reuters agency …

South Africa’s Minister of Public Enterprises, Pravin Gordhan, has called for a scrap metal export ban amid vandalism of public infrastructure. According to the Minister, this measure would ensure that there would be no external market for the stolen metal to be sold as scrap metal. “There is absolutely no …

Gambian President Adama Barrow has sacked the country’s vice president and top ministers in a major cabinet reshuffle, government spokesman Ebrima Sankareh announced on state television on Wednesday. Eleven ministers were retained in the new 23-member cabinet that includes three women, reports said. Former education minister Alieu Badara Joof, replaced …

Military leaders in Guinea say they will prosecute former President Alpha Condé for murder and other crimes committed during his time in office. A document from Guinea’s public prosecutor says Mr Condé is among 27 former senior officials who are facing a long list of alleged crimes. He faces several …

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari says he is in shock after learning of the death of a military officer and his partner, shot dead and then beheaded in the south-east of the country. Mr Buhari has ordered that the “perpetrators of the barbaric crime be brought to justice.” Authorities accused a …