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Many public figures in Ghana celebrate their President, His Excellency Nana Akufo-Addo, who turns 78 today. Below are some of the goodwill messages for President Akufo-Addo: Happy birthday Mr. President ❤️😍🥰 pic.twitter.com/ADHrgk0UOY— Rebecca Akufo-Addo (@RAkufoAddo) March 29, 2022 Tomorrow is Mr President’s birthday. Long life, @NAkufoAddo pic.twitter.com/awW4RV31mz— nana aba (@thenanaaba) …

The family of the late Jacob Oulanyah, the former Speaker of Uganda’s Parliament, who died in the United States, has said his body will spend a night in his unfinished mansion in Omoro District before burial, Ugandan Monitor reports. Oulanyah, 56, represented Omoro in the 11th Parliament and, according to …

Several celebrities reacted to the slap given by the American actor Will Smith to comedian Chris Rock who had made a joke about Mr. Smith’s wife during the ceremony of the Oscars 2022. The incident occurred in the 94th ceremony of the most prestigious awards in Hollywood. Chris Rock, one …

Former Zambian President Rupiah Bwezani Banda, 85, died at home on Friday after a short battle with colon cancer, his family and the presidency announced. Banda, Zambia’s fourth president who was in power from 2008 to 2011, was diagnosed with cancer two years ago and had been receiving medical treatment. …

Nigerian singer Yemi Alade becomes the global ambassador for a pan-African campaign in partnership with the Africa Center for Disease Control (CDC) and Mastercard to encourage Africans to get vaccinated against Covid-19 pandemic. The campaign, titled It’s Up to Us, warns that Africans are being “left behind” when it comes …

Liberia’s former interim president, Amos Sawyer, died Wednesday at the age of 76 in Maryland, United States, after suffering cardiac arrest, his family announced. He was one of the country’s most acclaimed politicians who became interim president in the 1990s as part of efforts to stop the bloody war launched …

Former Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita alias IBK died on Sunday following a short illness at the age of 76, his family announced. “President IBK died this morning at 9:00 a.m. (GMT and local) at his home” in the capital, where he lived in retirement, away from public life, a …

Former US President Donald Trump in an interview with national Radio NPR said he was in favor of vaccination against covid-19 but against all forms of its imposition. Mr Trump on Wednesday said he is opposed to any obligation to have a vaccine against Covid-19, while recommending to be vaccinated. …

American rapper Kanye West plans to go to Russia, where he has links with friends of former US president Donald Trump, to give concerts and meet Vladimir Putin, the website Billboard reported, citing his entourage. According to his relatives, the musician is in negotiations to conduct business with the Azerbaijani-Russian …

Nigeria has lost its former head of state Ernest Shonekan, who died Tuesday January 11 in a hospital in Lagos at the age of 85. He was the country’s ninth head of state from 26 August until 17 November 1993, when he was ousted in a coup by the late …