The Senegalese government announced on Tuesday new measures to fight road safety, including a ban on night bus travel and the import of used tires. These measures come after a road accident that killed at least 40 people on Sunday. “Public passenger transport vehicles will be banned from driving on …
Read More »Rwanda: Paul Kagame’s decision on DR Congo refugees
Rwandan President Paul Kagame says his country will no longer offer refuge to people fleeing conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Decades of instability in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo have forced scores of refugees across the border into Rwanda. “This is not Rwanda’s problem,” said …
Read More »“Elections could be cancelled”, Nigeria’s election body warns
The Independent National Electoral Commission (Inec), in charge of elections in Nigeria, has warned that it could cancel the general elections if nothing is done to tackle insecurity in the country. The elections are due to be held on 25 February. The body’s chairman Mahmood Yakubu said the commission was …
Read More »Jair Bolsonaro hospitalized in the United States
The former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro is hospitalized in the United States for several days as he has health problems announced his wife. Michelle Bolsonaro, the wife of the former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro announced that her husband was hospitalized for abdominal problems in a Florida hospital where he had …
Read More »South Africa: scientists to meet over new Covid variant
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is expected to hold a meeting with the National Coronavirus Command Council on Tuesday to discuss the new variant detected in the country this week, local media reported. The new Covid subvariant, known as XBB.1.5, is an offshoot of the globally dominant Omicron Covid variant …
Read More »Ghana: man shot dead over chieftaincy dispute
A man died after being shot dead in Bomaa in the Tano North Municipality of Ghana’s Ahafo Region, following a chieftaincy dispute. The shooting occurred as a result of contention between two families in the town over who succeeds the late chief of the town resulting in others being injured …
Read More »Nigeria: robber kills university student over phone
A 200-level student of the Department of Philosophy at Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Anambra State, was shot dead while trying to retrieve his phone from armed robbers in his pavilion in Nigeria. “The victim obediently gave his phone to the armed robbers but requested his SIM card as the robbers agreed …
Read More »Fire burns 14 bedroom apartment at Odomase
A fire has engulfed a 14-room apartment in Odomase, in the municipal capital of Sunyani West, Ghana, according to reports. There were no casualties but everything in the apartment was burnt to ashes. The fire has destroyed personal belongings and property running into thousands of Ghana cedis. People around the …
Read More »Uganda: more than 100 road accident victims during festive season
At least 120 people have lost their lives in road accidents in Uganda in the last two weeks, Dailymonitor reported, citing police source. According to police reports, between December 23 and January 7, more than 120 people have died and scores have sustained serious injuries due to road accidents across …
Read More »China: 90% of a province inhabitants infected with Covid-19
Nearly 90 percent of residents in Henan, one of China’s most populous provinces, have been infected with Covid-19, a regional health authority official said Monday. China is facing an unprecedented rebound in the number of positive cases. After three years of some of the most draconian restrictions in the world, …
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