Society

Authorities in Burkina Faso announced the suspension of two media outlets, including the BBC and VOA, for publishing a Human Rights Watch report accusing the army of abusing civilians. The country’s media regulator has imposed a two-week suspension on the programmes of BBC Afrique and Voice of America (VOA). Access …

French President Emmanuel Macron took part in a charity football match on Wednesday April 24 and got on the scoresheet in the second half. The game at the Stade Bernard Giroux outside Paris raised funds for a French foundation dedicated to improving the lives of hospitalised children and adolescents. Former …

Known as Observateur Ebene, the influencer was sentenced on Tuesday April 23 by the Abidjan-Plateau Court of First Instance to 12 months imprisonment, six months of which were suspended in Ivory Coast. His real name Kouakou Amani Florent, and he was found guilty on two counts: broadcasting outrageous expressions against …

Seven people died when a residential building collapsed in Addis Ketema, a district of Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, while they were asleep, according to reports. “The victims lost their lives due to lack of air and amoung them, were children aged four, eleven, twelve,” Nigatu Mamo, a spokeperson …

Seven members of a Muslim family have been detained following accusations of assaulting an 18-year-old girl for attending a church service in eastern Uganda, according to reports. “The girl was subjected to 100 lashes with a cane by her uncle, while five other uncles restrained her during the ordeal,” reports …

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has left Ghana for an official visit to the Republic of Italy and the Vatican State. “The Vice President is expected to hold bilateral talks with His Holiness Pope Francis,” the spokesperson, Dr Gideon Boako said. The Pope’s message of love, mercy, and inclusive, which …

The Nigerian movie industry has again been thrown into mourning after the news of the death of another veteran Nollywood actor, Zulu Adigwe, surfaced on social media on Tuesday. Adigwe’s death was announced by a movie producer, Stanley Nwoko, in a post on his Instagram page while mourning the actor, …

The lifeless body of a man was found wrapped in a sack near the Roman Catholic Church in the Mfantsiman Municipality of the Central Region, Ghana. “The incident has plunged the community into a state of shock and disbelie as the body has been discovered by residents of Afrangua,” reports …

According to French media, at least five people died crossing the English Channel just hours after the UK approved the migrant deportation bill. “The bodies were discovered at the Wimereaux beach in northern France,” according to the Voix du Nord newspaper. The rescue operation is ongoing and helicopters and boats …

A 20-year-old man was electrocuted on his farm after a heavy rainstorm in Adabakpo, a farming community in the Central Tongu District of the Volta Region, Ghana. “Residents rushed out after hearing a noise to discover him electrocuted on his farm,” reports said. “He was rushed to the Adidome public …