Electricity will be cut in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv as Russian forces launch strikes on several towns across the country, the spokesman for the Ukrainian embassy in France has said. This measure, adopted as a preventive measure, aims to reduce the risks for the inhabitants of the capital in the …
Read More »Ghana: 14-year-old boy and 10 others arrested in weed raid
Ghanaian police on Friday arrested a 14-year-old boy at a narcotics base along with 10 other suspects during a raid in Akyeremade, Zongo and Tunsoum in the Ashanti region. The Ashanti Mampong District Police Command said it embarked on the swoop to stop the sale of narcotics and their use …
Read More »President Ruto commits to building Tanzania-Kenya gas pipeline
Kenya intends to press on with the building of a natural gas pipeline from Tanzania’s main city Dar es Salaam, to its coastal city of Mombasa and later to the capital Nairobi, in a bid to lower energy tariffs, Kenya’s President William Ruto has said. Local reports put the costs …
Read More »French media correspondent arrested in Benin
Beninese police on Sunday arrested Emilien David, correspondent for the French-speaking channel TV5Monde in the northern town of Materi, not far from the areas affected by the terrorist attacks. The news website crystal-news.net, one of the first to broadcast the news, indicates that he was taken to the criminal brigade …
Read More »“We will never have a war like this” – Donald Trump
Former US President Donald Trump harshly criticized his successor, Joe Biden, whom he accuses of not understanding the issues surrounding the current conflict in Ukraine and of dragging the world into a new global conflict. “We have a war between Russia and Ukraine with potentially hundreds of thousands of people …
Read More »Ghana: man kills friend over goat meat problem
A man allegedly killed his friend due to a misunderstanding about a recently dead goat given to them by a local in Sehwi Wiawso township in the North West Region of Ghana, local media reported. Reports said the two are close friends who do everything together in the community, including …
Read More »Ugandan opponent Bobi Wine ‘released after detention in Dubai’
Ugandan pop star-turned-politician Robert Kyagulanyi, popularly known as Bobi Wine, says he was detained in Dubai at the weekend after arriving there to perform at a music concert. He says he was held at the airport for 12 hours and was questioned about his political party, family and personal details. …
Read More »Several dead and missing after boat sinks in Nigeria’s Anambra state
At least 16 people died and another 60 are missing after a boat capsized in Nigeria’s southeastern Anambra state, officials said on Saturday. The vessel, with 85 people on board, capsized amid heavy flooding, trapping the passengers, Thickman Tanimu, zonal coordinator for the National Emergency Management Agency, told Reuters agency. …
Read More »Former Chadian president’s son to be sworn in for two years
Chad’s military ruler Gen Mahamat Déby will be sworn in on Monday as the transitional president, extending his stay in power by two years following recommendations from a contentious national inclusive dialogue process that concluded last week Various opposition groups, the Catholic church and rebels responsible for last year’s killing …
Read More »This man is the oldest active police officer in the world
Considered one of the most loyal to Cameroonian President Paul Biya, Martin Mbarga Nguélé, 90, is today the oldest active soldier in the world. A brief overview Every morning in Yaoundé, the police cut off traffic as Martin Mbarga Nguélé’s motorcade made its way, sirens blaring, the two kilometers from …
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