The 79-year-old appeared in person for the opening and pleaded not guilty The dragging corruption trial of South Africa’s jailed ex-president Jacob Zuma resumes on Monday despite deadly violence that swept the nation after his imprisonment in an unrelated case. Zuma faces 16 charges of fraud, graft, and racketeering related to a 1999 purchase of … Read more
Zuma was sentenced last month for defying a constitutional court order to give evidence at an inquiry investigating high-level corruption during his nine years in office Rioters looted shops and threw stones at police on Tuesday as violent protests triggered by the jailing of former president Jacob Zuma spread across South Africa. The military prepared … Read more
A man has gone viral on social media after a clip surfaced online showing the unidentified man, ostensibly of East-African origin, scaling the gate to a compound after his wife caught him cheating with another woman. READ MORE: Five Friends Die In Car Accident While Returning From Nightclub See Why A Woman Stabbed Her Relative … Read more
Sixteen African countries are now seeing a resurgence of the virus, with the more contagious Delta strain detected in 10 of them Africa has just lived through its most devastating week of the COVID-19 pandemic, but the worst is yet to come as the third wave gathers pace on the continent, the World Health Organization … Read more
The new internet tax will not be imposed on mobile data purchased for research, medical or educational purposes… Mobile phone users in Uganda have been hit by a new internet tax on mobile data in a move the country’s opposition leader branded a new assault on freedom of speech. The levy came into effect on … Read more
The statement by the Nigerian leader at the Summit also addressed other pertinent issues of concern in the organisation… President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday called on West African leaders to exert pressure on the military leadership in Mali to ensure that the transition process in the country is not aborted. He made the call in … Read more
Kaunda’s office had on Monday said he was “unwell and was admitted to… Maina Soko Medical Centre,” a military hospital in the capital Lusaka Zambia’s former president and one of Africa’s liberation giants, Kenneth Kaunda has died on Thursday following a struggle with pneumonia. He was aged 97. His son, Kambarage Kaunda announced his father’s … Read more
…many Namibians have rejected the outcome of the talks, claiming the offered amount is insulting and asking Germany to directly compensate victims in the form of “reparations” Namibia on Friday said a 1.1 billion euro development budget offered by Germany as compensation for an early 20th century genocide by colonial troops was “not enough” but … Read more
Africa has officially registered over 4.8 million COVID-19 cases and 130,000 deaths, WHO says. With vaccine deliveries at a near-standstill and lacking key resources in frontline care, Africa is poorly prepared for the third wave of the coronavirus pandemic, the UN warned on Thursday. “Many African hospitals and clinics are still far from ready to … Read more
“This is developing into an “abhorrent pattern” with serious impact on the children’s well-being and development, as well as for teachers and families.’’ UN Secretary-General António Guterres has condemned the recent abduction of students from an Islamic School in Tegina town, Niger State. Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, Stéphane Dujarric, at a press briefing at … Read more
Colonel Assimi Goita, who led the coup, was appointed transitional president by the country’s constitutional court four days ago. Mali has been suspended from the African Union following last week’s military coup – for the second time in nine months. The first was last August following a military coup – but the country was reinstated … Read more
Goita had originally been named vice president with other key posts given to fellow army officers. Mali’s constitutional court on Friday named Colonel Assimi Goita, leader of the post-coup junta, as the country’s transitional president. The judgement stipulated that Goita would “exercise the functions of transitional president to lead the transition process to its conclusion”, … Read more
While Col. Goita pledged to go ahead with holding new elections in 2022 as previously promised, his display of force casts doubt on whether the vote will go ahead without significant interference… President Bah N’Daw and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane were arrested Monday, along with other government leaders, hours after naming a new Cabinet that … Read more
The International Criminal Police Organisation (INTERPOL) has announced its decision to create new cybercrime operations to boost the capacity of 49 African countries to fight cybercrime. According to INTERPOL, the Africa desk will help shape a regional strategy to drive intelligence-led coordinated actions against cybercriminals. The International Criminal Police Organisation (INTERPOL) has announced its decision … Read more
Queen Shiyiwe Mantfombi Dlamini Zulu of the 11 million-strong nation died just a month after she became regent. The Zulu royal family in South Africa has announced the death of its monarch Queen Shiyiwe Mantfombi Dlamini Zulu just a month after she became regent. Queen Mantfombi, 65, became interim leader of the country’s largest ethnic … Read more
We claimed we were decolonized but yet we still live in the shadows of the Whiteman, we speak their languages, we dress like them, we even go as far as changing the color of our skin to look like them. The question is; where are our African values? It has been eradicated, destroyed, suppressed without … Read more
Chad is set to bury their late indefatigable president, Idriss Deby, today being Friday Over a dozen of African leaders are being expected to be present, to pay the late president his last respect. According to Guardian, the World Leaders that are expected to attend the funeral are: (1.) Emmanuel Macronn, the President of France … Read more
Special Assistant to Nigeria Senate President on media, Abu Sidiq has taken to his official media page to share a very sad update about the current situation in the Republic of Chad. In a post on Twitter, Abu Sidiq revealed that the interim Head of State in Chad is already involved in some power move … Read more
Chad’s President Idriss Deby is dead. Deby, 68, “has just breathed his last defending the sovereign nation on the battlefield” over the weekend, army spokesman General Azem Bermandoa Agouna said in a statement read out on state television. Chad’s President Idriss Deby is dead. He died while visiting troops on the front line of a … Read more
Other discoveries include the skeleton of a person buried with arms stretched out to the side and rope wrapped around the knees. A group of archaeologists have found an ancient Egyptian City, the largest ancient city ever discovered, dating back 3,000 years. As gathered by EKO HOT BLOG, the city, named “The Rise of Aten,” … Read more