The wife to the former governor of the defunct Latjor State, Gathoth Gatkuoth Hothnyang was found dead at a hotel room in Addis Ababa on Thursday. Speaking to Radio Tamazuj on Friday, Gatkuoth said his wife, a mother of five, has only been in the Ethiopian capital for three months after returning from Denmark. ALERT! … Read more
Togo’s President Faure Gnassingbe on Monday named the first ever female prime minister to head the government in the West African nation. Victoire Tomegah Dogbe, 60, replaces Komi Selom Klassou, who resigned on Friday. A close ally of the president, she has served as his chief-of-staff since 2009. Togo had been due for a government … Read more
Jerry John Rawlings The mother of former President of Ghana, Jerry John Rawlings, has died at age 101 Madam Victoria Agbotui, the mother of former President of Ghana, Jerry John Rawlings, has died at age 101. This sad news was confirmed by multiple sources close to the Rawlings’ family. Read Also: Boko Haram Commander, Family … Read more
Tanzania High Commissioner of Tanzania in Nigeria, on Thursday called for stronger trade cooperation and diplomatic relations between Nigeria and his country Dr Benson Alfred Bana, High Commissioner of Tanzania in Nigeria, on Thursday called for stronger trade cooperation and diplomatic relations between Nigeria and his country. Bana, who is also Head of Mission of … Read more
Fire Ten pupils have been killed and seven others injured after a fire burnt a dormitory At least ten pupils have been killed and seven others injured after a fire burnt a dormitory to ashes at a primary school in Tanzania’s northwest region of Kagera, an official said on Monday. “The 10 victims were burnt … Read more
It is an offence for husbands to reject or refuse to eat their wives’ food because it is a form of “emotional abuse” and such husbands are liable to spend two years maximum behind bars. The Central Regional Coordinator of the Domestic Violence and Victim Support Unit (DOVVSU) in Ghana, Superintendent George Appiah-Sakyi recently reiterated … Read more
The 44th Ordinary Meeting of the Mediation and Security Council of the Economic Community of West African States has called attention to the ongoing insurgency in Nigeria, Gambia and Guinea Bissau as well as the political crisis in Mali. The Council at its meeting in Niamey, Niger, on Friday, also focused on forthcoming presidential elections … Read more
Mali’s former president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, ousted recently in a coup, left hospital on Thursday after being treated for a mini-stroke, sources said. Keita may now head to the United Arab Emirates for further treatment, they added. “Everything is going well. The test results look good,” said a medical source at the private health facility … Read more
COVID-19: Ousted Malian President, Ibrahim Boubacar Hospitalised Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, the Malian president ousted in a military coup last month, was hospitalized late Tuesday at a private clinic, intensifying fears about the 75-year-old’s health after being detained for 10 days by the junta now in power. Keita’s condition was not immediately known, and it was … Read more
Following the riot act read by the Federal Government to hostility towards Nigerians in Ghana, the Ghanaian authorities has extended the olive branch, promising commitment to warm relations with Nigeria. In a statement issued on Sunday, the Ghanaian authority said it would engage the Federal Government of Nigeria with a view to resolve comprehensively and … Read more
The President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari on Friday, has joined ECOWAS Heads of State and Government, imploying the military junta in Mali to set an acceptable time table for the country’s return to democracy. The president, in virtual and third Extraordinary Summit of ECOWAS on the socio-political crisis in Mali, said that Mali as a … Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari has given his backing to the declaration by the Economic Community of West African States demanding a 12-month transition process to civilian rule in Mali. President Buhari who attended the ECOWAS Heads of State and Governments virtual meeting on Friday, charged the military junta to set an acceptable timetable for a return … Read more
One child was killed by a stray bullet in Cape Town on Monday and another wounded when illegal residents fired at police seeking to prevent them from moving into social housing units, the mayor said. Police in the coastal South African city have broken up several unlawful property grabs in recent weeks. These land invasion … Read more
Tunisia’s prime minister-designate on Tuesday has declared the country’s second government in six months, which must now seek approval from lawmakers on how the administration would be formed. Hichem Mechichi had previously declared his intention to form a cabinet dominated by independent technocrats, able to “present urgent solutions” for a country where a sluggish economy … Read more
Twenty inmates were killed in a shootout with police while trying to flee from the prison in Madagascar on Sunday. Scores of prisoners attacked guards with rocks and grabbed a gun as they tried to flee the Farafangana prison in the southeast of the Indian Ocean island, it said. Read Also: NNPC Suspends Pumping Operations … Read more
Suspected Islamist militants killed 13 people during raids on two villages in eastern Congo, the army and a village chief said, the latest in a spate of attacks the United Nations says may constitute war crimes. The Allied Democratic Forces, a Ugandan armed group operating in North Kivu province in Democratic Republic of Congo, have … Read more
Ivory Coast election authorities rejected appeals by former President Laurent Gbagbo and former rebel leader Guillaume Soro to be allowed to run in the country’s October election, an official said Friday. President Alassane Ouattara’s decision to contest a third term in October has already triggered outrage among opposition and civil society groups, who labelled it … Read more
Mediators from West Africa’s regional bloc are due in Mali on Saturday for talks aimed at reversing a coup that has been condemned abroad. But the coup was celebrated by many in a country battling an Islamist insurgency and simmering political unrest. Leaders from the 15-nation Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have taken … Read more
Nigeria’s former President, Goodluck Jonathan is leading a team of ECOWAS leaders to Mali where the military has overthrown the elected government of President Ibrahim Keita. The turn of events followed a mutiny on Tuesday by soldiers, who later arrested Keita and Prime Minister Boubou Cisse, in what transformed into a coup d’etat. Keïta was … Read more
Madagascar on Thursday said it had sacked its health minister as part of a government juggling, a move that came a month after he butted heads with the president for seeking outside help for coronavirus. The Indian Ocean island-nation, saw COVID-19 cases surge in July despite an official campaign to promote a controversial herbal drink … Read more