Kenya’s Tokyo Olympic star Agnes Tirop was found stabbed to death in her home. Tirop won bronze in the World 5,000m in 2019. Ekohotblog reports that Agnes Jebet Tirop, Kenya’s two-time World Championship bronze medalist, has been discovered dead. Read Also: Nigerian Man Stabbed To Death In London On Wednesday, October 13, the 25-year-old long-distance … Read more
Compaore, the chief accused, announced through his lawyers last week that he would boycott the trial. A military court in Ouagadougou on Monday began the long-awaited trial of 14 men, including the former president, accused of the assassination of Burkina Faso’s left-wing leader Thomas Sankara 34 years ago. The slaying of Sankara, a pan-Africanist icon, … Read more
Kenyatta and six members of his family have been linked to 13 offshore companies. The family of Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta, that has dominated the country’s politics since independence, secretly owned a network of offshore companies for decades, according to a huge leak of financial papers. The Pandora Papers – 12 million files – is … Read more
He said nothing at the time of his swearing in about how long he will remain the interim leader. Colonel Mamady Doumbouya, who led last month’s coup in Guinea, was sworn in as interim president on Friday promising to respect the West African state’s international commitments while transitioning to civilian rule. Doumbouya, who led the … Read more
Col Doumbouya said his soldiers had seized power because they wanted to end rampant corruption… Guinea’s military leader Col Mamady Doumbouya will on Friday be sworn in as the interim president, the BBC reports. The ceremony will be held at the presidential palace and will be attended by those who have been invited only. Col … Read more
Uganda has recorded a total of 3,146 Covid-19 deaths since the pandemic begun A study done by Ugandan scientists has found that vaccination against COVID-19 significantly reduced deaths in the country. There were no deaths recorded among fully vaccinated patients during the research period. There were also fewer deaths among those who were partially vaccinated. … Read more
A power-sharing agreement established a government involving the military, civilian representatives and protest groups State TV in Sudan has said a bid to overthrow the government has failed. “There has been a failed coup attempt, the people should confront it,” state media reported, but did not identify the plotters. Reports from the capital city Khartoum … Read more
Mamady Doumbouya, the colonel who led the coup, told the visiting delegation that “it was important for ECOWAS to listen to the legitimate aspirations of the people of Guinea”… Guinea’s ruling junta has ruled out exile for detained former president Alpha Conde and said transition towards civilian rule would be done in accordance with “the … Read more
Increasing pressure on Guinea comes amid rising fears of democratic backsliding across West Africa Guinea’s ruling military came under diplomatic pressure on Friday as the African Union suspended the country over last weekend’s coup and West African envoys arrived to mediate in the crisis. The regional bloc ECOWAS had already suspended Guinea after special forces … Read more
Regional bloc ECOWAS convened an extraordinary virtual summit to discuss the turmoil in Guinea on Wednesday West Africa bloc ECOWAS has decided to suspend Guinea following a recent coup in the country, Burkinabe Foreign Minister Alpha Barry said Wednesday after a virtual crisis summit. The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) will also send … Read more
The head of Guinea’s special forces cited “mismanagement” as reason for the takeover. United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has condemned Sunday’s apparent coup in Guinea and urged putschists who said they had seized power to release the country’s detained president. “I am personally following the situation in Guinea very closely. I strongly condemn any takeover … Read more
The decision was motivated “by a medical report” the department received, it said. South Africa’s former president Jacob Zuma, jailed for 15 months in July for contempt of court after snubbing graft investigators, was on Sunday placed on medical parole just two months into his term, prison authorities announced. Zuma, 79, has been hospitalised since … Read more
All eyes will be on the clash against Uganda on the 28th after the latest Afrobasket loss. Nigeria will be looking to revenge their 2021 Afrobasket ouster when they battle Uganda in the 2023 FIBA World Cup qualifiers. Nigeria will also take on Mali and Cape Verde according to the draws conducted at the Federation of … Read more
The centenarian cleric said the gesture was to strengthen peaceful co-existence between Christians and Muslims. Ghana’s chief imam Sheikh Osman Sharubutu has donated more than $8,000 (£5,800) to support the construction of a controversial national cathedral. Ghana has a history of inter-religious harmony, although the donation is regarded as unusual. The 102-year-old cleric said the … Read more
Government borrowing from the central bank rose to ₦3.31 trillion in 2017, representing an increase of ₦1.08 trillion. Buhari further borrowed ₦2.1 trillion in 2018 to take total borrowing to N5.41 trillion. A new report from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has revealed that President Muhammadu Buhari-led’s administration has borrowed a total sum of … Read more
Many of the voters were young people. Business tycoon and opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema was declared winner of Zambia’s hotly contested presidential election, defeating incumbent Edgar Lungu. READ ALSO: BREAKING: AFGHAN PRESIDENT FLEES CAPITAL AS TALIBAN TAKE OVER KABUL With 155 of 156 constituencies reporting, official results on Monday showed Hichilema had secured 2,810,757 votes … Read more
Health minister says an 18-year-old girl who travelled to Abidjan from neighbouring Guinea has tested positive for Ebola. Ivory Coast has recorded its first case of the Ebola hemorrhagic virus in 25 years, according to the country’s health minister. Pierre N’Gou Dimba said on national television on Saturday that officials confirmed the case after testing … Read more
Zuma last month began serving a 15-month jail sentence for snubbing a commission probing state corruption under his 2009-2018 presidency The long-running corruption trial of South Africa’s former president Jacob Zuma over an arms deal dating back more than two decades was postponed on Tuesday to next month after he was hospitalised last week. The … Read more
Odartey Lamptey was a member of the 1992 Ghana Olympics football team who won the bronze medal in Barcelona. Ghana football legend, Nii Odartey Lamptey has breathed a sigh of relief after an Appeal Court threw out an appeal against him, filed by his ex-wife Gloria Appiah, to dispossess him of his seven-bedroom East Legon … Read more
Rights group Amnesty International said that last year 39 death sentences were handed down MPs in Sierra Leone have unanimously agreed to get rid of the death penalty, the BBC reports. The sentence will be replaced by life imprisonment. In May, the country’s deputy justice minister announced the commitment to get rid of capital punishment. … Read more