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Beji Caid Essebsi Is Dead! Tunisian President Dies Aged 92

Jul 25, 2019 602

Tunisia’s first freely elected president, Beji Caid Essebsi died Thursday morning. He was aged 92, and the world’s oldest sitting president. BBC reports that Essebsi was admitted to hospital on Wednesday but officials did not say why he was... Read More

DR Congo Health Minister Resigns Over Ebola

Jul 23, 2019 670

DR Congo’s health minister resigned Monday after President Felix Tshisekedi replaced him as the head of the country’s response to an Ebola epidemic that has killed more than 1,700 people. "As a result of your decision to place the response to... Read More

Zuma pulls out of corruption inquiry

Jul 19, 2019 652

Former President of South Africa Jacob Zuma has withdrawn from the corruption inquiry, saying that he would no longer give evidence in the probe over his administration.        Zuma’s lawyer Muzi Sikhakhane... Read More

Pastor dies of Ebola after praying for sick person

Jul 18, 2019 850

It was a matter of fear and anxiety as the first Ebola patient in Goma, the largest city in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) died days after he got infected with the deadly virus.        DRC’s... Read More

Albinos In Tanzania Are Being Hunted For Their Limbs

Jul 16, 2019 843

Families are said to be trading in their own loved ones in a bid for money and influence from some of the country’s most powerful people. It is believed in the African country that albino body parts will bring a person wealth or luck, with people... Read More

South Africa’s ex-president Zuma gets death threat

Jul 16, 2019 1098

Former South African President Jacob Zuma on Tuesday said he had received a death threat after his testimony the previous day to an inquiry on corruption. Zuma told the inquiry on Monday that he had been the victim of a plot to get rid of him and... Read More

Soldier planning coup against president identified

Jul 16, 2019 1218

The soldier who is being accused of spying on Zimbabwean First lady Amai Auxillia Mnangagwa and plotting to topple President Emerson Mnangagwa has been identified.        The soldier identified as Lieutenant Colonel... Read More

Zuma Denies Multiple Graft Allegations, Says He’s A Victim Of Conspiracy

Jul 15, 2019 566

South Africa’s former president Jacob Zuma on Monday dismissed multiple graft allegations against him, telling a judicial inquiry he was the victim of conspiracies, years of “character assassination” and plots to kill him.   ... Read More

Jacob Zuma to face corruption inquiry

Jul 15, 2019 800

Former South African president Jacob Zuma will be questioned at a public inquiry into state graft on Monday, a dramatic fall from grace for a politician who has cast a long shadow over the country’s politics for the past decade.   ... Read More

Cameroon forces kill 7 separatists in troubled Anglophone region

Jul 12, 2019 1735

Seven armed separatists were killed in fresh clashes with government forces early Thursday in Cameroon’s locality of Esu located in troubled English-speaking region of Northwest, according to military sources. There were 11 of them generally but... Read More

Libya releases refugees from bombed detention camp

Jul 10, 2019 921

Authorities in Libya have released refugees and migrants from the detention centre that was bombed in Tajoura, last week, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) says.        More than 50 people died... Read More

24 killed in Papua New Guinea tribal massacres

Jul 10, 2019 626

Twenty-four people have died including two pregnant women with their unborn children in tribal fighting in Papua New Guinea’s lawless highlands, prompting the prime minister on Wednesday to promise swift justice.    ... Read More

Man narrates how he found out he is HIV positive, says his mother died without telling him

Jul 04, 2019 680

A Kenyan man Brian Omondi, who was born with HIV, is sharing his experience with the world, The Kenyan man says he did not find out about the virus until his mother passed away.         22-year-old Omondi says he... Read More

Attack kills dozens of migrants in Libya

Jul 03, 2019 661

An attack has killed up to 40 migrants at a detention centre on the outskirts of the Libyan capital Tripoli. Some 80 people were injured at the centre, which the UN-backed government says was hit by an air strike. Anti-government forces led by... Read More

Ethiopia Steps Up Seizure Of Foreign Currency From Passengers

Jul 01, 2019 772

Nigeria’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has informed Nigerian travellers that the Ethiopian Customs and Revenue Authority (ECRA) has recently stepped up seizure of foreign currencies and valuables in excess of $3 000 (three thousand US Dollars)... Read More

Ethiopia Attack: We Strongly Condemn Coup Attempt In The Amhara Region – ECOWAS

Jun 28, 2019 746

President Muhammadu Buhari, the Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States, has on behalf of ECOWAS, condemned the coup attempt in Ethiopia.The President on behalf of the ECOWAS expressed sympathy and condolences to the families of... Read More

Terrorists kill 7 policemen in Egypt

Jun 26, 2019 677

No fewer than 7 Egyptian policemen, including one officer, have been killed in terrorist attacks on different check points in the North Sinai city of Arish.The country’s Interior Ministry said this in a statement on Wednesday.   ... Read More

Zimbabwe bans use of U.S. dollars, others

Jun 25, 2019 1051

In a bid to defend its fledgeling new currency against black market speculation, Zimbabwe‘s Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube  has  outlawed the use of the US dollar and a host of other foreign currencies in local... Read More