Zimbabwe’s police arrested five senior officials of the main opposition party on Friday after they attempted to enter the party’s Harare headquarters, which is being occupied by a rival faction. The Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) has been divided since Zimbabwe’s Supreme Court ruled on March 30 that Nelson Chamisa …

Twenty-six people were killed in an attack on a village in central Mali, officials said Saturday, in the latest violence to hit the West African nation. Friday’s attack targeted a Fulani village named Binedama in the volatile Mopti region, said Aly Barry, an official from Tabital Pulaaku, a Fulani association …

South Sudan has rubbished reports that it has agreed to Egypt’s request to build a military base in Pagak, a town bordering Ethiopia. In a statement on Wednesday, South Sudan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs dismissed some media reports as “unfounded and baseless”. “There is nothing of that kind. No agreement …

Four prisoners in Mali’s capital Bamako have died after a “mutiny” which saw inmates break out of their cells and attack prison guards. The violence occurred on Friday while anti-government protesters were demonstrating in Bamako, according to government spokesman Yaya Sangare. “A mutiny occurred at the Bamako Central Remand Prison,” …

The AngloGold Ashanti Obuasi Mine, is financing the construction and asphalting of a 1.3-kilometre road in the Obausi Municipality. The project estimated at GH¢5.7 million is part of the company’s corporate social responsibility initiative in the community. Mr Eric Asubonteng, the Managing Director of the Company, who made this known …

Madagascar’s education minister has been fired over plans to order more than $2m (£1.6m) worth of sweets for schoolchildren. Rijasoa Andriamanana said pupils would be given three lollipops each to mask the “bitter” aftertaste of an untested herbal remedy for coronavirus. The plan was called off after objections from Madagascar’s …

The Founder of Jesus Healing Prayer Camp at Kasoa Ofaakor Atopi Hills, popularly known as Pastor Peter has committed suicide after his wife threatened to divorce him. The Pastor was found hanging in his room after one of his Church Members went to his house for fellowship. Neighbours of the …

‘Nobody will die in this country’, Charles Owusu rubbishes the seditious comments by PNC National Chairman Bernard Mornah and other politicians. The Head of the Monitoring Unit of the Forestry Commission, Charles Owusu, says neither the Electoral Commission’s registration exercise or general elections is a do or die affair for …

Berekum Chelsea head coach, Asare Bediako has described himself as a quite gaffer but not an upcoming coach. Coach Asare Bediako has made a huge statement in the 2019/20 Ghana Premier League season. Speaking to FOX FM, he said, “I am a hidden but not an upcoming coach,” he said. …

Some 41 Ghanaians who were in Washington DC, USA, have arrived in Ghana. Most of them were students who went on an exchange program sponsored by the State Department of the United States of America. They arrived aboard a South African Airways flight at 9.20 am today, Saturday, at the …