AFRICA

A number of African leaders will be guests of the American government in mi-December 2022 when President Joe Biden hosts the first in-person summit with his peers. The United States has been under increasing pressure to assert its influence on the continent amid a growing role economic giant and rival …

A video is making rounds of alleged prostitutes taking to their heels after the police stormed all their popular joints in Benin city. It has been alleged that the Edo state Governor, Godwin Obaseki ordered the eradication of all prostitutes “ashawo” from the state. Edo state has been known to …

A man has been found dead inside a hotel room in Angwan Gwari Kwamba in Suleja Local Government Area of Niger State. The tragic incident happened at Unique Hotel opposite Royal Academy, Suleja. Speaking with Daily Trust, the Manager of the hotel, Adeniyi Durojaiye, said the man checked in on …

Angolan billionaire, Isabel dos Santos has requested a pardon to dismiss all criminal accusations brought against her and other members of the dos Santos family. The declaration by the Angolan billionaire, which a spokesman in Lisbon confirmed on Tuesday, July 19 came over two weeks after her father, former President …

The island nation of Mauritius has been ranked the most peaceful country in the sub-Saharan Africa region, maintaining a spot it held in 2021. This is according to the 2022 edition of the Global Peace Index, GPI, report released this week. The country’s overall score stood at 1.57 with the …

On Monday, July 18, the Jubba Airways plane crashed and rolled over on the runway of the Mogadishu airport before taking fire. The dramatic video shows the plane upside-down on the edge of the runway, burning fiercely, spewing dense smoke. When the incident happened, the aircraft was traveling domestically from …

Authorities in South Africa said a man collapsed and died after he partook in a drinking competition. According to Sowetan Live, police spokesperson Brig Motlafela Mojapelo said the incident happened at a bar in the village of Mashamba. Mojapelo said the deceased man was part of a group of people …

Lu Ke, a Chinese national behind racist videos involving Malawian children has been charged with five counts of child trafficking by a court in the country. He was extradited over the weekend to Malawi from neighbouring Zambia after he fled in the wake of a BBC documentary that exposed his …

An emir in the Nigerian state of Zamfara has been suspended after he coronated a man said to be a wanted terrorist. According to Premium Times, Aliyu Marafa, who is the emir of Yandoton Daji, was suspended by the Zamfara State government after the alleged turbaning of Ada Aleru. Aleru …

  Leading regional agency network, Ogilvy Africa, has appointed Adderley Williams as Deputy Managing Partner, Social and Performance. Based in Nairobi, Adderley joins the network’s growing digital and data team to lead its social, content and performance marketing practice in the Sub-Saharan region. The Social & Performance group in Ogilvy …