AFRICA

Pastor Taiwo Odebiyi of the Cherubim and Seraphim Church, Maberu Parish located in Offin in the Sagamu area of Ogun State, has been arrested by the police for setting 21-year-old Sukura Owodunni on fire during special prayer. As reported by The Punch, the incident happened on August 17, 2023. It …

A fire broke out at a five-storey building in Johannesburg early on Thursday morning. Screengrab via @CityofJoburgZA/ X At least 73 people have died and more than 50 others were injured after a fire broke out at a building in the Johannesburg CBD on Thursday morning. Johannesburg Emergency Management Services …

Hours after the August 30, 2023 coup was announced in Gabon, two videos went viral not only in the country but across the world. The two, trended for different reasons. Controversial cash stash video The more controversial video was of a massive cash discovery allegedly in the home of a …

Brice Clothaire Oligui Nguema, commander-in-chief of the Gabonese Republican Guard, the country’s most powerful security unit, has emerged as leader of the military junta that ousted president Ali Bongo Ondimba on August 30, 2023. The swift shift from electoral results to military intervention saw Nguema, a cousin of Bongo, leading …

Nigerian president and current chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has reacted to the August 30 coup in Gabon, stressing that he was worried with the developments. In a statement signed by his spokesperson Ajuri Ngelale, Tinubu said the coup situation seem to be a sign …

In the wake of the August 30 coup in Gabon, ousted president Ali Bongo was placed under house arrest and his eldest son and wife ‘taken away’ to unknown locations he said in his address appealing for help. It turns out that the military junta that seized power was holding …

Ukerewe Mariam (30) narrates how it has been difficult to work for fishermen on a fishing island and how she endures some abusive language to earn a living. She says to work on a fishing island, one has to be strong enough. This is because most fishermen there would ask …

Ali Bongo, the man ousted as Gabon’s president, is a man of many faces. To some, he is a spoilt, playboy prince who saw ruling the oil-rich Gabon as his birthright; a one-time funk singer who stepped into his father’s shoes to continue his family’s (now 53-year long) rule. To …

Gabon’s ousted president Ali Bongo has confirmed that a coup has taken place in the country in an unofficial address to international friends. In a 51-second video shared on social media, Bongo is seen in a room at the presidential palace appealing to his friends across the world to ‘make …

Coup announcement Gabones soldiers in the wee hours of Wednesday, August 30, 2023; announced that they have seized power in the Central African country. The announcement was made via national television. According to the soldiers, they were setting aside results of August 26 presidential election. Incumbent Ali Bongo, now ousted, …