AFRICA

Wives of some Nigerian governors were reported to have traveled to Dubai to present a cake to the First Lady, Aisha Buhari. The video which has since gone viral was posted on the official Instagram page of Reno Omokri, a former special assistant to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday, March …

A video has surfaced online showing two women acting strangely after alighting from a car. The incident occurred in the Nigerian city of Enugu. According to accounts, the two ladies attended a party and were picked up by an SUV in the middle of the day. However, the females began …

The military junta in Burkina Faso has approved a three-year transitional plan to prepare the country for a return to democracy. A government committee had proposed a two-and-half year transition period, but the current duration means junta leader Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba will be in charge for 36 months before the …

A five-year-old Early Childhood Development pupil slipped and drowned in the Mukuvisi river on Friday, February 25 on her way to school in Waterfalls, Zimbabwe. She was in the company of her Grade 7 sister and maid. Harare police spokesperson, Inspector Tendai Mwanza confirmed the incident. “It is very unfortunate …

One person was killed and 22 others seriously injured at a Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) rally in the Zimbabwean Midlands city of Kwekwe on Sunday. The CCC supporters were attacked by a group of men armed with spears, machetes, iron bars and stones. The incident happened while opposition leader Nelson Chamisa …

Two suspected robbers were killed and two arrested in an attempted cash delivery van heist on the R42 in Delmas, Mpumalanga, on Monday. “According to the police report, a cash delivery van with two security guards was attacked by a group of heavily armed suspects. “The suspects then tried to …

At least one person was killed and 10 others injured in skirmishes at an opposition party rally in Kwekwe, central Zimbabwe, on Sunday. The Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) supporters were attacked by a group of men armed with spears, machetes, iron bars and stones. One man was stabbed to …

Desta Gebreananya remembers seeing hundreds of bodies littered all over the street – young men, children and even pregnant women – on December 24, 2021- just days after Ethiopian allied forces raided her hometown of Abala in the Afar region. The 41-year-old and her five children were fleeing the community, …

A 7-year-old girl, Xivono Ndlovu, who was raped and murdered in South Africa has been laid to rest. Xivovo was buried at Petanenge village outside Tzaneen in Limpopo on Saturday, February 26. It was gathered that the deceased was abducted, raped, and murdered by a 28-year-old man from Lusaka, in …

Russia has banned British aircraft from using its airspace, the state civil aviation regulator Rosaviatsiya says. The ban on all flights to and over Russia also extends to aircraft leased in Britain. London barred Russia’s Aeroflot airline from flying to Britain on Thursday, following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Source: GNA