AFRICA

A man has been arrested in Mpumalanga for allegedly robbing two police officers of their firearms. The arrest was made after a shootout with police officers. The robbery took place in Siyabuswa on Sunday night. The two police officers were robbed at gunpoint and the robbers fled with a rifle and …

Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo has painted a vivid picture of an encounter he has with members of the terrorist group, Boko Haram in 2011. Obasanjo met with members of the sect and some family members of Mohammed Yusuf, founder of the group. According to Daily Trust, he was received …

Former Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration Ms. Hanna Serwaa Tetteh of Ghana has been appointed Special Envoy of the Secretary-General of the United Nations for the Horn of Africa United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres made the announcement on Tuesdy, February 22, 2022. In 2019, Ms Tetteh became the …

The death toll from an accidental explosion at an illegal gold mine in southwestern Burkina Faso rose on Tuesday to 63, the authorities said, adding that they had made an arrest. “We have 63 dead and around 40 injured,” the public prosecutor in the town of Gaoua, Alpha Compaore, told …

The Zimbabwean government has welcomed the decision of the European Union (EU) to lift travel and financial sanctions imposed on Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga, former First Lady Grace Mugabe and military chief Valerio Sibanda. The EU took the decision despite acknowledging that Zimbabwe’s human rights record had not improved and could …

The Nigerian-born American scholar prior to his death was a chemical engineer and the William L. Friend Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University Of Delaware – a position he held for more than 25 years. “Babatunde Ogunnaike 1956-2022. The death has occurred of Tunde Ogunnaike, whose words …

At least 34 people have died so far in a cholera epidemic that is sweeping the Central African nation of Cameroon, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said on Monday. The epidemic has hit at least four regions, including the Littoral region where the commercial …

Malian lawmakers have unanimously approved a transitional roadmap okaying a five-year tenure for the military junta in charge. The vote means the Assimi Goita-led junta has until 2027 to conduct the next democratic election. Failure to abide by a February 2022 electoral timeline triggered sanctions from regional bloc, ECOWAS late …

Former Minister of Water Resources, Sarah Ochekpe and two others have been sentenced by the Federal High Court Jos Division to three-month imprisonment. The two others have been identified as Raymond Dabo and Evangelist Leo Sunday Jitung. The trio had been standing trial for four years on charges bordering on …

After more than 100 years, two Benin Bronzes, which were looted by British troops, have been returned to a traditional palace in Benin City, Nigeria. The artifacts were stolen from the Kingdom of Benin in modern-day Nigeria by British soldiers in 1897. A looted bronze cockerel known as the “Okukur” …