AFRICA

Samia Suluhu Hassan has been in Tanzania’s political space for over two decades now, presently she is President of the East African nation. As a Muslim, she is always pictured with her veil as she undertakes her mandate of running the country of over 40 million. Soon after then Vice-President …

A former president, Olusegun Obasanjo, said that for Nigeria to move forward, it requires “more rebels” that are bold to speak the truth to the power. Obasanjo said Nigeria needs more rebels who would speak the truth to power not minding whose ox is gored. The former president spoke on …

At least 10 people have been killed in a suicide bomb attack in Somalia on the eve of a local election. The blast happened in the central city of Beledweyne, at a restaurant popular with politicians and local officials. Reuters news agency says one of the people killed was a …

The army in Mali says eight of its soldiers have been killed and five are missing after an attack by rebels in the north-eastern Archam region. The fighting comes days after France and its allies said they were withdrawing their forces from Mali. An army statement said that in response …

The US State Department has announced it is freezing nearly $160m (£118m) in foreign aid to Burkina Faso. The announcement follows a detailed assessment of the events leading to the overthrow of President Roch Kaboré in late January, which the US has now determined was indeed a military coup. It …

A Nigerian university student has been declared missing after reportedly sneaking out of her graduation ceremony to go see a male friend in another town. Omowunmi Akinwade, a 25-year-old fresh graduate of Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago Iwoye, has gone missing after visiting a male friend in Sagamu, Ogun State. Omowunmi …

A body of an unidentified woman was recovered on Friday morning by a riverside close to Al-Amin Mosque in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital. Some residents said the woman, believed to be in her early thirties, was found lifeless and naked with only pants on her. It was gathered that …

No fewer than 17 persons died when a tanker caught fire along the Lagos-Ibadan highway in the Ogun State of Nigeria. The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) confirmed that the accident happened around 5 am on Friday, February 18 before the Isara bridge. The spokesperson of the FRSC in Ogun, …

A Madrid court has declared African football legend Samuel Eto’o as the biological father of a 22-year-old Spanish woman. The court, per reports by multiple European football outlets ruled on Thursday, February 17, 2021 that the ex-Barcelona and Real Madrid striker is the father of Erika Do Ro-sario Nieves. The …

Gabonese President Ali Bongo is in Brussels, the Belgian capital, for the African Union – European Union summit. He join dozens of African leaders who arrived at the seat of the European Union for talks between the two continental bloc. But a video of Bongo has become a major talking …