AFRICA

12-year-old boarding student dies in Nigeria The deceased was bullied by his seniors Public demand justice for the late student of Dowen College The has been a massive outcry and demand for justice in Nigerian, West Africa over the death of a 12-year-old student of the Dowen College in Lekki, …

Terror attacks happening in West Africa Ghana security on high alerts for terrorist attacks Ghana Armed Forces says collaborations are important to fight terrorism Ghana has joined three other West African countries in a joint operation that was aimed at countering terror attacks in the sub-region. The countries, Ghana, Burkina …

The African Union boss Moussa Faki Mahamat says the world owes Africa responsibility to lift travel restrictions imposed on the continent over the new COVID-19 variant. At a conference between the African Union and the UN on Wednesday, Mr Faki said there was no “common sense” or scientific reasoning behind …

The first case of the new Omicron coronavirus variant, has been detected on the popular Spanish holiday island of Mallorca. The mutation of the coronavirus was detected in a 20-year-old Swiss woman who had travelled from South Africa via Frankfurt to the island, the German-language Mallorca-Zeitung newspaper reported on Thursday. …

Authorities in South Africa have announced the seizure of drugs worth more than 240 million rands (equivalent to US$15 million) at the Durban habour. The Hawks, the country’s intelligence agency said in a statement on Tuesday, that its Serious Organised Crime Investigation team found cocaine weighing more than 600kg last …

Late last month, a topping-out ceremony was held in Addis Ababa in respect of the building of the headquarters of Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Africa CDC. “This event is following the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed between the African Union Commission and the Ministry of Commerce of …

Ad The new Omicron variant of the coronavirus has been detected in Japan for the first time. An arrival from Namibia who entered Japan via Tokyo’s Narita airport on Sunday has tested positive for the coronavirus, Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno was quoted as saying by the Kyodo news agency on …

The National Rally Committee for Development (CNRD), the junta in charge of Guinea have confirmed that ousted President Alpha Conde has been moved from his place of detention since the September 5, 2021 coup. The junta in a televised statement said Conde had been moved from his place of detention …

Pistorius was found guilty of manslaughter in 2014 and sentenced to six years in jail, but the conviction was later upgraded to murder in 2015 and led to a 13-year term. By MARCO LONGARI (POOL/AFP) South African Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius has moved to another prison as part of his …

South Africa’s president has condemned travel bans enacted against his country and its neighbours over the new coronavirus variant Omicron. Cyril Ramaphosa said he was “deeply disappointed” by the action, which he described as unjustified, and called for the bans to be urgently lifted. The UK, EU and US are …