AFRICA

Uganda on Friday dismissed as “baseless propaganda” reports that its airstrikes and artillery bombardments launched at several bases of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) in the Eastern Congo provinces of North Kivu and Ituri killed civilians. This come barely days after Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) and their Congolese counterparts …

Africa is indeed a strange continent with some of the weirdest traditions: from cleansing corpses and using the water to prepare communal meals to beat one another senselessly just to impress a woman, the continent is undeniably rich in culture. Whether these customs are beneficial in any way to those …

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 …