AFRICA

The Democratic Republic Of Congo, DRC, on Tuesday (November 9) welcomed back its official presidential jet to the country. The Gulfstream IV jet had been seized in Spain as a result of unpaid maintenance invoices, the presidency said. The official Twitter handle also shared photos of the white jet which …

Malawi’s Parliament on Monday welcomed the country’s first ever elected albino lawmaker when it reconvened after months of recess. The presence of Overstone Kondowe in Malawi’s national assembly, is seen as a victory for albinos who have faced attacks in this southern African country since 2014. Until last Thursday, when …

Three persons were confirmed dead on Saturday in an accident involving a DAF truck, a Toyota Sienna and a Toyota Camry at Olowotedo axis outbound Lagos along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway in Nigeria. Mr Babatunde Akinbiyi, the spokesperson, Ogun Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE), confirmed the incident to newsmen in …

Exactly forty-six years ago today (November 6, 1975), King Hassan II of Morocco made a historic speech calling on the Moroccan people to undertake a long, peaceful march to the south to liberate the Sahara which was under Spanish occupation. It is famously known as the Green March, an unprecedented …

The United States and Russia have issued travel advisories to their nationals asking them to strongly reconsider travel to Ethiopia. The notice comes at a time two major rebel groups have threatened to march into the capital Addis Ababa to overthrow the Abiy Ahmed-led government. The US advisory read in …

Scores of people are reported to be trapped under the rubble of a 21-storey building that collapsed in Nigeria’s commercial capital, Lagos on Monday, November 1, 2021. The building which is still under construction is located on Gerard Road in the upscale Ikoyi neighborhood on Lagos Island. Emergency workers from …

Another beauty queen has found herself in the midst of a scandal after her nudes were leaked on social media. 21-year-old model Chipo Mandiudza who was Miss Tourism Zimbabwe was dethroned two days after her crowning over the alleged incident. Though the obscene images have not been released to the …

“I was in detention for three months but after four weeks, they took me to prison because I was like, I can’t,” Miss Hegglin said. A Ghanaian Swiss citizen has shared how her experience in a Switzerland cell made her develop special affection for inmates. Cynthia Hegglin, a mother of …

Several members of Sudan’s transitional government have been arrested in their homes amid reports of a military coup. According to a BBC report sighted by GhanaWeb, Civilian PM, Abdallah Hamdok and at least four ministers were among those believed to have been detained by unidentified soldiers at their homes shortly before …

Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi came to power in a coup in 1969 before he was toppled in 2011. Although some argued that his leadership brought a lot of socio-economic reforms to the country, he was criticized by others for being a dictator who ruled with an iron fist. Ten years …