AFRICA

Former Prime Minister of Côte d’Ivoire and former rebel leader Guillaume Soro was on Wednesday, June 23, 2021 sentenced, in absentia, to life imprisonment for “undermining state security” for acts committed in late 2019. The Abidjan court also sentenced other main defendants – Souleymane Kamagate, former head of protocol for …

The Southern African Development Community (SADC) has said it agreed to deploy troops to Mozambique to help it tackle escalating violence in the country’s north – but offered little specific operational details. Nearly 3,000 people have been killed and almost 800,000 – half of whom are children – have been …

Mauritania’s former President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz has been jailed after a judge in charge of a corruption probe ordered his incarceration. The ex-leader says he is being persecuted in a bid to keep him out of politics but has vowed he would not go into exile. A prosecutor, speaking …

Ten members of a family have been sent to their early grave after consuming a local herbal mixture purported to be the cure for an ailment. The tragedy happened in Biogberu village in the local government area of Kwara State in Nigeria on June 18. Confirming the incident, the spokesperson …

Liverpool football star and Senegal international Sadio Mane isn’t slowing down with his philanthropic endeavors back home as it was recently announced that the 29-year-old has donated £500,000 ($693,000) for the construction of a hospital in his hometown. The England-based footballer had paid a courtesy call on Senegalese President Macky …

Popular Nigerian evangelist, T.B. Joshua, passed away recently and his death shocked many as well as sparked reactions on social media. Nollywood actress, Jaiye Kuti, has taken to her Instagram page with a surprising post about the late cleric who she never met till he passed away. The movie star …

 She allegedly sold the drugged cookies and biscuits through an internet catering business, The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has detained a medical doctor, Jane Chioma Ofoma, for peddling drugged cookies and biscuits in Auchi, Edo. She allegedly sold the drugged cookies and biscuits through an internet catering business, Omachi’s kitchen, …

Tanzania has announced plans to allow pregnant schoolgirls to resume their education after birth, according to a new directive. Until now, secondary school dropouts were refused resumption of school after they went to give birth with government citing the negative moral impact of such girls on others. Leonard Akwilapo, a …

The family of a South African man whose girlfriend reportedly gave birth to 10 babies last week concluded in a statement released Tuesday that they do not exist until proven otherwise. Last week, local media reported that Gosiame Sithole, 37, had delivered 10 babies — seven boys and three girls …

A 21-year-old boy has drowned in a pond at Truba, near Kenyasi in the Kwabre East Municipal of the Ashanti Region. Isaac Oppong, the deceased, is said to have drowned while fishing with his friends on Monday, June 21, 2021. This reporter who visited the scene on Tuesday morning said …