AFRICA

Mebrahtu Tadesse (his real name withheld on request) calls himself a lucky man. In September 2022, the 22-year-old was an infantryman in a band of fighters loyal to the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), the governing party of the northern Ethiopian region. For almost two years, they had been defending …

More than 100 people have died in an accident on the River Niger after the boat capsized early on Monday morning. Eyewitnesses told Al Jazeera that the boat was carrying wedding guests who were returning to Kwara state from a ceremony in nearby Niger State, both in central Nigeria. Al …

Electricity Minister, Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, has confirmed that an emergency power purchasing agreement that will see Mozambique providing South Africa with 100 megawatts of electricity in the short term has been finalised. The announcement comes as the country records a seven percentage point improvement in generation capacity, which translates to a recovery …

Ace Magashule has been expelled from the African National Congress (ANC). The party’s National Disciplinary Committee (NDC) has confirmed the expulsion of its former Secretary-General after he failed to provide the Committee with reasons why he shouldn’t be expelled from the governing party. Magashule was given seven-days to make representations before the …

The police have made another arrest in the Thabo Bester escape matter. This brings to nine, the number of people arrested in connection with the aiding and abetting of rapist and murderer, |Bester to escape from prison. The suspect is a 31-year old Zimbabwean national. “The suspect was arrested on …

  President Bola Tinubu has suspended Godwin Emefiele as the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor.   A statement released by the Director of Information, Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Willie Bassey, says the suspension was due to an ongoing investigation into his office.   …

Wen pesin say dem wan be accountant, pipo dey reason am as di safe choice. Howeva, Princess Korkor Boateng take am personal wey make am run di Chartered Accountancy programme to become di youngest Chartered Accountant for Ghana. For May, di University of Ghana hail Ms Boateng for dis achievement …

Six civilians were killed and 10 wounded in a six-hour siege by Islamist Al-Shabaab militants at a beachside hotel in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu, police said Saturday. “Six civilians were martyred in the attack… and 10 others were wounded. Three brave members of the security forces were martyred,” the Somali Police …

The United States urged Nigerian authorities on Friday to investigate an air strike that Reuters reported killed dozens of cattle herders earlier this year and highlighted a pattern of deadly aerial assaults. Dozens of ethnic Fulani herders died in a January 24 aerial bombing in the central state of Nasarawa, …

National Police Commissioner General Fannie Masemola says arrests are imminent in relation to the murders of rapper Kiernan “AKA” Forbes and his friend and celebrity chef Tebello ” Tibz”. The two were shot dead outside a popular restaurant along Florida Road in Durban in February this year. Kiernan AKA Forbes fatal …