AFRICA

A fire has gutted an iconic building at Uganda’s Makerere University, which is a prominent landmark in the capital. Known as the “Ivory Tower”, an overnight blaze has left its distinctive white walls with blue-shuttered windows blackened. Police in Kampala have started an investigation into the cause of the fire …

Kenyan mountainous socialite Judy Anyango’s fresh photos and videos has surfaced online and no one can afford to continue keeping his/her mouth shut. Since 2015 the Instagram slay queen has been causing commotion on social media any time she surfaces online. Just like Vera Sidika, Anyango is another high selling …

Mahlonyana Mkhwanazi was teaching a class when she suddenly fainted and died on the spot. Pupils and teachers had sought help after Mkhwanazi collapsed. The Department of Basic Education in the Free State is in mourning after a teacher fainted and died in a classroom. Mahlonyana Francina Mkhwanazi, 57, died …

Police in France have arrested a former presidential guard from the Central African Republic (CAR) for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity. Eric Danboy Bagale was taken to Paris after his arrest in eastern France on Tuesday, the AFP news agency reports. He is accused of leading a group …

Zimbabwe’s ruling Zanu-PF says the ANC special envoy to Harare is acting in bad faith and “forcing” it to meet opposition and civil society groups. Zanu-PF director of publicity and information Tafadzwa Mugwadi said it was unheard of in the history of diplomatic relations between the two parties for one …

Transport minister Fikile Mbalula has reacted to President Cyril Ramaphosa’s call to South Africans to dance, by sharing two videos of the president pulling some serious dance moves. In his address to the nation on Wednesday about the state of the Covid-19 pandemic, Ramaphosa endorsed Master KG’s global anthem, Jerusalema, and urged …

Ethiopia announced Saturday it was charging leading opposition politicians Jawar Mohammed and Bekele Gerba with crimes including terrorism and incitement to violence, a move that risks further inflaming tensions in the restive Oromia region. The charges — which could bring life imprisonment — relate to violence that erupted after the …

The Ondo State chapter of South-West regional security outfit, Amotekun, has arrested a Fulani man, identified as Adamu Yusuf, and his 65 cows for destroying crops on some farms in the Oda area of Akure, the state capital. Some of the crops allegedly destroyed were maize, cassava and yam tubers …

US social media giant Facebook has announced it will be opening an office in Lagos, Nigeria, next year. It will be its second office on the African continent. According to the company, it will also be its first African office to house a team of expert engineers. Facebook opened an …

CAPE TOWN – Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma has clarified the lifting of restrictions when the country moves to level one on Monday. Dlamini-Zuma said the collective sacrifices of all South Africans have enabled the government to move the country to level one to allow for more economic activity …