AFRICA

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 …

Armed youth numbering about 100 have stormed a police station in the Sokoto, North-Western region of Nigeria. The on the Gidan Madi Divisional Police Station saw the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) killed with the District Superintendent of Police (DPO), Assistant Superintendent of Police (DSP, and many others severely injured. The …

Shocking news gathered by My News Ghana has it that three (3) siblings have been struck dead by a thunder lightening in the North-East region of Nigeria’s Taraba. Information gathered by My News Ghana says that a woman identified  Justina Nyavoro, in Pupule village, Yorro local government was returning home …

What can only be described as a horror movie played out on Monday, September 14 at the Parliament building in Uganda when a 23-year-old man was arrested as he attempted to deliver a child’s head to the Office of the Speaker. It is said that the alleged fresh human head …