AFRICA

    According to reports making the rounds online, Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote’s owned Dangote cement has reportedly sacked over 3000 staff without notice. In a now-viral “Termination of appointment” letter reportedly from the HR of the company to terminated staff, the affected staff were instructed to stop work …

  At least 13 people died on while others are missing in a mudslide in Ivory Coast’s main city, Abidjan.. The West African nation has been experiencing torrential rains. A local administrator is quoted as saying 20 houses were swept away. Residents have been digging through mud to search for …

  Ronayerin Ogolor who’s a 51-year-old US-based Nigerian has been sentenced to prison for 3 years over internet fraud. Ogolor who has naturalized as a US citizen was able to scam 13 victims in Italy and US of hundreds of thousands of dollars. According to LIB, in October 2019, Ogolor pleaded …

    Six policemen in Mozambique have been found guilty of murdering an election observer ahead of last October’s election. Anastacio Matavel was shot as he was driving in the southern city of Xai-Xai. His car was hit by 13 bullets. The elite police were caught after their car collided …

    The World Health Organization (WHO) has for the second time stopped the use of an antimalarial drug, hydroxychloroquine on severely ill Covid-19 patients. Data from the French Discovery trial and the recently announced results from the UK’s Recovery trial both showed that hydroxychloroquine does not result in the …

A Bell helicopter has crashed near Grand Central Airport, outside Johannesburg, raising fears that two people on board had died, the South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) said in a statement on Wednesday. “The Accident and Incident Investigation Division has just been notified of what could possibly be a fatal …

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has urged for patience in the military’s fight against bandits in north-western states. Last week in Katsina state 150 gunmen on motorcycles opened fire on residents, looting shops and stealing cattle in the village of Kadisau. In a statement tweeted by his spokesperson, President Buhari said …

Eight men have been arrested in South Africa, accused of involvement in one of the country’s most notorious corruption scandals – the looting and eventual collapse of VBS, a provincial bank that served poor communities. The VBS scandal is alleged to have involved senior politicians, bankers and government officials in …

Zimbabwe’s government says it will increase civil servants’ wages in the light of economic challenges worsened by Covid-19. The finance minister said that with immediate effect, salaries and pensions would be increased by 50%. These are paid using the local currency introduced last year. In addition all civil servants will …

A wide range of businesses and services will be allowed to return to work again soon, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced on Wednesday. Details are still to follow, but close-contact services such as hairdressers, and business conferences, will all be unbanned, Ramaphosa said. These were previously considered too dangerous as potential …