AFRICA

Isaac Boniface, a resident of forest community of Riyom Local Government Area of Plateau State, yesterday said he mistakenly raped a four-year-old girl in his compound. The 20-year-old suspect was among the 25 suspects paraded by the Police in Plateau State for various criminal activities. He told reporters that he …

Malawi’s President Peter Mutharika has fired Army Commander Vincent Nundwe for allowing his men to protect demonstrators protesting the results of last year’s elections. Nundwe has been replaced with Major General Andrew Lapken Namathanga, according to local media reports. Protests have been taking place in recent months against “fraudulent elections” …

Nigeria’s federal government announced on Wednesday that it will ban travellers from 13 countries as a measure of controlling the coronavirus pandemic. The affected countries include China, the United States and the United Kingdom. The measure will however take effect on Saturday March 21. Nigeria joins a number of countries …

Police in Kwale County in Kenya is investigating the killing of a man for allegedly showing symptoms of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). George Kotini Hezron, 35, a resident of Kibundani area was on Tuesday night accosted by a group of youth while heading home. The man who was sneezing passed …

Despite all the warnings, Mama Pinda and Mama Thando decided to go to church. Dressed in skirts and colourful headwraps, the two ladies in their late thirties met on Monday evening to walk to their church service in Troyeville, Johannesburg. Now more than ever, they felt the urge to pray. …

Mozambique has urged Malawi to respect its borders so that the two nations can “healthily co-exist” after a border incursion involving looting soldiers. The comments come after last week’s raid of Calómuè, a border village in Mozambique’s district of Angónia, by Malawian soldiers who violently seized 543 bags of charcoal …

Ivory Coast’s President Alassane Ouattara has stunned his critics by announcing that he will not run for a third term, putting pressure on other regional leaders to follow his example, writes the BBC Newsday’s James Copnall from the main city, Abidjan. Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: an …

Kenyan Police have arrested a man for allegedly murdering his wife. The middle-aged man, Festus Baya Maitha, who is a civil servant confessed that he chopped his wife into pieces when he realised that his wife had a lover outside the marriage. The murder tool place in the home of …

The coronavirus was confirmed in the Chinese city of Wuhan in late December 2019. Cases have since been confirmed in over scores of countries across the globe. The World Health Organisation, WHO, has since declared it a pandemic. WHO chief Tedros Ghebereyesus said whiles China had a robust health system …

Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa has declared the coronavirus pandemic as a national disaster. He said this could help the government mobilize resources. Mnangagwa also cancelled Independence Day celebrations and international sporting events to curb spread of COVID-19. “The government has postponed the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF), all previously scheduled …