AFRICA

The 33rd Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Governments of the African Union has appointed President Nana Akufo-Addo as ‘Champion of the African Union Financial Institutions’. The decision of the Assembly was made on Monday, February 10 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, by the Chairperson of the …

Fire gutted Bwaise Timber market for the 22nd time in 18 years, according to available records, leaving property and capital in ashes and traders in tears. Like in previous incidents, the fire first started at midnight and spread to the nearby mattress factory in Bwaise, Kawempe Division. In all incidents, …

A soldier has been killed in a suicide car bombing that targeted a military barracks in southern Algeria. It was the first such attack in the country for several years. It is not known who was behind the bombing, which happened in the Bordj Baji Mokhtar region, in Adrar province, …

Four Chinese have been arrested after a video of one of them caning a Kenyan staffer in Nairobi emerged. Detectives from Kilimani raided Chez Wou Restaurant in the suburb Kileleshwa on Sunday and arrested the four. Eight Kenyans who work at the hotel were also taken for interrogation. Officials said …

In our series of letters from African journalists, media and communication trainer Joseph Warungu looks at a recent court ruling that could end some uncomfortable road trips. We in Kenya have discovered that we have a constitutional right to relieve ourselves in public, at the expense of the government. Here’s …

The Rivers State Police Command has arrested one Prince Owabie from Rumueperikom community in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of the State for allegedly killing and burying his pregnant girlfriend inside his apartment. The Suspect, Owabie is alleged to have killed the girlfriend identified as Better Ozige Nwabueze and buried her inside …

Youths on Saturday stormed the venue of 2020 Lagos City Marathon, Eko Atlantic to protest against the ban of motorcycles (Okada) and tricycle (Keke). The placard-carrying protesters complained that the Okada ban was making life difficult for them. Among the inscriptions on their placards are ‘fix bad roads, less traffic’, …

Watch the video below A Nigerian man has sadly died after taking six pills of medicine to boost his performance in bed. The said man whose name is not known but appears to be in his 50s was found dead in a hotel room in Nigeria with a prostitute. Precious, …

Kenyans are queuing up to view the body of the country’s longest-serving president, Daniel arap Moi, as it lies in state in the capital, Nairobi. Mr Moi, who led the country from 1978 to 2002, died on Tuesday at 95. Speaking before the body was taken through Nairobi, President Uhuru …

International Criminal Court judges should scrap conditions of release imposed on Ivory Coast’s former president, his lawyers argued Thursday in a move they hope will free Laurent Gbagbo to return home during a tense election year. Gbagbo and former youth minister Charles Ble Goude were both acquitted in January 2019 …