AFRICA

Nineteen soldiers were killed and five wounded in an attack on an army camp in central Mali before dawn on Sunday, an army spokesman and a local official told Reuters. The identity of the attackers was not immediately clear. They entered the camp near the village of Sokolo at about …

Twin suicide bombers linked to the Boko Haram sect attacked a mosque in Gwoza, Borno state, on Sunday, killing a 12-year-old child and leaving many people injured. A security source, said the suicide bombers forced their way into the mosque while prayer was ongoing. The source said before some persons …

The same names keep recurring — Dangote, Sawiris, Rabiu, Rebrab — but the rankings shift. In the 2020 Forbes magazine’s ranking of Africa’s billionaires, Aliko Dangote ($10.1bn) remains number one. Overall, two big winners stand out, while several others see their fortunes — and rankings — seriously reduced. The cumulative …

A woman, Priscilla Kwange, is presently in a dilemma after being impregnated by her son-in-law during the period she spent in their home babysitting their newborn child. Christopher Chori, son-in-law to Silvanus Kwange is also in a very serious dilemma right now after impregnating his father-in-law’s second wife, Priscilla Kwange. …

Fifteen people have gone on trial in Morocco over the theft of dozens of luxury watches and other pieces of jewellery from one of King Mohammed VI’s royal palaces. The 15 suspects, who appeared in a court in the capital Rabat on Friday, are believed to be the members of …

Wife of Ondo State Governor, Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu, has been involved in grassroots tennis development through her clinic for children between ages four and 14 in the state. She speaks with ’TOSIN OLUWALOWO on her interest in sports What inspired your interest in tennis development in Ondo State? My family is …

Ugandan health minister Ruth Aceng on Friday confirmed that three people have been killed in a yellow fever outbreak in the midwestern and northwestern parts of the country. Two adult men, who were 18 and 21 and dealing in cutting and trading timber between Uganda and neighboring South Sudan, succumbed …

Striking junior doctors at Zimbabwe’s state hospitals will end a four-month strike after accepting an offer from a telecoms billionaire to pay them a monthly allowance of about $300 for six months, their union said on Thursday. The doctors went on strike on September 3 to protest against poor wages …

The Commissioner of Police FCT, CP Bala Ciroma, has condemned the killing of one of the officers in his command. DSP Anjuguri Manzah, Police Public Relations Officer, in a statement Friday night said the action was carried out by a mob. Some unknown person while trying to obstruct the police …

Five young men have reportedly gone insane after drinking mixed herbs with gin fondly called ‘Kaikai’ at Omuakwuru community in Igboo-Etche, Etche Local Government Area of Rivers State. The victims, who are young men from the community, committed the act of drugging themselves when they went for the burial of …