AFRICA

The telecoms group MTN Uganda and the telecoms technology solutions provider ZTE Corporation have joined forces to roll out the very first fifth-generation (5G) service in Uganda. The partnership showcased a high-speed 5G network in the 60 MHz spectrum bandwidth with an actual rate of above 1.494 GB/s. East Africa’s …

Young Nigerians make up the largest population of the growing flow of migrants from Africa to developed countries. In 2016, over 20,000 involved in the Mediterranean Sea crossing were reported to be from Nigeria. In addition, from 2017 until late 2019, hundreds of Nigerian migrants were deported from various destinations …

The greatest political chess player in South Africa might be about to pull a 3D move on us all. It was revealed on Thursday that Jacob Zuma is still battling with health issues, as Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo continues desperately to reel in the big fish that previously got …

More African countries could soon be caught in the cross-hairs of US president Donald Trump’s immigration clampdown. Three years after issuing a controversial travel ban initially slapped on seven Muslim-majority countries, the Trump administration is planning to expand the ban to reportedly include four more African countries: Nigeria, Sudan, Tanzania …

The South Sudan court has just sentenced a 15 year old secondary school boy to death, which its found that is against the international and South Sudan law. Magai Matiop Ngong was just fifteen when he was sentenced to death in South Sudan. Tell the government to commute his sentence …

There’s a risk of proxy wars in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, the International Crisis Group (ICG) has warned. Burundi, Rwanda and Uganda are suspected of supporting different insurgent groups. Intensifying hostility among neighbouring countries threatens a return to the kind of regional war that previously tore …

A Police Inspector has been arrested in Akwa Ibom state in Nigeria for allegedly beating a widow to death. The Police Inspector, Bassey Ikpe, was arrested by the Akwa Ibom State Police Command or allegedly beating a widow, Mrs. Deborah Nkereuwem Nkpenie, to death and the Commissioner of Police, Imohimi …

Zimbabwe’s Supreme Court has ruled that all local debts incurred before 22 February 2019 must be settled in the local currency, at a rate of one Zimbabwe dollar to one US dollar. Chief Justice Luke Malaba said the repayments should not involve any conversions, upholding a lower court’s ruling on …

Boko Haram insurgents beheaded a Christian leader in their captivity on Monday, according to Ahmad Salkida, a Nigerian journalist closely covering the crisis in Nigeria and across the Lake Chad region. The journalist in a tweet said Reverend Lawan Andimi along with a soldier were were killed by the the …

A South African Pastor Mboro who became popular in 2010 for having a phone call with Jesus Christ says he was in hell and killed the devil. Posting on his Facebook page, Pastor Mboro stated that he has saved alot of people who were about to be braiied by Satan …