AFRICA

The African Union (AU) is optimistic Ghana will hold a peaceful and successful general election this year. While acknowledging that the contest will be intense and fierce, the AU remained “confident that Ghana will pull it off successfully since we have no doubts about the country’s credentials as far as …

A heavily pregnant Ms Victoria Zubeida walked into Mikindani Medical Centre in Jomvu on Sunday evening after experiencing excruciating labour pangs. At 11pm, she successfully delivered a baby boy. However, doctors admitted the infant, saying he had developed complications. On Tuesday, around 4pm, Ms Zubeida, 25, met another expectant woman …

Police in South Africa have found a woman hacked to death in the remnants of a house fire in what they suspect was a dispute with her husband. The police suspect that Phillip Mafalo killed his wife Magdeline Mpana Mahlokwane and then set their vehicle on fire before dousing himself …

The Ugandan Revenue Authority, URA, on Wednesday (January 8) recorded a marvelous bust as a woman attempted to smuggle a baby full of banned cosmetics into the country. The baby in question was actually just the dress filled with cosmetic products and strapped to the back of the woman. URA …

Police in Mutitu, Kitui East, are investigating the circumstances under which a teacher was burnt to death following protests at a school. Mr Wambua Mwangangi and Mr Chris Kyalo Muli were arraigned on Thursday over the killing of Ms Daisy Mbaluka Mbathe, who taught at Ndooni Primary School. It was …

Listen to the full interview below… Home Affairs Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi has gazetted the Refugees Amendment Act, which came into effect from 1 January. The amended act has new rules for refugees and asylum seekers in South Africa. Speaking to Clement Manyathela on the Xolani Gwala Show, Dr Motsoaledi …

26-year-old Ojo Ibrahim presented above, got himself consumed while attempting to vandalize a transformer at Araromi road in Ijebu-Ijesa in Oriade Local Government Area of Osun state. As per the state police direction, Ojo had gone to the transformer house in the dead of the night when force supply had …

OccupyGh.com has stumbled on a sad story of a 27-year-old man identified as Meshack Keith Bwisa, has been found dead after being declared missing since December 25. The deceased said to be an employee of the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) — registry department — in Kakamega, was found after his relatives …

A court in Zimbabwean has freed the estranged wife of Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga on $50,000 (£38,000) bail following her arrest last month on charges of attempting to murder him, and of being involved in fraud and money laundering. Marry Mubaiwa was ordered to surrender her diplomatic passport and the title …

A Kenyan pastor reportedly stabbed his wife multiple times during a church service and then killed himself with the same knife in a murder-suicide witnessed by a shocked congregation. On Sunday, Elijah Misiko, an assistant pastor with the Ground for God’s Gospel Church in Mombasa, left his front-row seat and …