AFRICA

Last month, Eliud Kipchoge finished a marathon in 1 hour, 59 minutes and 40 seconds — an audacious feat that no one had ever accomplished before. Kipchoge is from the Kenyan Rift Valley region. A day after he made history, Brigid Kosgei destroyed the women’s world record at the Chicago …

Two Catholic nuns have become pregnant after working in Africa. According to Daily Mail, the situation has prompted the church to launch an investigation into how the nuns got pregnant despite their vows of chastity. The two women, who belonged to separate religious orders in Sicily. One of the women, …

The Ghana Association of Traders Union (GUTA) has charged government to as a ‘measure of prudence’, close the country’s eastern corridors to imports to curb the smuggling of goods to protect its domestic retail market and citizens. According to the Association’s President, the suggestion is not a retaliatory one to …

Nigerian police have rescued 259 captives from an illegal detention centre in a mosque in Ibadan, in the south-western state of Oyo. The owner of the facility and eight others have been arrested, according to local media. Conditions at the mosque were inhumane, Mr Shina Olukolu, state commissioner of police, …

The government of Zimbabwe has fired 77 doctors who have been taking part in a strike since September over pay. Last month a court ruled that the strike was illegal and ordered them back to work but they defied the ruling. Hundreds of doctors, who are also on strike, are …

South African police have arrested around 100 foreigners during an operation to evict refugees and asylum seekers from a UN building in Cape Town. The police, who used water canon, were carrying out a court order to remove about 300 people who had occupied the building for the past three …

A 14-year-old schoolgirl in Burundi’s capital, Bujumbura, has died after being brutally caned by a teacher, her father has told the BBC. Chadia Nishimwe was caned on the neck and legs, and the beating also caused her to bleed from the nose and ears, Jean-Marie Misago said. “She just died …

Officers of the Nigerian Navy Ship Victory have arrested seven suspects with 1,221 bags of smuggled rice valued at N34 million. The rice was being smuggled from Cameroon to Akwa Ibom State when the wooden boat conveying it was intercepted. Suspects arrested in connection with the seizure were Austine Ataejit, …

Angola’s parliament has suspended a daughter of former president Jose Eduardo dos Santos for “unjust enrichment” as his successor seeks to crack down on nepotism past and present. Dos Santos appointed several family members to key economic and political positions during his 38-year rule, which ended after he stepped down …

The Kano State Police Command has arrested three military personnel for engaging in a physical combat with officials of Kano Road Traffic Agency (KAROTA). Spokesperson of the command, DSP Abdullahi Haruna, confirmed the incident on Tuesday. He said the incident happened on Monday in Kano Municipal at about 1:00pm when …