AFRICA

Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe’s first post-independence leader, has died at the age of 95. He died after battling ill health, his family confirmed to the BBC. Mr Mugabe was ousted from power in a military coup in November 2017, ending his three-decade reign. Zimbabwe’s education secretary Fadzayi Mahere tweeted: “Rest In …

A Pan-Africanist Kwaku Aboagye Boampong is calling on President Nana Akufo-Addo to repatriate the South African high commissioner to Ghana within the next 24 hours. The high commissioner Lulu Xingwana stated in an interview with Starr FM that the tag of Xenophobia on South Africans was unfair and would rather …

Naledi Pandor, South African minister of foreign affairs, says there are many Nigerians in the country involved in drug and human trafficking. Pandor said this on Thursday while responding to criticisms that South Africa’s security agencies are not doing enough to protect foreigners in the wave of xenophobia rocking the …

One Ghanaian has been shot in West Hills a suburb in Johannesburg province in South Africa last night in a fresh attack. He was shot in the leg when violence erupted between some South Africans and foreigners in the area. Speaking on Okay FM’s ‘Ade Akye Abia’ program, Chairman of …

The Nigerian government says it will take further steps to ensure safety and protection of its citizens in South Africa. The position comes in the wake of a round of xenophobic attacks that hit Johannesburg on Monday. The government described the incidents as unacceptable adding: ‘Enough is enough. Nigeria will …

In the wake of xenophobic attacks happening in South Africa, some angry Nigerians have burnt down an MTN office in Lagos to stop South Africans from bullying and murdering Nigerians in broad daylight in South Africa. A Twitter user @milksha64693019 posted the photos on Twitter and wrote; “Angry Nigerians burn …

South Africa is treating their people’s incessant killings of Africans the way the President Buhari government treats the killings of farmers by killer herdsmen. They look for excuses to make for them. This morning I was watching one South African television and they were saying its poverty, lack of employment …

A scene was witnessed on Saturday, August 31 at the International Pentecostal Holiness Church in Benin City – Nigeria, as a jilted lady stormed the wedding venue of her ex-lover she reportedly dated for seven years. The angry lady, who learnt of the wedding ceremony of the groom identified as …

Protesters in Turffontein, Johannesburg, looted shops as they demonstrated in the area on Monday morning. The protesters targeted shops they believed to be owned by foreign nationals. Police were on the scene but residents in the area outnumbered them. The protesters burnt tyres in the streets and forced passengers out …

The Nigerian Army authorities have arrested one officer and nine soldiers in connection with the killing of five officers of the IGP Intelligence Response Team (IRT), on August 6, in Taraba State Daily Sun, can authoritatively report. This is just as our correspondent gathered that the arrested officers risk death …