AFRICA

Akpema is the rite of passage for young maidens in the West African nation of Togo. It is held shortly after the initiation ceremony for boys which is known as Evala wrestling. Akpema is often held a week after Evala. The ceremony is to deepen the knowledge of girls’ self-worth …

Rev. Fr. Christian Anieke, the Vice Chancellor of Nigeria’s Godfrey Okoye University, has told students that they can no longer wear flip-flops, rough jeans, colored hair, long fingers, face caps, or fake eyelashes. The college has banned what it calls “indecent dress” and put in place a new dress code …

President Muhammadu has said that Boko Haram was fraudulent and a plot to destroy the country. Speaking on Wednesday, January 11, while hosting members of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) at the State House in Abuja Buhari noted that people need to grow intellectually. According to him, during …

Police said on Tuesday that they are looking into how and why a group of 14-year-old girls in Kira Division Wakiso District beat and stripped a 14-year-old girl. A video of the attack has been widely shared on social media. In the video that was first posted on TikTok, three …

Philemon Mulala, who used to play football for Zambia, was killed by his three dogs in South Africa. On Saturday, January 7, 2023, someone broke into Mulala’s home in Lichtenburg, North West. He was 60 years old. Captain Sam Tselanyane, a spokesman for the provincial police, confirmed the event in …

People all over the world heard about a white man in Zambia who fed prostitutes to his pet python. According to the story, the unnamed white man was reported by his neighbors, who said they kept seeing him bring girls into his house but never saw any of them leave. …

Social media is flooded with video clip of a woman who was caught by angry mob on suspicion that she allegedly took a man’s private part spiritually, as she was forced to return it.   In a video shared by a Facebook user who was an eye witness, people could …

Forty-six Ivorian soldiers accused by Mali of being mercenaries have returned home after six months in captivity. The troops arrived at Ivory Coast’s Abidjan airport late on Saturday, a day after receiving a pardon from Mali’s military ruler. Their arrest in the Malian capital of Bamako in July of last …

Six journalists have been detained in South Sudan over the leaked video of President Salva Kiir that went viral, the Union of Journalists of South Sudan (UJOSS) has said. Joval Tombe, Cherbek Ruben, Victor Lado, Joseph Oliver, Jacob Benjamin, and Mustafa Osman – all working for the state-run broadcaster South …

A young mother-of-five has died allegedly after she was beaten by her husband over a loaf of bread. The deceased, identified as Ogochukwu Anene, from Umuokpu village in Awka, Anambra State, was married to one Mr Ndubisi Wilson Uwadiegwu from Enugu state and their union was blessed with four sons …