AFRICA

A former Nigerian permanent representative to the United Nation, Martin Uhomoibhi, has said that the problem Nigeria faces is not canal but spiritual. He noted that “the confrontation is between light and darkness.” According to him, many people are shocked that Nigeria still exists. He believes the country is strong …

After enduring a significant decline in his net worth between May and October, Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote experienced a significant increase in his wealth figures in the first week of November, propelling him to the position of the world’s 82nd richest man. According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, which …

Tinashe Farawo had the grim task of delivering the mutilated body of a 30-year-old farmer who had been trampled to death by an elephant in northern Zimbabwe to his distraught family. It is something that Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (Zimparks) rangers have to do all too frequently as …

A court in Nigeria’s northern state of Kano ordered the public whipping of two TikTokers after it determined the comedians had smeared the image of state Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, a judicial spokesperson said. The individuals were also ordered to wash toilets as part of their punishment. Baba Jibo Ibrahim, …

The African Union (AU) is attracting criticism for looking the other way at the situation in Chad, where a president was assassinated last year ahead of the inauguration for a new term, plunging the country into a chaotic transition period. And on Thursday, pro-democracy civil society organisations on the continent …

Elvis Kaluta Chewe, the 37-year-old man that was stabbed to death last Thursday in Nakonde has been put to rest. Mr Chewe was from watching his football team, Manchester United, on the night he was expected home by his wife and four children. He was found dead in the Man …

The United States embassy in Juba has condemned the recent statement by South Sudan’s Information minister describing its journalist killed on the war front years ago as a ‘white rebel’. Christopher Allen, a US-British journalist, was killed in a crossfire in Kaya Central Equatoria State in August 2017 during clashes …

play video Temi Otedola, daughter of Nigerian businessman Femi Otedola, shared excerpts of her father’s 60th birthday party in which the interior of the Aristotle Onassis’ Christina O super luxury yacht was spotted. Rented for €3 million, the epic hallways, plush bedroom suites with large closets, layered elliptical staircases, a …

The Nobel Peace Prize medal of South Africa’s former President, FW de Klerk was stolen from his home in April, his foundation has confirmed to the BBC. It did not give further details, but local media reported it was taken during a robbery at his Cape Town home. Mr De …

Liberian President George Weah has attracted the ire of citizens after it emerged that he plans to spend nine-days at the World Cup in Qatar. The former Ballon d’Or winner, last week, informed the senate of his nine-day World Cup plan, after which he flew out for a number of …