Twenty South African teenagers have built their own plane and are flying it from Cape Town to Cairo. With the support of U-Dream Global, an NGO, the teenagers built different parts of the plane including the fuselage and the horizontal and vertical stabilisers. BBC Africa’s children’s programme BBC What’s New went …

Unrest in South Africa has claimed 212 lives, the government said on Friday, a sharp jump from the 117 deaths announced the previous day. Government minister Khumbudzo Ntshavheni told a news conference most of the new fatalities had occurred in the southeastern province of KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) province, the epicenter of …

The Department of Agro-Enterprise Development of the Ho Technical University (HTU) has broken new grounds in the re-engineering of baobab seedlings domestically for multiplication in a stress-free manner. Dr Kenneth Fafa Egbadzor, the Principal Investigator of the research, said the team had broken fresh grounds towards making the cultivation of …

For 20-year-old Emmanuel Oduro doing odd jobs to fund his education is the best alternative. He started paying tuition after passing the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE), worked as a labourer at a brick kiln and as a cleaner at a bank in Kumasi, the Ashanti Regional capital. …

Popular Nigerian televangelist Prophet T.B Joshua was exactly a week ago buried in Lagos after a week of funeral rites at his Synagogue, Church of All Nations (SCOAN) in the Ikotun area of Lagos. One distinctive attraction at the funeral was the clear view casket in which the Philanthropist was …

Ills at the Taifa Polyclinic in Accra have been exposed in a follow-up story after the Pay or Die documentary that uncovered rot in service delivery to pregnant women in Ghana’s public hospitals. It has emerged that expectant mothers, who are supposed to benefit from the government’s free Maternal Healthcare Programme under …

Leading a comfortable life in South Africa’s coastal city of Durban, John – not his real name – risks running out of food for the first time ever following the mass looting and burning of supermarkets and shops after protests over the imprisonment of former President Jacob Zuma spiralled out …

Some are calling events over the last week democratic South Africa’s “darkest hour”. Is it more than a spontaneous triggering of anger brought about by the jailing of former President Jacob Zuma? Many analysts say it is and that there is a “third force” sympathetic to the former president at …

The South African president on Friday visited the eastern province of KwaZulu-Natal to assess the extent of damage caused by looters. Cyril Ramaphosa said the events following the imprisonment of his predecessor Jacob Zuma were instigated. He added that authorities have identified some of the instigators. “It’s quite clear that …

A man sentenced to death for raping his three-year-old stepdaughter has been executed by firing squad in southern Somalia’s Jubaland state. BBC reports that the man, Hussein Adan Ali, had been chewing khat leaves, a mild stimulant, when he sexually assaulted the child. It is currently not known when the …

A Kenyan lawmaker, who recently made the headlines after she was spotted in the company of an all-female, armed security detail, says she decided to choose them over male bodyguards because she believes they can do better. Garissa County Woman Representative Anab Gure was seen being escorted by her conspicuous …

Relatives on Wednesday mourned the death of a 14-year-old boy killed in the violence that has left South Africa on edge, as the government urged communities to “work with law enforcement agencies to stop the looting and violence.” At the Chris Hani Mall in Vosloorus, far east of Johannesburg, Vusi …

• A mother who threw her baby from the first floor of a building has spoken • The incident took place in Durban, South Africa and its video has since gone viral • Naledi said she was afraid and relieved to have taken a decision that was hard and easy …

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Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong, has a long standing beef with some ‘Men of God’ he considers ungodly in their words and deeds. Through Net2 TV and other channels under the Ken City Media group he owns, Agyapong has waged a consistent war especially on some leaders …

The Ghana Infectious Disease Centre has warned Ghanaians against the seeming non-adherence to the Covid-19 safety protocols as it notes that government can not be of help should anyone fall severely ill. The Ga East Municipal Hospital has disclosed that the facility lacks adequate nurses needed to take care of …

Social media took a different turn after a nurse exposed a hospital for meddling with COVID-19 test result. It will be remembered that, ever since the cases of the virus was recorded, everything came to standstill. year later we are still stuck because of the corona virus , its lock-downs …

Johannesburg residents react to the widespread unrest and looting that has occurred in South Africa since ex-president Jacob Zuma’s arrest on July 7. Several individuals have been killed, with the official death toll standing at 32. Many claim that poverty and unemployment the country is experiencing is exasperating the situation. …

The Top 30 Miss South Africa contestants vying to make the cut for the grand finale include one woman who has been in the spotlight particularly because of her history-making feat and what her presence in the competition means for other people like her. Her name is Lehlogonolo Machaba. And …

The Nigerian Senate has approved N4.8 billion (equivalent to US$11.6 million) to be allocated to the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) for the monitoring of WhatsApp messages/calls, phone calls, text messages, among others. This was contained in the supplementary budget approved by the National Assembly on Wednesday, July 7, 2021. Premium …

COVID-19 cases are rising steadily in the country, with the number of new cases recorded a day going up from 85 to 143, data from the Ghana Health Service (GHS) has shown. Active cases have increased from 1,674 to 2,314 from June 30 to July 13, 2021. The GHS Covid-19 …

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Zuma supporters block the N3 at Peacevale, on the outskirts of Durban at the weekend, as violence erupted over the jailing of former president Jacob Zuma. Violent protests have spread to other areas. As gunshots and explosions rang out when looting and mayhem continued in many parts KwaZulu-Natal on Monday …

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Roads block off several trucks and commercial property set ablaze since Friday in KwaZulu-Natal, the home of former South African president Jacob Zuma, whose supporters have been on a fiery rampage and looting spree in protest of his 15-month prison sentence. Zuma is serving time for defying a court order …

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) in its latest update has announced that a total of 1,982 active cases have been recorded in thirteen regions as of July 6. Out of 97,130 confirmed cases, 94,349 patients have recovered and have been discharged from various health facilities. The three regions that have …

Videos and photos are emerging from the burial ceremony of Prophet T.B. Joshua which happened at the Ikotun area of Lagos state. Many dignitaries were present as people maintain strict COVID-19 measures by wearing facemasks. Going by the turban of some of the guests, dignitaries from the Arab world were …

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Temitope Balogun (TB) Joshua, Nigerian preacher, televangelist, and founder of the Synagogue Church of All Nations (The SCOAN) has been laid in state at his church premises in Ikotun Egbe. Earlier, there was a procession conveying his body from The SCOAN Prayer Mountain to the church auditorium. The popular televangelist …

Popular Nigerian televangelist TB Joshua has been buried in Lagos after a week of funeral rites. He was buried at the church’s premises after an internment service that had dignitaries from around the world Thousands of mourners attended the burial service at his Synagogue, Church of All Nations (SCOAN) in the Ikotun …