AFRICA

Chad president’s death: Rivals reject Déby’s son inheriting power

IMAGE COPYRIGHTREUTERSimage captionMahamat Idriss Déby Itno, one of the late president’s sons, is a 37-year-old four-star general Opposition politicians in Chad have rejected the army’s appointment of President’s Idriss Déby’s son to take over in the wake of his death. Déby, 68 – who had been in power for three …

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VIDEO: Why so many kidney deaths in Ghana?

65-year-old Ajara Mensah is battling for her life as her 25-year-old daughter, Rose Mensah struggles to pay for the treatment of kidney complications, which is dragging her slowly to her grave. Studies show that about 13% of Ghanaians have chronic kidney disease and many are dying on daily basis from …

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I’m no more ashamed of my gay son

IMAGE COPYRIGHTAFPimage captionIn Uganda, gay sex can be punishable by life imprisonment When Rita heard rumours that her son was gay she refused to believe it. At the time, she thought that homosexuality was an abomination – a “problem” that happened elsewhere, not in Uganda. When she finally realised the …

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Chad’s president Idriss Déby dies ‘in clashes with rebels’

IMAGE COPYRIGHTREUTERSimage captionIdriss Deby had been in power for 30 years Chad’s President Idriss Déby has died suddenly in clashes with rebels in the north of the country at the weekend, the army has said on state TV. His death came shortly after provisional election results which projected he would …

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Has Twitter found a new home in Ghana?

The social media giant wants to open new headquarters in Accra – the company’s first in Africa. Twitter’s also recruiting at least a dozen people to help it expand its reach across the continent. “Microsoft has been here, Facebook has been here, Amazon in South Africa”, says Linda Bonyo, a Kenyan lawyer …

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Cool Pastor – Yesu din (Official Video)

Cool Pastor is out with his latest single, ”Yesu Din”.. Gospel songs have been one of the largest medium in transforming positiveness into the lives of the people. Several gospel songs have come to do its work and yes the legacy continuous. We bring to you a fresh dedication tune …

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PHOTOS: Residents Evacuated As Cape Town Fire Spreads

South African emergency workers have evacuated three 17-storey residential buildings overlooking Cape Town as a huge fire burns along Table Mountain. The blaze spread quickly after breaking out on Sunday morning near a memorial to politician Cecil Rhodes. A restaurant was destroyed. The University of Cape Town’s historic library was …

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Caution urged as huge Cape Town fire burns into second day

A fire broke out Sunday on Table Mountain, the iconic peak overlooking the city of Cape Town on the tip of South Africa, and was not under control by Monday morning, according to the city. The flames destroyed part of the restaurant next to a monument to British colonist Cecil …

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Egypt train accident claims 11 lives, 98 others injured

Eleven people were killed and 98 injured on Sunday in a train accident in Egypt’s Qalioubia province north of Cairo, the health ministry said in a statement. The train was heading from Cairo to the Nile Delta city of Mansoura when four carriages derailed at 1:54 p.m. (1154 GMT), about …

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PHOTOS: Table Mountain Fire Destroys Historic Building

A wildfire on the slopes of South Africa’s Table Mountain has spread to the nearby University of Cape Town campus, forcing the evacuation of hundreds of students, officials say. The blaze spread quickly after breaking out on Sunday morning near a memorial to politician Cecil Rhodes. A restaurant was destroyed. …

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Elephants trample suspected poacher to death

(File photo by Wolfgang Kaehler/LightRocket via Getty Images) A suspected poacher was killed by elephants in the Kruger National Park on Saturday while he and two of his accomplices were fleeing from park rangers. The SA National Parks (SANParks) said on Sunday rangers managed to arrest one of the suspects. …

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PHOTOS: At least 97 injured in Egypt as train derails

People gather at the site where train carriages derailed in Qalioubia province, north of Cairo. Cairo, Egypt (CNN)At least 97 people were injured when a train went off the tracks near the city of Toukh, north of Cairo on Sunday, according to Egypt’s Ministry of Health. More than 50 ambulances …

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Two cousins, aged 7 and 8, die in fire at home

Two girls, aged seven and eight, died when their Mpumalanga home caught fire. iStock Two cousins, aged seven and eight, died when their Mpumalanga home caught fire while they were asleep. According to police, the girls’ parents were away and their uncle, who lives in the same house in Masoyi, …

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State capture inquiry office burgled, laptops taken

Police are at the offices of the state capture inquiry commission which were allegedly broken into on Saturday Image: Mogamad Slamdien Police were on Sunday at the state capture commission’s offices in Parktown in Johannesburg after a reported burglary. An eyewitness, Mogamad Slamdien, told TimesLIVE that police were on the scene …

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UG opens no-guarantor student loan application process

The University of Ghana, Legon, has opened the application process for students who wish to avail themselves of the student loan facility for the 2020/2021 academic year. This was announced by the Student Representative Council of the university. A statement signed by the Public Relations Officer of the SRC, Mr …

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COVID-19 deaths don pass three million for world

  Di number of pipo wey don die for world for di COVID-19 pandemic don pass three million, according to Johns Hopkins University. Dis new record dey come one day aft oga of World Health Organization (WHO) warn say di world dey “approach di highest rate of infection” so far. India – …

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UCC Stealing Spree: Student jailed 6 months

Some students of the University of Cape Coast in the Central Region have turned themselves into criminals, stealing laptops and mobile phones belonging to their colleagues. The University of Cape Coast District Police Commander, Superintendent Fii Okyere who made the disclosure further revealed that a student was last week sentenced …

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Eritrea admits presence in Ethiopia’s Tigray, tells U.N. withdrawing

Eritrea told the United Nations Security Council on Friday that it has agreed to start withdrawing its troops from Ethiopia’s Tigray region, acknowledging publicly for the first time the country’s involvement in the conflict. The admission in a letter to the 15-member council – and posted online by Eritrea’s Ministry …

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