Kenyan local media has reported that a man has been ordered to pay a fine of 850,000 shillings ($5,600;£4,400) after revealing a friend’s alleged HIV status in a WhatsApp group. The ruling came from the HIV and Aids Tribunal in Kenya, who said that a person’s HIV status should not …

Tanzania has raised the red flag over lack of funds to take care of the increased number of refugees from Democratic Republic of Congo. Authorities in Dodoma appealed to development partners to support refugees living in camps. It followed an announcement earlier by the World Food Programme that it would …

A research conducted in 2022 has revealed that health professionals in the country hide huge breast lumps and refuse various treatment options, especially chemotherapy, and mastectomy. The research, titled: “Knowledge, Attitude and Breast Cancer Screening Practices among Female Nurses in a Tertiary Hospital in Ghana”, said 60 per cent of nurses admitted …

South Africa will not be forced to side with any global powers, President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Sunday as he readied to host a summit of major emerging economies. The meeting in Johannesburg this week of BRICS nations — Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa — will seek to …

The Education Ministry (MOE) is actively working to increase the number of students pursuing science-related courses in Senior High Schools (SHS) across the country. To achieve this goal, the Free Senior High School Secretariat is leading an initiative known as ‘Operation Double Science Enrolment’ to educate and sensitize the public …

Neil Wigan, the British High Commissioner-designate to Kenya, has not even presented his credentials yet, but he may already be thinking of how to deal with an old problem: An inquiry into alleged atrocities inflicted on Kenyans by his country’s soldiers at their training unit in northern Kenya. This and …

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has lost 525 of its skilled personnel and profession­als to brain drain within the last 12 months, the Di­rector-General, Dr Patrick Kuma Aboagye, has revealed. To this end, he said the service had put in place a number of measures to mitigate the impact of …

Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, Member of Parliament for North Tongu, has claimed that the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is facing a logistical nightmare with its plans to deploy soldiers to Niger to reverse the July 26 coup. According to him, reliable sources had said the bloc requires about …

Thousands of people lined up outside the main stadium in Niamey on Saturday (Aug. 19) responding to the call for civilian auxiliaries in support of the armed forces. The event organiser said the junta was not involved in this initiative, although it was aware of it. Regional countries have threatened …

A man in Mombasa, Kenya, set himself on fire on Thursday in a protest against Kenya’s economic difficulties. He climbed a statue in a busy area and ignited himself, supposedly to highlight the tough economic situation. Many Kenyans are struggling due to high living costs, reduced business activity, and job …

  The answer to the above question is YES until 2017, when Ghanaians elected Nana Akufo-Addo and the NPP to office. The President, Nana Akufo-Addo, was sold to us in 2016 as a democrat and a human rights lawyer. Unfortunately, after seven years in office, everything he has done has …

Army chiefs from across the West African subregion gathered in Accra starting August 17, 2023, to deliberate on a potential military deployment to Niger as part of ECOWAS’ resolve to undo the coup that removed Mohamed Bazoum as president last month. The meeting, which ends today (August 18, 2023) got …

Remarks by US Ambassador to Kenya Meg Whitman at the 8th Devolution Conference ongoing in Eldoret have rattled Azimio One Kenya Alliance, with Opposition Raila Odinga and senators telling her to keep off the affairs of the country. Odinga who was received at the conference venue by Council of Governors …

Regular consumption of bread is harmful to the body. Here are the reasons why you should reduce your bread intake. In Nigeria, bread is one of the most consumed foods all across the country. There are many meals that you can make with bread such as breakfast meals, bread and …

Tanzanians are now forced to dig deeper into their pockets to pay for imports and other foreign products in the country amid a worrying shilling fall to an all-time low against the United States dollar. The Central Bank of Tanzania (BoT)’s indicative exchange rates as of August 16, 2023, show …

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has announced that 55,917 (69%) out of 80,810 teachers due for promotion in 2023 passed the promotional examination taken in February 2023. This means that 24,000 teachers, representing 31% of the teachers due to be promoted to the various grades, including Deputy Director, Assistant Director …

On 16th August 2012, miners on strike had a confrontation with police, after which 34 were killed and 78 injured. The killings happened during the six-week unprotected strike by the miners at the Lonmin Platinum Mine, in Marikana near Rustenburg. Infographic explaining the historic event of the Marikana Massacre:  

The Catholic Church says it is shepherding a class-action lawsuit through the courts against mining companies in South Africa on behalf of coal miners with lung disease. The Southern African Bishops Conference said on Wednesday that lawyers filed papers with South Africa’s High Court on Tuesday. “Very often ex-mine workers …

The Ho Teaching Hospital (HTH) has asked all relatives of patients at the health post to vacate its premises. This is to prevent the relatives of patients from continuously spending the night on the corridors of the Out Patient Department (OPD) and the walkways at the hospital. Relatives of patients …

Algeria has banned the American film Barbie, which has been showing in cinemas locally for weeks. The authorities say the film, which was released last month, goes against Algeria’s moral values. The Reuters news agency quoted an official source as saying that the film “promotes homosexuality and other Western deviances” …

The closure of the airspace of Niger by the military regime has led to a surge in the number of flights using Ghana’s airspace to get to various destinations. AviationGhana’s analysis of live flight feed on Flightradar24 since the closure of the Nigerien airspace on August 6, 2023, shows mainly …

  The aspiring Assembly member of Opantsil electoral area, Mr Kwamena Wilson in an interview with the media this morning said, he bused all the final year students in Enyan Abaasa to the exams center (Ajumako Mando SHS) during the just ended BECE. After bussing the students throughout the whole …

Kumasi Technical University (KsTU.) in the Ashanti Regional capital has sacked over two thousand students following their inability to pay their school fees in full on time. The students could not comprehend why the authorities to such a decision described the action as harsh have therefore, threatened showdown with the …

      HE Amb. Abu Zein the IHRC Ambassador At large to the AU, who now doubles as the Senior Deputy Vice Chair of IHRC, played host to HE Amb. Dr. Muhammad S. A. Khan, World Chairman and Ambassador At Large International Human Rights Commission (IG0) to celebrate the …

The Ministry of Education (MoE) has announced the commencement of the school selection exercise for the 2023 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) candidates. In a statement issued on Friday, 11 August 2023, signed by its spokesperson Kwasi Kwarteng, the Ministry revealed that it has developed an informative video that elaborates …

Police say a man has been assaulted and burnt to death in a mob justice incident at Hasani-Mbhalati village outside Malamulele in Limpopo. Police say the man was accused by locals of being behind the killing of a 63-year-old woman last month. The body of a woman, Maria Hlungwani, was …

Men of the Ogun state police command have rearrested an unrepentant car snatcher, Sunday Dosunmu, for committing the same crime that took him to prison.   A statement released by the spokesperson of the command, SP Omolola Odutola, says the suspect was previously apprehended by Divisional Police Officer Kemta CSP …

Two young men have been arrested for allegedly gang raping a 15-year-old girl in Isiala Ngwa South Local Government Area of Abia State. The suspects were arrested by men of the Abia State Community Policing/Vigilant group, Mkpuka unit in Isiala Ngwa South on Friday, August 11, 2023. They gang-raped the …

Some Nigerian Police operatives have been caught red-handed extorting money from residents of Osun state. In a video making rounds, the Speaker of Osun State Assembly Adewale Egbedun making his way past the area observed the illegality of the security personnel. Displeased by the policemen actions, he immediately came to …

Actress and singer, Cossy Ojiakor has said that ECOWAS, Nigeria can send her as peace offering to Burkina Faso’s military ruler, Ibrahim Traore. She said this following the coup happening in some African countries with the recent in Niger Republic where its military junta took over power and sent President …