AFRICA

VIDEO: Drama as ‘cheating lover’ is exposed on wedding day

Commotion marred a wedding procession after the bride-to-be found out about his soon to be husband’s sexual affair with her chief bridesmaid. According to reports, the chief bridesmaid happened to be the bride’s best friend. Though it is not clear how the bride got to know, a video, which captured …

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HOT VIDEO: MP caught chopping another man’s wife

A video of National Congress Councilor having s*xual intercourse with a ward committee at a tavern has hit the internet. South Africa’s African National Congress Councilor and a ward committee Daily Sun, however, failed to disclose the name and location of the place of business but the ANC councillor was …

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PHOTOS: Students beg for water as shortage hits Damango

Students of Damango Senior High School (SHS) in the Savannah Region are calling on the authorities to help with water supply after an acute water shortage hit the community. The students now have to pay GHS1.50 to get a jerrycan of water or spend about two days searching for water …

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SAD PHOTOS: Radio Presenter Stabbed to Death By His Girlfriend

A 26-year-old presenter at a local radio station was stabbed to death by his girlfriend for allegedly cheating on her. The deceased identified as Allan Mandela, also known as Sports King Mateeka, was a sports commentator at Hunter Radio based in Rwentuha Town Council, Igara East in Bushenyi District. Allan …

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Four die as Uganda police, local residents clash

Two police officers attached to Bukwo Central Police Station in Uganda’s Eastern region were on Thursday hacked to death by an angry mob in Kapkworos Sub County, Bukwo District. The incident happened as a team of police officers had gone to arrest a defilement suspect, when residents started fighting them …

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2,500 Zambians to be compensated by UK miner over water pollution

Over 2,500 villagers in Zambia are to be financially compensated by a British mining company for significant water pollution to the region’s waterways. In a joint statement issued late last month, the villagers, represented by Leigh Day solicitors, and Vedanta Resources Ltd said: “Without admission of liability, Vedanta Resources Limited …

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UPDF helicopter crashes in Entebbe with two cadet trainees onboard

A Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) jet ranger on Thursday crashed in Entebbe, near Lido beach moments after takeoff. Eyewitnesses said there were two occupants in the helicopter who were rushed to hospital after the accident. UPDF spokesperson, Brig-Gen Flavia Byekwaso said the helicopter was being piloted by two cadet …

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Pastor Chris reveals why most pastors are poor

Leader and Founder of the LoveWorld Incorporated popularly called Christ Embassy, Pastor Dr Chris Oyakhilome has given reasons why some pastors are financially broke and things seem not to be going well with them. He revealed that most pastors who struggle financially normally lack the grace of giving. “There are …

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COVID-19: Akosombo Int’l School begins shift system

Akosombo International School is set to begin a shift system to curb the spread of Covid-19 infection in the school. This comes on the back of about 80 positive cases recorded in the school after three weeks of reopening. The Volta River Authority (VRA) announced the development in a press statement …

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Zimbabwe purchases 600,000 vaccines from China’s Sinopharm

Zimbabwe has purchased 600,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses from China’s Sinopharm, in addition to 200,000 China has donated, its information minister said on Wednesday, adding these were due to arrive in Zimbabwe by the start of March. Monica Mutsvangwa also said Zimbabwe negotiating with Russia over the procurement of its Sputnik vaccines and …

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KNUST Student arrested Over Threat To Burn Down Supreme Court

The Police have reportedly arrested An Emergency Nursing student of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Simon Awini Ayamga. Simon Awini’s arrest comes after he reportedly threatened to burn down the Supreme Court of Ghana. According to a report by GhanaXtra, Simon while commenting on WhatsApp group warned …

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27-year-old sentenced to life for raping disabled 14-year-old girl

A 27-year-old man from Ga-Tamatis has been found guilty of raping a disabled 14-year-old girl, and was sentenced to life imprisonment in the Lebowakgomo regional court. The man, whose name has been withheld to protect the identity of the victim, was well known to the girl. The National Prosecuting Authority’s …

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South Africa’s coronavirus vaccination to use Johnson & Johnson

South Africa’s planned coronavirus vaccination campaign will be launched with the Johnson and Johnson vaccine, instead of the AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine whose effectiveness is currently being questioned. South African Health Minister Zweli Mkhize announced this Wednesday. On Sunday, South African authorities had suspended the start of an ambitious vaccination program, which …

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Akon inks copper, cobalt deal with DRC state miner

Electricity, real estate, Akon goes into mining Senegalese-born American Hip hop artist Akon has launched yet another business endeavour on the African continent. This time the impressive undertaking is in the mining industry in the Democratic Republic of Congo as he has signed a deal to finance a copper and …

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SONA 2021 to reflect on the new normal

President Cyril Ramaphosa will deliver this year’s State of the Nation Address (SONA) under a significantly altered global and domestic environment. This environment is a result of the COVID-19 pandemic that continues to sweep through the world, claiming lives and livelihoods in its wake. The new normal which all of …

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Universities’ Senior Staff suspend strike

The Senior Staff Association of Universities of Ghana (SSA-UOG) has suspended its industrial action. Members of the association have been on strike for close to three weeks in protest of delay by the government to pay outstanding Tier-2 contributions of their retired members. The suspension follows an interlocutory injunction secured …

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Liberian ex-minister ordered to return $1.2m pension fund

Liberia’s Supreme Court has upheld a lower court’s guilty verdict against a former Defence Minister, Brownie Samukai, for misusing soldiers’ pension savings funds amounting to nearly $1.2m (£870,000). Samukai and two others working under him were found guilty of unlawfully withdrawing money for unintended purposes. The court has ordered them …

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Ethiopia plans to close refugee camps in Tigray

Ethiopia plans to close two camps in the northern state of Tigray that have been caught in the fighting between the state’s formers ruling party and the federal government, according to the country’s refugee agency. Speaking to journalists on Tuesday, head of the Ethiopian Agency for Refugees and Returnees Affairs …

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2020 FRANCOPHONIE French Quiz Competition Held In Accra

The final results of the 2020 edition of the Francophonie French Quiz Competition have been released. The quiz is organized annually to enrich and revive the spirit of the study of the French language among Ghanaians.   Announcing the results during the last program for the Primary School category, which …

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Covid: South Africa halts AstraZeneca vaccine rollout over new variant

South Africa has put its rollout of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine on hold after a study showed “disappointing” results against its new Covid variant. Scientists say the variant accounts for 90% of new Covid cases in South Africa. The trial, involving some 2,000 people, found that the vaccine offered “minimal protection” …

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COVID-19: Close schools now – GMA to gov’t

The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) says schools in the country must be shut down in order to control the rising spread of Coronavirus in the country. The call comes in the wake of increasing fatalities among COVID patients in the country. The death rate of the virus has reached 464 …

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New Ebola case detected in eastern DRC

A new case of Ebola has been identified near the city of Butembo in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the country’s health ministry has announced. A woman was found with symptoms of the deadly virus in the town of Biena on February 1, who died in hospital in …

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Why I killed my wife and child – Evangelist confesses

Chukwuemeka Obijofa, a 28-year-old man, who claimed to be an ordained evangelist, has explained why he killed his wife and four-year- old son with a shovel in Ofufe Nza village in Ekwusigo Local Government Area of Anambra State. Upon being paraded before newsmen on Saturday February 6 at the Police headquarters in Amawbia, …

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