AFRICA

Bizzare: Woman gives birth to a chicken-like creature [Video]

A 27-year-old woman shocked her neighbours who woke up on Sunday morning to the news of her delivering a chicken-like creature. Reports indicate the bizarre incident occurred at Uvinza District in Kigoma Province, Tanzania. Her 52-year-old husband is said to have rushed her to the hospital after she complained of …

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Man sets lover, pastor on fire after catching them in bed

A 40-year-old man, Etifa Obukulubu, is in police grips after setting his lover and her pastor on fire at Igbogene in Nigeria. The suspect, who confessed his crime to the police, said he was overpowered by his anger after catching his lover having a romp with her pastor. His lover …

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WAEC Releases 2020 BECE Results

The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has in a statement today confirmed that provisional results of the 2020 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) have been released. According to the statement, the West African Examination Council wishes to inform its publics that it has released provisional results of candidates who sat …

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Passing The Public Universities Bill One Week After Elections Is A “Political Attack” On Tertiary Education- Educationist

Parliament has passed the controversial Public Universities Bill (PUB). However, the respected Ghanaian educationist, Counsellor Daniel Fenyi has described the Bill as a “serious political attack” on tertiary education. Even though the Bill currently awaits Presidential assent and some ‘optional’ recommendations from the Parliamentary select committee on education, Counsellor has …

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[PHOTOS]: Wife Pours Hot Water On Husband’s P£Nis For Cheating

A Zambian woman identified as Mildred Felitus Mweemba is currently in the grips of police over a misunderstanding between her and her husband. According to reports by the police she burnt her husband, Mr. Bruce Sikwibele on suspicion that he was having an affair within their residential area. Angered by just the …

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Akufo-Addo observes swearing-in ceremony of Guinea’s Alpha Condé

President Nana Akufo-Addo on Tuesday, 15 December 2020 attended the swearing-in ceremony of Guinean President Alpha Condé in Conakry, capital of Guinea. Earlier on Monday, 14th December 2020, the President had attended the swearing-in ceremony, in Abidjan, of Alassane Ouattara as President of the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire.   Mr …

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COVID-19: Ghana’s active cases shoot up to 1,011

The number of active COVID-19 cases in Ghana has increased to 1,011, the Ghana Health Service has announced. It follows the confirmation of 116 new cases. So far, a total of 53,386 cases have been confirmed in Ghana since mid-March 2020. Out of that, a total of 52,048 have recovered. …

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Uganda: Bobi Wine, EC trade blame over campaign violence

Presidential candidate Mr Robert Kyagulanyi, alias Bobi Wine, and the Electoral Commission (EC) on Tuesday engaged in counter-accusations of liability for the violence and other irregularities on the campaign trail. The National Unity Platform (NUP) party candidate was yesterday meeting EC officials after he was accused of continuously flouting Covid-19 …

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UTAG threatens to go to Supreme Court over Public University Bill

The national leadership of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) says it is disappointed in government continued moves to pass the Public University Bill. It says the developments with the Bill are being done on the blindside of the association, a week before Parliament’s recess. It says it will …

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Police commissioner General Khehla Sitole tests positive for Covid-19

Police Commissioner, General Khehla Sitole has tested positive for Covid-19, his spokesperson, Brigadier Vish Naidoo said a statement on Tuesday. Naidoo said Sitole underwent a test on Monday, after coming into contact with a member of the South African Police Service (SAPS) who tested positive for Covid-19. “General Sitole is …

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Eswatini’s PM dies after testing positive for Covid-19

The government of Eswatini says Prime Minister Ambrose Dlamini has died, four weeks after he tested positive for coronavirus. A government statement said Dlamini, 52, died on Sunday afternoon in hospital in South Africa. No cause of death was mentioned, but Dlamini had recently been receiving treatment for Covid-19 in …

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Nigeria steps up efforts to rescue 300 abducted pupils

Nigerian authorities are stepping up efforts to rescue more than 300 students abducted by armed men who raided their hostels. Gunmen on motorcycles stormed the Government Science School in Kankara late on Friday and engaged security forces in a fierce gun battle, forcing hundreds of students to flee and hide …

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[VIDEO]: Ramaphosa clamps down on gatherings and alcohol sales as he tightens

President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday tightened up national Covid-19 restrictions, including on alcohol sales and large gatherings. The restrictions kick in from midnight, he said. Of particular concern, he said, were large gatherings, which had the potential to become “super-spreader events”. “The current restrictions on the size of gatherings do …

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EDITORIAL: Coronavirus vaccine is Africa’s moonshot

A The United Kingdom provided the global community a leap of faith this week, rolling out the first mass vaccinations against Covid-19 in the western hemisphere. Amidst all the uncertainties, it is a remarkable achievement for humanity. The United States which has borne the brunt of the global case burden …

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Another booze sales ban for SA? Not again, liquor makers tell govt

South Africa’s foremost producers and distributors of alcoholic drinks are striving to persuade the federal government to not impose a 3rd ban on booze sales to comprise the coronavirus, even because the nation is seeing a resurgence of infections. Liquor shops, supermarkets, pubs and eating places within the nation had …

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Nigeria: Kidnappers demand N150m ransom to release Lawmaker

Kidnappers who abducted Bashir Muhammed, a member of the Taraba State House of Assembly have demanded a ransom of N150 million for his release. The Nguroje constituency representative was said to have been abducted in his residence in Jalingo on Wednesday, according to SaharaReporters. The report further said that negotiations …

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Amnesty International accuses military of human rights abuses

At least 10,000 civilians have died in Nigerian military custody since 2011, a report by Amnesty International (AI) indicates. The civilians were being detained in connection with the Boko Haram insurgency in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe states in northeast region. According to Amnesty International many of the deaths were recorded …

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SA enters second wave of COVID-19 infections

South Africa has officially hit the second wave, with 6 709 COVID-19 new cases reported in the last 24 hours pushing the total number of cases to 828 598. In a special briefing on Wednesday night, Health Minister, Dr Zweli Mkhize, said the country now meets the resurgence criteria formulated by scientists …

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Kenya ordered to pay sex attack survivors

The High Court in Kenya has ordered the government to give compensation of about $30,000 each to four people for failing to protect them from sexual and gender-based attacks during the violence that hit the country after the disputed 2007-2008 election. The ruling is seen as a landmark, with Naitore …

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Hoodlums attack Ondo monarch, destroy palace

Some hoodlums on Tuesday allegedly attacked the traditional ruler of Ode Community in Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo State, Oba Sunday Boboye and also destroyed his palace. The incident was the second time in one week, as some youths allegedly burnt down the first palace of the monarch …

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Manhunt launched after two inmates escape from Kgosi Mampuru prison

Members of the public are urged to contact the nearest police station should they come into contact with them. The Department of Correctional Services has launched a manhunt following the escape of two sentenced inmates from Kgosi Mampuru II Correctional Centre in Tshwane on Wednesday. According to spokesperson Singabakho Nxumalo, …

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Ethiopian govt admits forces ‘shot at’ UN team in Tigray

An Ethiopian spokesman on Tuesday said that the country’s forces fired on a UN team, claiming they ignored instructions and drove through government checkpoints in the northern region of Tigray. “Some of the UN staff were actually detained and some were shot at,” said Redwan Hussein. “They broke two checkpoints …

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Lady Sues Boyfriend For Failing To Marry Her After 8 Years

A woman has sued her boyfriend for wasting her time and not marrying her even after being together for eight years. Twenty-six-year-old Gertrude Ngoma told a Zambian court she had gotten tired of waiting to get married to Herbert Salaliki, 28, who promised to wed her. According to Mwebantu, Ngoma …

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PHOTOS: Angry mob sets three suspected robbers ablaze

Angry mob set three suspected armed robbers ablaze in Warri, Delta State on Tuesday morning, December 8. It was gathered that two members of a 3-man robbery gang were caught after they robbed a house at Emeberin street about 2:am and were set ablaze along Okumagba avenue by Emebiren junction. …

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