Deputy President David Mabuza has written to National Assembly speaker Thandi Modise informing her that he is unable to attend to his scheduled parliamentary obligations. Mabuza told Modise that his medical team had extended his time off. He was scheduled to appear before the National Assembly on Thursday to answer …

The West Africa regional body, Ecowas, has condemned what it called a mutiny in Mali and has called on soldiers to return to their barracks. This comes after gunfire erupted inside a military base near the capital Bamako. Ecowas reiterated its opposition to any unconstitutional change of power. It is …

The captain of the ship that spilled hundreds of tonnes of oil off the coast of Mauritius has been arrested. Sunil Kumar Nandeshwar, a 58-year-old Indian man, was charged with endangering safe navigation, police said. He has not yet commented. The MV Wakashio ran aground on a coral reef, Pointe …

Mali’s President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta has resigned, after being detained by soldiers on Tuesday, state TV reports. In a televised address, Mr Keïta said he was also dissolving the government and parliament. “I want no blood to be spilled to keep me in power,” he added. It comes hours after …

The Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) has exonerated Dr Osei Kufuor Afreh, the immediate past Upper West Regional Director of Health Services of allegations of wrong-doings levelled against him. The EOCO, after exonerating Dr Afreh, charged the Coalition of Concerned Citizens’ of Upper West Region to formalize the Coalition’s …

Nine more persons have been killed by the deadly COVID-19 in Ghana, taking the country’s death toll to 248.   The total case count of the highly infectious disease now stands at 42,993 with a total of 40,796 people either recovered or discharged.   The current active cases has increased …

Mali President Ibrahim Boubakar Keïta has been arrested by mutinying soldiers, a government spokesman has confirmed to the BBC.   Prime Minister Boubou Cissé has also been arrested, despite earlier appeals for “brotherly dialogue”.   The apparent coup attempt in the West African nation began with gunfire at a key …

National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) has welcomed government’s policy of Professional Teacher Allowance (PTA). The Minister of Education, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, on Tuesday, August 12 2020 announced the policy of the Professional Teacher Allowance saying that it would enable teachers to invest in improving and upgrading their skills and …

Queues have been witnessed outside liquor stores in major cities in South Africa.  The President Cyril Ramaphosa eased some of the restrictions to open the phase of South Africa’s economy. South Africa moves to Level two (2) of the Lockdown. The country has been battling with the virus since the …

  Two other senators were also detained and driven to their home counties under police guard Protests erupted in Kakamega town, in western Kenya, after the area’s senator was arrested by police on Monday. Demonstrators lit fires in the streets and blocked several roads calling for the release of their …

The visit by Minister Heiko Maas’ is to spur efforts to resolve the country’s long-running conflict Germany’s top diplomat arrived in Libya on Monday for a previously unannounced visit intended to spur international efforts to resolve the country’s long-running conflict. It is Foreign Minister Heiko Maas’ first visit to Libya …

Imagine the house next door is on fire and there is no fire brigade to call on to avert an imminent disaster about to engulf you and your family. That is how Egypt has viewed Libya since the brutal end of former Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi and his regime …

Founder of Ashesi University, Patrick Awuah, has asked major stakeholders in Ghana’s educational system to pay critical attention to the training and development of teachers in the country. According to him, while recent backlashes have been targeted at students who rioted and destroyed school property for strict invigilation during their …

Ghana Union of Traders Association locks shops of Nigerians engaged in retail business Nigeria is to take “urgent steps” following a viral video showing the forced closure of shops belonging to Nigerian traders in Ghana. It comes just months after a major diplomatic row in which a building in the …

The Nigerian government has announced that it will reopen the country’s airspace for international passenger flights from the 29 August. Aviation Minister Hadi Sirika tweeted that the flights’ resumption will begin with the country’s major airports in the capital, Abuja, and the commercial hub, Lagos. Nigerian airports were closed for …

The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has apologised for an earlier decision by the Mahama-led administration to scrap both teacher and nursing trainees’ allowances. The National Youth Organiser for the party, George Opare Addo admitted that the decision by former President John Dramani Mahama was unpopular. According to him, the …

Elebuibon said, “Eledumare is displeased with the shedding of the blood of innocent Nigerians. And there is grave punishment for that. It is happening in the north and down south. Political leaders and heads of security agencies in Nigeria must work to put an end to this. If they fail …

Scores of hygiene students have picketed at the Ministry of Sanitation and Water Resources in demand of their 3years unpaid allowances. As early as 3 am on Monday, the students stormed the Ministry in protest of their unpaid allowances. The students who besieged the Ministry with their mattresses, food items, …

The latest update on Ghana’s Coronavirus figures indicates that a 9-week-old child has succumbed to the disease. According to the Ghana Health Service, the baby’s unfortunate demise occurred in the Central region. He is one of the 8 persons who are said to have been killed by the virus in the latest …

A 30-year-old man has been arrested by the Delta State Police Command after a CCTV camera exposed him for raping an 11-year-old girl in the state. The man, identified as Jomaph, was reportedly arrested along Oleh Road in the timber town at about 7a.m. Vanaguard reports, that the victim (name …

South Africa’s police minister has said the suspect who killed himself in police custody had confessed to the murders of several women in rural KwaZulu-Natal. Hundreds of community members gathered outside the Mzumbe magistrates’ court on Monday hoping to catch a glimpse of the suspects who were arrested for the …

Twelve people have been killed in three days by militia in the Beni region in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, local officials have told AFP. The Allied Democratic Forces group attacked an army position in the village of Mwenda on Saturday night, killing eight people, local administrator Donat Kibwana is …

Cricket South Africa (CSA) president Chris Nenzani has resigned with immediate effect. Nenzani‚ who has been the head honcho of the embattled organisation since February 2013‚ stepped down on Friday when he submitted his letter of resignation. Nenzani’s resignation‚ less than a month before he was due to step down …

A white man got more than he bargained for after going off on a racist tirade while travelling with some black people in a Tube in Central Line on Sunday, August 16.   The video which has gotten lots of reactions on social media, came with the caption ‘Being black in …

The Tertiary Education Students Confederacy of the New Patriotic Party (TESCON) in the Sunyani based University of Energy and Natural Resources (UENR) last Saturday conferred special honors on Mr. Francis Owusu-Akyaw, a minerals expert and NPP member.   In a citation the student’s wing commended Mr Akyaw for displaying commitment to …

A 60-year-old woman has been killed in Parkwood. It’s understood she was driving her vehicle when she was shot in the head, according to Radio786. The incident happened on the corner of Parker’s Walk and Acacia Road on Saturday, August 15. Police say no arrests have yet been made and that …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has announced that continuing students in schools that could not write their end of semester examinations will be reopened on August 24. According to the President, this is to allow them the opportunity to write their final exams for the academic year. The President made …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has instructed the Gender Minister to provide one hot meal to all final year Junior High School (JHS) pupils in schools preparing to write the BECE. …More soon… Source: www.ghanaweb.com

A group of community members in Matlala, outside Polokwane, attacked an 18-year-old and set him alight. His body was burnt beyond recognition. Police are on the hunt for a vigilante group after the murder of a Limpopo teen in a mob attack. The 18-year-old’s body was burnt beyond recognition in …

Suspected Islamist militants have attacked a hotel on the beachfront in the Somali capital Mogadishu. A loud explosion at the Elite hotel on Lido beach was followed by gunfire, amid reports that government forces were fighting the attackers. The hotel is popular with local politicians and Somalis from the diaspora. …