Now is the Time to Rethink Secondary Education Systems to Ensure Africa’s Young People Have the Skills and Knowledge Needed to Succeed in the Workforce.     August 13, 2020: Kigali, Rwanda — The Mastercard Foundation today released an important new report, Secondary Education in Africa: Preparing Youth for the …

Government has announced the reconstruction of the Central Medical Stores which was gutted by fire in 2015. The tragedy did not only manifest in the loss of property but also severely disrupted basic medical supplies to neighbouring countries. Speaking at the sod-cutting ceremony for the construction of the Korle- Bu …

A Kenyan lady, Harriet Vihenda Akunava took to social media to beg for forgiveness for infecting people with HIV. While many thought she was joking, the lady released a video in which she showed off a test strip result to corroborate her claim. Akunava who disclosed that she has been deliberately …

Power utility Eskom says that it will continue stage 2 load shedding on Friday (14 August) as it faces continued capacity constraints. This follows the introduction of stage 2 load shedding on Thursday due to unplanned breakdowns. “Eskom has successfully returned four generation units to service today. This, however, is …

A 19-year-old Ugandan, Hillary Humphrey Kaweesa, is hoping to make history by unseating the incumbent President Yoweri Museveni in the upcoming presidential elections. Mr Kaweesa has picked nomination papers to vie for the presidency in the general election to take place next year. He joins legislator Robert Kyagulanyi also known as Bobi …

An Islamic court in the Nigerian city of Kano has sentenced an elderly man to death for raping a 12-year-old girl. In recent weeks, there has been increasing public outcry and street protests by activists against rape cases across Nigeria. A spokesperson for the judiciary in Kano state told the …

An Islamic court in the Nigerian city of Kano has sentenced an elderly man to death for raping a 12-year-old girl. In recent weeks, there has been increasing public outcry and street protests by activists against rape cases across Nigeria. A spokesperson for the judiciary in Kano state told the …

Fire has destroyed numerous chemicals and materials at the University of Education, Winneba, South Campus Chemistry Laboratory. The incident which occurred on Wednesday recorded no casualties. Information gathered by Kasapa FM News Yaw Boagyan from the Fire Service revealed that the fire outbreak was caused by an electrical fault. It …

Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has urged the Federal Government to grant licences to responsible citizens to carry sophisticated weapons such as AK47 as part of measures to curb the rise in insecurity in the country. The governor said that the policy should be backed by a strict legal framework …

A crash involving a Toyota Hiace with number plate CAL15XJ and an Actros tanker with number plate FGG 176 YU on Wednesday, August 12, 2020, has led to the injury of ten victims. Anigbo, who confirmed the incident, said 15 persons were involved in the crash. “It occurred near the …

The Public Relations Officer of the Ministry of Education, Kwesi Obeng Fosu, has debunked claims that the Ministry introduced the Professional Teachers’ Allowance to score political points for the 2020 December polls. The Minister of Education, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, announced in parliament that the government is introducing a Professional Teacher …

Sleeping naked has been proven to be essential in a maintaining good health. You could be missing out on some serious benefits from sleeping the old fashioned way: buck naked. But, sleep is vital to being a functional human being and not on the hot mess express. If nighttime nudity …

A four-year-old boy lost his life after he allegedly fell from his family’s apartment on the 6th floor in Cape Town on Wednesday. It is believed the little boy was under the care of his 25-year-old uncle when the accident happened in Wynberg around 09:20, said police. The little boy’s …

Mozambique’s government has finally reacted to reports that the ammonium nitrate which caused a huge deadly explosion in Lebanon earlier this month was on its way to Mozambique. The Deputy Justice Minister Filimao Suazi confirmed that the chemical was meant to come to Mozambique. But he denied that anyone in …

The Ghana Education Service (GES) on Friday, August 7, 2020, issued a press release to dismiss some 14 students for engaging in acts of indiscipline as well as interdicting three teachers for their alleged roles in some of the reported cases. The affected students, per their dismissal letters, are barred …

Some old students of Bright Senior High School have downplayed calls by the Akyem Abuakwa Traditional Council for the closure of the school. The demand by the Council had been “provoked by the incident of examination fraud of grave significance in direct relation to the assault of Mr. Gyan Mensah …

Angry youths in Rivers state destroyed a vehicle belonging to the state task force on illegal street trading and motor parks on Tuesday August 11.     According to reports, the attack started when the task force vehicle allegedly caused an accident that claimed the life of a man in …

Two people were shot dead and three others, including two police officers, were wounded in a shootout after a funeral “after-tears” party took a bad turn at the Marite sports ground near Hazyview, Mpumalanga on Saturday. According to police spokesperson Brigadier Leonard Hlathi, a group of “lawless individuals” held an …

The Minister for Education Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh has attacked the erstwhile Mahama administration accusing it of failing to purchase a single textbook for students throughout the eight period. In a special dispensation granted by the Speaker of Parliament for Ministers to make statements about their sectors, the Education Minister argued that …

Officials in Somalia say 10 people have died during a shoot-out inside the capital Mogadishu’s main prison. A spokesman for the information ministry said six inmates who were members of the jihadist group al-Shabab were killed and four security personnel also died. There are reports that one of the prisoners …

Namibia’s Fisheries Minister Albert Kawana has announced that the country will auction off its fishing quotas on an open market to raise funds to fight Covid-19. The government intends to auction off quotas for three fish species – horse markerel, hake and monk. The minister cited the need for medicine …

A father and his two wives have been arrested in Nigeria for treating their son like an animal. The 10-years-old boy Jibril Aliyu, who hails from the Badariya Area of Birnin Kebbi, Kebbi State was chained and confined with animals for about 2-years-old. Following the death of his biological mother …

A man and a nine-year-old boy were killed, and a woman and a three-year-old boy left injured on Monday afternoon when their vehicle rolled on the N2, approximately 25km outside Ermelo in Mpumalanga. According to ER24 spokesperson Russel Meiring, paramedics, along with several other services, arrived on the scene at …

President Cyril Ramaphosa has conveyed his heartfelt condolences on the passing of legendary radio personality, Bob Mabena. Mabena passed away on Sunday, 10 August 2020, at the age of 51. Mabena was a renowned television and radio personality, who started his career in 1989. “This is a sad loss not …

It was yet;another engaging moment on Friday July 31st, 2020 with the Chairman Association of Nigerian Physicians in America, CEO of the Las Vegas Pain Institute Nevada, USA and prominent contender for Anambra State PDP 2021 Guber ticket Dr Godwin Maduka (Okosisi Orumba) as he proved himself as a valuable …

An Islamic court in northern Nigeria’s Kano state has sentenced a 13-year-old boy to 10 years in prison for blasphemy. Th child was accused of making uncomplimentary remarks about God. In a separate case before the court, 22-year-old musician Yahaya Sharif-Aminu was sentenced to death by hanging after being found …

Special envoys sent by South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa in response to the crisis in neighbouring Zimbabwe cancelled their meeting with the opposition after meeting President Emmerson Mnangagwa. The two envoys were sent last week after Zimbabwe’s government suppressed protests and arrested dozens of activists and opposition politicians. The opposition …

Owner of Bright Senior High School (SHS) at Akyem Kukurantumi in the Eastern Region is set to be arraigned before a court following the disturbances that erupted in the school during the ongoing West Africa School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). Mr. Bright Amponsah has been charged with abetment of crime to …

Kindly join me in welcoming South Africa to Africa, to become a fully-fledged African country. Thus, let’s declare South Africa an African country. On July 26, 2020, for the first time in the history of the country, South Africa accepted an International Monetary Fund (IMF) loan; this is the day …

A musician in Nigeria’s northern state of Kano has been sentenced to death by hanging for blaspheming against the Prophet Muhammad. An upper Sharia court in the Hausawa Filin Hockey area of the state said Yahaya Sharif-Aminu, 22, was guilty of committing blasphemy for a song he circulated via WhatsApp …