Global economic growth could rebound next year but the number of people living in extreme poverty is expected to remain unchanged after a huge surge this year due to the coronavirus pandemic, the World Bank warned Tuesday. The bank said three countries (India – 24%, Nigeria – 12%, DR Congo …

Overview Bipolar disorder, formerly called manic depression, is a mental health condition that causes extreme mood swings that include emotional highs (mania or hypomania) and lows (depression). When you become depressed, you may feel sad or hopeless and lose interest or pleasure in most activities. When your mood shifts to …

Ballito mom Fungai Nyamadzawo, who is accused of murdering her six-year-old daughter Alexia, has a history of mental illness. This emerged when the 42-year-old appeared for the second time in the Umhlali Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday. An anticipated bail application was abandoned. Prosecutor Sanesh Rambaran told Magistrate Blanche van Eeden …

Some 663 new cases of the novel coronavirus have been confirmed in Nigeria. According to the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC), the new cases have increased Nigeria’s tally to 13,464. In a tweet on Tuesday night, June 9, 2020, the Center reported that deaths related to the virus have …

South Africa’s Health Minister Zweli Mkhize has said Cuban doctors brought in to fight the coronavirus outbreak will cost the country $14m (£11m). The minister said the 187 specialists – including biostatisticians, epidemiologists, family physicians and health technologists – will be accommodated until 2021. Dr Mkhize said the medics were …

In our series of letters from African journalists, Joseph Warungu captures the frustrations of Kenyans who have been pleading with the government to ease the measures taken to curb the spread of Covid-19. “Mr President, we beg you – please, please set us free!” These are not the words of …

  Sex coach, Dzifa Sweetness, has educated that sexual intercourse is not only beneficial for reproduction or pleasure but has a lot of side benefits that we do not realize. In an interview on eTV Ghana’s adult show, In Bed with Adwen, with Ghana’s greatest love Doctor, Adwen, she noted …

The health authorities in Malawi’s northern city of Mzuzu say 158 people have received treatment for various injuries they suffered following a stampede that ensued when thousands of mostly young people reported for government job interviews. The health ministry announced that it was hiring hundreds of health workers to go …

Ghana has confirmed 291 new cases of the novel Coronavirus. These new cases have pushed the country’s case count to 10,201. The new figures represent a rise of 563 cases from the initial figure. The Ghana Health Service (GHS) made this know on their official website on Tuesday, June 9, 2020. Meanwhile, some …

A 32-year-old man was sentenced to a 42-year prison term by the Atlantis Magistrate’s Court for his role in the hijacking of an abalone truck in the Western Cape in 2017. According to a statement by the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), Zukisa Sibango was convicted of two counts of attempted …

Burundi’s President Pierre Nkurunziza, aged 55, has died after suffering a cardiac arrest, the government says. He was admitted to hospital on Saturday after feeling unwell, his condition improved but on Monday he had a cardiac arrest and efforts to revive him were unsuccessful, officials say. After 15 years in …

A Nigerian man has been arrested after allegedly raping a pregnant woman in Ryom local government area of Plateau State. The man identified as Nura Umaru confessed raping the woman because her husband killed his cow. According to a report by naijapledge.ng, Nura was arrested by Anti-Kidnapping Unit of the …

The African Court on Human and Peoples’ Right has started its 57th Ordinary Session through a virtual platform with affirmation that nothing should stop justice even as the world battles the COVID-19 pandemic. The court said at the heart of the COVID-19 turmoil, justice must take resolute steps because it is the keystone of …

The 12-year-old girl who was last week allegedly raped by a 42-year-old Eddy Ojah at Otada community in Otukpo Local Government Area of Benue state has disclosed that she placed a curse of God’s judgement on her rapist who is currently on the run. Narrating her ordeal from her hospital …

Tanzania’s President John Magufuli has declared the country “coronavirus-free” thanks to prayers by citizens. “The corona disease has been eliminated thanks to God,” Mr Magufuli told worshippers in a church in the capital, Dodoma. The World Health Organization (WHO) has expressed concern over the government’s strategy on Covid-19. The government …

Answering a question on radio on 28th May 2020, the General-Secretary of the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association stated thus. “We are not soldiers who take an oath to die for Ghana. We nurses do not swear to die for Ghana. We must therefore be given PPEs to protect …

No church services will be held in classrooms, Director-General of the Ghana Education Service (GES), Professor Kwasi Opoku-Amankwa has cautioned Christian religious leaders in the country. Following President Akufo-Addo’s ease of restrictions on public gatherings, schools across the country have reopened for final year students and churches are permitted to …

Three Ghanaians, namely Enoch Adjei, Hamadu Hassan and Anane Vida who have completed 102, 94 and 61 courses respectively emerged as top learners on the Commonwealth of Learning (CoL) Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) scholarship programme. Ghana, through the Ghana Library Authority forms part of the four countries which includes …

The confidence to return to work has been a major subject in this COVID- 19 era. The assurance of whether one is safe being at home or at the workplace remains fully unanswered. The way forward in resolving the major part of this challenge is to have your workplace/home/environment disinfected.  …

Operatives of Benue State Police Command have arrested a 26-year-old man identified as Patrick Onoja Igah for allegedlu raping a 7-year-old girl inside the 7th wonder church premises in Owukpa area of Benue state over the weekend. This sad incident was confirmed to newsmen by the Police Public Relations Officer in …

A Nigerian mother has incurred the wrath of Nigerians after she beat up her 2-year-old daughter who was allegedly raped in Lagos. According to the lady who shared details of the incident, she said she met the mother and her two daughters around Idumota in Lagos. She noticed a red …

In our series of letters from African writers, Nigerian novelist Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani says children are now having to police their credulous parents on WhatsApp. Just a few years ago, local comedians had a field day with jokes about elderly Nigerian mothers and their nonchalant attitudes towards their mobile phones. …

There seems to be trouble between former president Jacob Zuma and his 25-year-old fiancée Nonkanyiso Conco. The pair, who have a young son together, have allegedly separated and Conco has since moved out of the house that was rented for her by Zuma near Ballito, Durban. Conco’s father, Fartescue, said …

A restaurant owner was hacked to death in an early-morning attack in KwaZulu-Natal, the authorities have confirmed. Paramedic service Midlands EMS reported a crew was dispatched to “a well-known eatery in the Balgowan area at 08:30” in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands on Saturday morning. Upon the crew’s arrival “they were met …

Mrs Queen Igbinevbo, the pregnant wife of Comrade Promise Igbinevbo has died after she was raped and murdered at home. Mrs Igbinevbo was alone at her home in Benin when her attackers gained entrance into the home through the ceiling. A source who spoke to LIB said the intruders had come in search …

There are reports in South Africa that last week’s lifting of an alcohol ban – which had been imposed to stop the spread of coronavirus – has led to a sharp rise in trauma cases at hospitals some of which are already under strain due to the pandemic. A specialist …

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has extended a nationwide overnight curfew by another 30 days after warning that ending it risked tens of thousands of additional coronavirus deaths. But the nightly curfew will be three hours shorter, running from 21:00 to 04:00, and several areas that had been under lockdown will …

Veteran actress, Patience Ozokwor, aka Mama G, has revealed what should be done to actors found guilty of rape. Kemi Filani News recalls that Actress Sylvia Oluchi hours ago, accused veteran movie director, Lancelot Imasuen, of sexually assaulting her, during a film shoot in 2008. Reacting, Patience Ozokwor in a chat with …

Students are jubilating over the death of their lecturer because he has been allegedly practising sex for grades with their ladies. Dr. Mekino Nnaemeka Okonkwo shared a photo of a late lecturer recognized as Anunkakampi to wish him peaceful rest in his grave. His post on Twitter, however, backfired as …

The trio on Thursday appeared before Buganda Road Magistrate’s Court on charges of demanding property by written threats contrary to the penal code. The suspects; Hamis Mukota and his wife Donah Werukwendera, are jointly charged with Tracy Nangendo. The couple is said to have sneaked into the house of Iganga-based …