Over 150 students have been displaced as a fire gutted a dormitory at the Islamic Girls Senior High school in the Wa Municipality. The fire broke today at midday, and no fatalities were recorded. The fire which lasted about an hour destroyed items and belongings of the students including bed, …

Seven people were killed in a bizarre religious ritual in a jungle community in Panama, in which indigenous residents were rounded up by about 10 lay preachers and tortured, beaten, burned and hacked with machetes to make them “repent their sins”. Police freed 14 members of the Ngabe Bugle indigenous group …

A Ugandan Imam who married man dressed as a woman has been arrested and charged. Sheikh Mohammed Mutumba was charged with having carnal knowledge with a person against the order of nature, according to Daily Monitor newspaper. His charge was read out at a magistrate court in Kayunga district in …

You don’t need to be a “Prophet” Reindolph Oduro Gyebi or an “Eagle Prophet” to be keenly aware of the fact that some disgruntled and murderous elements in Ghana’s political opposition and some of the latter’s treacherous collaborators inside government may very well be planning or conspiring to either endanger …

Five English-speaking West African countries and Guinea have criticised a move to change the name of the regional currency from CFA franc to the eco. The West African Economic and Monetary Union, made up of eight former French colonies and former Portuguese colony Guinea Bissau, said in December that it …

A huge diamond unearthed in Botswana in April has been sold to French luxury fashion house Louis Vuitton for an undisclosed sum. The 1,758-carat stone is reportedly the second-largest found in a century. It has been named Sewelô meaning “rare find” in the Setswana language, and came from the Karowe …

A popular stand-up comedian in Akwa Ibom State has been arrested by the police allegedly on the order of an Akwa Ibom government official. The comedian, whose stage name is Sir James, was arrested on Wednesday in Uyo. He is accused of posting “injurious” comments on Facebook against the commissioner …

The Department of Home Affairs has limited work and study options for refugees and asylum seekers, and discouraged political activity in contravention with the Constitution. Minister of Home Affairs Aaron Motsoaledi has defended the new amendments to the Refugees Act that came into effect at the beginning of the year, …

The 2019 teacher licensure exam recorded a 78.2 percent pass rate representing 27,171 out of 34,724 teachers who sat for the examination. This means 21.8 percent of the teachers, representing 7,553 teachers failed the exam, according to the National Teaching Council (NTC). The licensure exam is a prerequisite for all …

There are reports from central Mali that at least 15 people have been killed in an overnight attack on a Fulani village. A security official told the French news agency that some of the victims had their throats slit during the attack on Sinda village near the town of Douentza …

Exiled daughter of former Angolan president Isabel dos Santos could consider running for the presidency reports have suggested. Isabale, who is Africa’s richest woman according to Forbes, has experienced hard times since her father left power in 2017. In an interview with the Portuguese TV channel RTP on Wednesday she …

The Technical University Teachers Association of Ghana (TUTAG) has called off its nationwide strike after the National Labour Commission (NLC) secured an interim injunction on the industrial action. The association in a statement said its decision to call off the strike was a “demonstration of good faith which must be reciprocated by …

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has apologised to senior high school teachers for treating them poorly on Monday at the start of a four-day training programme. More than 200 teachers from the Greater Accra, Oti and Volta Regions who were invited on short notice to attend the training were left …

Thousands of Eritreans, including many children, continue to flee Eritrea because of human rights abuses and the nation’s indefinite national service, a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report says. Legally, conscription begins at the age of 18, but many children are also caught during round-ups, especially in urban areas, and sent …

Parts of the Accra Academy located at Bubiashie in Accra is reportedly in flames. It is unclear what might have caused the fire in the school. Photos and videos are rife on social media with some claiming that dormitories in two halls of residence in the school, namely Alema and …

Women who have sex at least once a month have a lower risk of entering menopause early than women with less active sex lives, scientists have found in research which they say points to a form of biological energy trade-off. A study of data from almost 3,000 women in the …

Teaching and learning at the various Technical Universities across the country is expected to commence today following an Accra High court order directing striking Technical University Teachers Association of Ghana (TUTAG) members to return to work. The decision was arrived at after the National Labour Commission (NLC) secured a court …

The National Teaching Council (NTC) has released the results of the third Ghana Teacher Licensure Examination (GTLE). A total of 27,171 out of the 34,724 candidates who sat for the examination representing 78.2 per cent passed the examination, while, 7,553 representing 21.8 per cent failed. A statement from the NTC …

Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) director of legal and advisory services, Group Captain Albert Murove, on Saturday lost property worth thousands of dollars when his house in Ruwa was gutted by fire believed to have been caused by lightning. Ruwa Local Board engineers are still investigating the case to establish the …

Libya’s rival leaders have left Moscow without reaching agreement on a ceasefire deal proposed by Russia and Turkey in an effort to bring an end to the country’s long-running civil war. Fayez Sarraj, the head of Libya’s UN-recognised government in Tripoli, and General Khalifa Haftar – the power behind the …

Gunfire was heard from military bases operated by the Sudanese intelligence Service in Khartoum as some members of the facility mutinied against various reforms, the military said. The camps in Kafouri, north of Khartoum and Riyadh which hosts the Operations Corps, involved a group of soldiers who were protesting against …

The hopes of a Father, Fredrick Frimpong hangs in the balance as his 4-year-old daughter, Jasmine Frimpong, since the day she was born has never made an attempt to sit, stand and talk, a situation that has made him [Fredrick] perplexed because the mother of young Jasmine is late. Narrating …

A trader, Anthony Okolie, who was arrested by the Department of State Services and detained for 10 weeks, has sued the DSS for N500m. Okolie, in a suit filed before the Federal High Court in Asaba, Delta State, by his lawyer, Tope Akinyode, also demanded N500m from Hanan Buhari, the …

President of Breast Care International (BCI), Dr. Mrs. Beatrice Wiafe Addai, has called on stakeholders to intensify breast cancer education among the youth for a cancer free future. She explained that educating the youth on breast cancer will enable them to identify the specific threats and warning signs of breast cancer, …

It is believed that the tourist group was visiting a gardening project at a school in Site C, Khayelitsha, on Saturday. Law enforcement authorities in Khayelitsha, Cape Town, have been applauded for their swift reaction to the robbery of 11 tourists that took place on Sunday. Suspect in Khayelitsha tourist …

The Imo state police command have arrested 47 year old Sunday Agwim, pictured above, for allegedly murdering his 62-year-old mother in their home at Umuobom in the Ideato South Local Government Area of Imo State. Confirming the incident, the spokesperson of the state police command, Orlando Ikeokwu, said the command …

Zimbabwe – A Mutare pastor was arrested for allegedly having sexual intercourse with his underage sister-in-law. The 30 year old Felix Mazengero is alleged to have had an affair with his wife’s 14-year-old sister (name withheld) which resulted in a pregnancy. The matter came to light before Magistrate Prisca Manhimbi. Mazengero …

In Zimbabwe – A 19-year-old man from Inyathi in Bubi District, Matabeleland North province allegedly fatally struck his father with an axe and his mother attempted to conceal the murder. Musawenkosi Ncube allegedly struck his father a 42 year old,Mr Sipho Ncube with an axe more than a week ago …

The officer’s private vehicle was engulfed by flames following the head-on collision. Northern Cape police are investigating a case of culpable homicide, after a bus transporting African National Congress (ANC) supporters from the party’s birthday celebration in Kimberley, was involved in a collision which left one person dead. The ruling party’s …

OR Tambo – South Africa’s biggest airport – has been plunged into darkness on Sunday morning, after an Eskom sub-station caught fire in Kempton Park. Ahead of a make-or-break week for Eskom, the power utility has been rocked onto the back-foot already. A major sub-station fire at Kempton Park has …