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Bishop Kwabena Boakye Asiamah, chiefly known as Ajagurajah has cursed two men who recorded him while he was eating at a KFC restaurant in an attempt to shame him. The video which was shared on TikTok captured Ajagurajah busily drinking a coca drink in his famous red gown which he …

Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio has reshuffled the top leadership of the country’s military, two days after a deadly protest rocked the West African country. On Friday, Peter K. Lavahun was promoted from Major General to Lt General and appointed new Chief of Defence Staff, replacing Lt General Sullay …

An armed group in Mali affiliated with al-Qaeda has claimed responsibility for a deadly attack on the country’s main military base near the capital, which it said was a response to a governmental collaboration with Russian mercenaries. The Katiba Macina claimed the attack in the strategic garrison town near the …

With a high mortality rate, health experts have largely expressed concerns about Marburg; the viral infection which appears to have shown up in some countries. Health experts in Ghana became alert after two cases were recorded in the Ashanti Region. The detection of the virus in the region came after …

Two people have died after contracting the deadly Marburg virus in Ghana, the Ghana Health Service (GHS) has confirmed. Both cases were detected in the Ashanti region. The GHS statement said 98 people are now under quarantine as suspected contact cases. There is no known treatment for Marburg. The virus is transmitted …

One year after what South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa called a violent “insurrection” that led to more than 300 deaths, the country is still wrestling with profound political and economic challenges and enduring fears of more unrest. The black skeleton of a burnt-out chemical plant looms over the N2 motorway …

A 31-year-old man has been detained in southwestern Germany, accused of stabbing several people in a shelter for asylum seekers. One man was killed and at least five people were injured in the knife attack late on Sunday, police said on Monday. The Nigerian man, also a resident at the …

Albinism, caused by a lack of melanin, the pigment that colours skin, hair and eyes, is a genetic anomaly that concerns hundreds of thousands of people across the globe, particularly in Africa. Ahead of International Albinism Awareness Day on Monday, AFP looks at the specificities of a very visible condition …

When the news of the preliminary investigations conducted by the Ghana Police Service into the recent attacks on bullion vans, especially in the Greater Accra region revealed that the main culprits were policemen, it broke even more hearts. It must be stated that in one of those ghastly attacks at Adedenkpo around …

At least one person was killed and 10 others injured in skirmishes at an opposition party rally in Kwekwe, central Zimbabwe, on Sunday. The Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) supporters were attacked by a group of men armed with spears, machetes, iron bars and stones. One man was stabbed to …