Ugandan musicians are up in arms over their share of benefits from the Caller Ring Back Tone (CRBT) scheme. Purchasable ringtones, usually snatches of popular songs, generate a lot of money... Read more
The authorities in Zimbabwe have been urged to investigate the brutal assault of four independent journalists on Thursday. The Committee for the Protection of Journalists (CPJ) said the... Read more
Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook restricting a story about Joe Biden’s son during the 2020 election was based on FBI misinformation warnings. The New York Post alleged leaked emails from... Read more
More than 33 million people have been affected by historic rains and floods that have swept Pakistan, the country’s climate minister told Reuters. Since June, more than 900 people have... Read more
A BBC investigation has found evidence that some businesses in Egypt are discriminating against women wearing the hijab. It suggests a major property developer is refusing to sell holiday pr... Read more
Liberia’s President George Weah has allowed Sierra Leone and its club sides to use the Samuel Kanyon Doe (SKD) sports complex free of charge. Sierra Leone will play a ‘home... Read more
Kibi government hospital has not recorded any maternal death in the last seventeen (17) months. This great achievement is part of strives by management to ensure sustained zero maternal deat... Read more
Two young men in Koforidua who claim to be serial womanizers say even though HIV/AIDS is increasing, it won’t demoralize them from having fun. Kwame (not his real name) says he and his... Read more
Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo, National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress, is concerned about the increased suffering caused by an economic crisis. The government has acknowledged the probl... Read more
Peru’s consumer protection agency is suing Spanish oil firm Repsol over a huge oil spill which blackened beaches off the coast of Lima in January. The spill, which Peru called the wors... Read more
The UK imported no fuel from Russia in June for the first time on record, according to official figures. Imports of goods from Russia also fell to £33m in June, the lowest level since record... Read more
The Eritrean government has seized control of a Catholic-owned technical school, sources have told the BBC. The Hagaz Agro-Technical School is run by the LaSalle Brothers organisation and ha... Read more
The presidential candidate of Angola’s main opposition party, National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (Unita), has cast his vote, state-owned broadcaster TPA has reported.... Read more
Somalia’s new President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has vowed an all-out war against militant group al-Shabab. This comes days after the militants staged a deadly attack on a hotel in the cap... Read more
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