At least 10 people have died and hundreds of others are in hospital after drinking out-of-date powdered orange-flavoured drinks in the northern Nigerian state of Kano, the authorities say. T... Read more
The Mozambican government has banned the import of poultry products from South Africa because of an outbreak of bird flu. As well as live birds, the ban also includes feathers, eggs and poul... Read more
Eight people have been arrested by Islamic police in Nigeria’s northern state of Kano for allegedly refusing to fast during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. The Hisbah police enforce Islami... Read more
YouTube has suspended the account of influential Nigerian TV evangelist TB Joshua over allegations of hate speech. A rights body filed a complaint after reviewing at least seven videos showi... Read more
Mr Franklin Cudjoe, the founding President of Imani Africa, has categorically stated that illegal small-scale mining (galamsey) did more damage to Ghana than actress Rosemond Brown. To him,... Read more
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo left Accra on Thursday for Brazzaville, the Capital of the Republic of Congo, to attend the swearing-in of that country’s President-elect, Denis Sassou... Read more
Ghanaian actress and video vixen Rosemond Brown famously known as Akuapem Poloo has been sentenced to 90 days imprisonment. It could be recalled that on June 30, 2020, when she celebrated he... Read more
Human rights groups in Algeria have warned that more than 20 pro-democracy prisoners who are on hunger strike could die, and should be immediately released. In a statement posted on social m... Read more
The constitutional court in Benin has approved the election results showing President Patrice Talon won Sunday’s vote. Mr Talon received 86% of the vote, compared to Allasane Soumanou... Read more
The Deputy CEO in charge of Finance and Administration at the National Youth Authority, Mrs. Akosua Asaa Manu has urged young people to begin to seriously consider and pursue skills training... Read more
Mali’s legislative and presidential elections will be held on 27 February 2022, the transitional government has said. The country is expected to return to democracy after last year... Read more
A Lesotho-based manufacturer has been allowed to export cannabis products for medicinal use to the European Union. The firm, MG Health, said on Thursday that it had received official confirm... Read more
A court in Ivory Coast’s main city of Abidjan has handed down a life sentence to a former warlord, Amadé Ouérémi, for his role in massacres that were carried out in the west of the country f... Read more
Eight people have been killed and many injured in a shooting in the US city of Indianapolis, police say. Witnesses heard several gunshots at a FedEx facility and one said he saw a man firing... Read more
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