Africa

The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) District Police Command has begun investigations into circumstances that led to the death of a 40-year-old man believed to be an employee of the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) who visited a female student in her hostel room on Sunday, …

Ghanaian actress, Rosemond Brown, better known as Akuapem Poloo, has been sentenced to three months in prison by an Accra Circuit Court, over the publication of “obscene material and domestic violence”. The actress was sentenced for her Instagram post where she went naked while posing with her seven-year-old son in …

A large number of dead dolphins have been washed ashore at Brawire beach, in Axim-Bewire, Ghana. According to multiple reports, the incident occurred on on Sunday, April 4. And there’re indications that the sea creatures may have been poisoned in their natural habitat. An eyewitness who spoke to JoyNews said, …

A team of Ghanaian referees were beaten by angry fans in the Division One League match-week 14 game on Sunday afternoon, March 28.     According to Ghanaian media, the incident occurred after Wanamafo Mighty Royals’ game with Bofoakwa Tano ended in a goalless draw.     The report said fans …

The Group Chief Executive Officer of Zimbabwe Bank (ZB) Financial Holdings Group, Ronald Mutandagayi has taken a leave of absence after a video of him assaulting his wife went viral on social media.   The footage which is said to have been reportedly taken by his 16-year-old daughter, shows Mutandagayi chasing his estranged …

The president of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo has declared that same-sex marriage will never happen during his tenure. He made this declaration at the installation and enthronement of a program of an Anglican Archbishop held in Mampong on Saturday February 27.   In his words ”I have said this before and …

Four soldiers were killed and eight others seriously injured by a roadside bomb in southeastern Niger, a region hit by jihadist attacks, the government said. The troops were pursuing “terrorists” on Monday following an attack the previous day on a military position in Chetima Wangou in the Diffa region, the …

Rwanda’s capital Kigali was back under total lockdown on Tuesday after a surge in coronavirus cases in a country that has adopted some of Africa’s toughest anti-Covid measures. President Paul Kagame’s government announced the measures late Monday after a cabinet meeting, banning “unnecessary movements” in the capital. Rwanda imposed one …

Guinean President Alpha Conde has pushed ahead with a new government after fiercely disputed elections last October that claimed dozens of lives. The 82-year-old leader named 16 new ministers, according to a communique read on state TV on Tuesday night, as part of an expected reshuffle. Conde won a violently …

Zimbabwe’s foreign affairs minister, Sibusiso Moyo, who gained world prominence for announcing the 2017 coup that ousted Robert Mugabe, died from coronavirus on Wednesday, the government said. Moyo, 61, was the face of the November 18, 2017, coup which toppled the country’s autocratic president and replaced him with Emmerson Mnangagwa. …