Africa

By Toby Prince Immediate past Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Attahiru Jega has appealed to Ghanaian politicians not to see the general elections as a do-or-die affair. He advised politicians…
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By Toby Prince Mayor of Johannesburg Herman Mashaba has said it “was not necessary” for South Africa to apologise to Nigeria for the recent xenophobic attacks. “No, there is nothing for me to apologise about,” Mashaba said on CNBC…
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By Aishat Salihu The South African authority has denied Air Peace landing right at the Oliver Tambo International Airport, Johannesburg. The refusal of the South African authority to grant the airline landing permit has once again led…
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By Toby Prince A spokesman of the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) in South Africa, Clayson Monyela, has accused Nigeria of overreacting to the recent xenophobic attack in the country. Businesses of…
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By Aishat Salihu Social networking platform, Facebook, has cancelled its annual iD8 event billed to hold in South Africa over the recent xenophobic attacks on foreign nationals in the country. This was disclosed in an email scheduled…
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By Aishat Salihu In a bid to curtail violence of fresh attacks in Johannesburg's CBD, metro police have on Monday said after a concerted effort, all affected roads in Sunday's violence are clear and free to use by commuters. No fewer…
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Armed residents in Johannesburg have taken to the streets in a march against foreigners, demanding that they leave the country. The protesters were armed with weapons such as knobkieries and sang that foreigners must return to…
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Six people have died on Sunday, September 8, after a bus connecting Casablanca and Rissani, a town in Errachidia Province, fell off  the Oued Damchan bridge in the Draa Tafilalet region. The accident was caused by floods. Severe rainstorms…
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President Alassane Ouattara of Côte d’ Ivoire has appointed Adama Koné, Minister of Economic and Financial Affairs to support the re-election of Akinwumi Adesina as President of the Africa Development Bank (AfDB). Mr Quattara said this…
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By Sylvanus Okpe The President of South African, Mr Cyril Ramaphosa, on Thursday, admitted that at least 10 people have been killed by xenophobic violence in South Africa this week, adding that one victim was a foreign national. The…
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By Lawrence Audu The South African High Commissioner to Ghana Lulu Xingwana has asked African governments to create jobs for their citizens to discourage them from travelling to South Africa for greener pastures. Xingwana said this…
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By Toby Prince Four South African policemen have been arrested for the murder of a Nigerian, Pius Abiaziem, in eastern cape on August 23. The cops, it was gathered,  would be arraigned in court for homicide immediately. Chairman,…
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Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara, the man who led the vast and complex job of making The Gambia an independent country in 1965 and went on to become the first president of The Gambia, has died. He was aged 95. Jawara died less than an hour…
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By ThankGod Ogala A Kenyan man arrested at Bangkok’s airport for allegedly trying to smuggle more than 68 packets of cocaine in his stomach, Thai authorities announced. Authorities said Glenn Chibasellow Ooko, 43, had flown on Monday…
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As Nigeria and South Africa seek ways to end the xenophobic attacks on Nigerians in that country, the Nigeria Union South Africa (NUSA) on Wednesday announced the gruesome murder of another Nigerian. The union’s President, Adetola…
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By Aishat Salihu No fewer than 70,000 investors have become collateral damage from a cleanup of Ghana's banking industry which has given rise to no access to their savings. The crackdown, which consequently reduced the number of…
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South Africa has expressed concern over the call by the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) for the expulsion of South Africans and protest at South African owned businesses in Nigeria. The country made its feelings known in…
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By Aishat Salihu The Speaker of the House of Representatives in the United States, Ms Nancy Pelosi and a Congressional delegation have arrived Kotaka International Airport in Accra, the state capital. The delegation while in Ghana…
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By Aishat Salihu The President of Equatorial Guinea, Teodoro Obiang Nguema has announced plans to celebrate forty years in power on Saturday, highlighting his status as Africa's longest-serving head of state spanning four decades. His…
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By Toby Prince Rwanda has closed its border with the Democratic Republic of Congo, where a deadly Ebola outbreak that started a year ago has killed more than 1,803 people. The closure came after a second death linked to the Ebola…
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By Aishat Salihu Zimbabwe has increased its fuel prices on Monday for the second time in a week leaving most pumps dry, with no end in sight to shortages that are helping drive inflation rapidly higher in the country. The Zimbabwe…
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By Aminu Adamu The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on Wednesday launched the Regional Stabilization Facility for Lake Chad, an ambitious multi-million dollar fund to scale up the range of stabilization intervention in areas…
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By Aishat Salihu Following his impact and contribution to the African continent and the world at large, July 18 is officially set aside since 2009 for the annual international celebration of South Africa's foremost anti-apartheid…
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By Daniel Atayi Former South African President Jacob Zuma on Tuesday said he had received a death threat after his testimony the previous day to an inquiry on corruption. Zuma told the inquiry on Monday that he had been the victim of…
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By Sylvanus Okpe A Ugandan university lecturer, Stella Nyazi has been jailed over a poem she wrote about the president’s mother’s private part which she shared on Facebook. The poem titled 'Vagina' caused a fuss on the social media, …
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By Toby Prince The President of the Republic of Niger, Mahamadou Issoufou has been elected the new chairman of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of States and Government. This decision comes after a day-long closed-door meeting held…
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By Aishat Salihu No fewer than 19 illegal miners were killed after part of a copper mine collapsed in southeastern DR Congo on Thursday, Swiss-based mining giant Glencore said. The tragic incident reportedly happened when two…
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By Toby Prince Nigeria's commercial capital, Lagos, has been rated the fourth most expensive city in Africa, according to  Mercer, a global consulting leader in advancing health, wealth and careers. Mercer's 25th annual Cost of Living…
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By Toby Prince The chief of staff of the Ethiopian Army and at least three other senior officials have been killed in different parts of the country amid a coup attempt by an army general in the northern state of Amhara, state television…
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The governor of the Eastern province of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Jean Bamanisa Saidi, has reportedly told AFP, a leading newspaper in the country that a violent crisis has erupted in his province claiming not less than 50 lives.…
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