Africa

Law Society of Kenya (LSK) President Faith Odhiambo has spoken out against the detention of Kenyan lawyers, including People’s Liberation Party (PLP) leader Martha Karua, at Julius Nyerere International Airport in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Click here to join our WhatsApp Channel Karua revealed on May 18, 2025, that she …

Fifteen people have been killed in a head-on collision between a minibus taxi and a pick-up truck in rural South Africa, according to a transport official on Sunday. The accident occurred late on Saturday night into Sunday, near the town of Maqoma in the Eastern Cape, about 1,000 kilometers (620 …

Police in South Africa are searching for answers after the bodies of three police officers – who had been missing for six days – were found in a river. Click here to join our WhatsApp Channel Boipelo Senoge, 20, Cebekhulu Linda, 24, and Keamogetswe Buys, 30, were last seen leaving …

A High Court in Abuja has sentenced Peter Nwachukwu, husband of popular gospel singer Osinachi, to death by hanging for murder. Click here to join our WhatsApp Channel The judgment, delivered by Justice Nwosu-iheme, comes three years after Osinachi’s death which occurred on April 8, 2022. The case has attracted …

Namibia’s agriculture minister has been sacked after being accused of raping a 16-year-old girl five years ago. Mac-Albert Hengari was arrested on Saturday after allegedly attempting to bribe the victim, now 21, to withdraw the case against him, the police say. Click here to join our WhatsApp Channel Hengari, 59, …

Troop-contributing countries (TCCs) to the African Union Support and Stabilisation Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM) are urging the African Union Commission, in collaboration with its partners, to secure funding for the peacekeeping initiative. Click here to join our WhatsApp Channel During the Summit of Heads of State and Government of the …

The Vice Chairman of Tanzania’s main opposition party, CHADEMA, John Heche and other party leaders have been released by the police a few hours after being arrested while preparing to address a public rally in the commercial capital of Dar es Salaam. Heche told the BBC, “The police had no …

Nigeria has reduced its electricity subsidies by 35% after implementing higher tariffs for select users last year, Power Minister Adebayo Adelabu announced on Thursday. Click here to join our WhatsApp Channel The move offers some fiscal relief for the country, which has long struggled with challenges in its energy sector. …

Rebels have announced the formation of an alternative government, in a country that has been at war for two years that has caused the world’s largest humanitarian crisis. Click here to join our WhatsApp Channel The leader of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), Mohamed Hamdan “Hemedti” Dagalo, said the group …

A high-level international conference has begun in London, England, with the aim of finding a lasting solution to the Sudanese conflict. British Foreign Secretary David Lammy has described the talks as “a path towards peace.” The civil war that has gripped Sudan for the past two years has led to …