•President Paul Kagame of Rwanda Rwanda said today it had made its first oil discovery, with confirmation of 13 reservoirs in Lake Kivu, which makes up part of its border with DR Congo. “The good news is that we have oil,” Francis Kamanzi, CEO of the Rwanda Mines, Petroleum and Gas Board, told a parliamentary […]
•South Africa Police South African police said today that they had rescued 26 undocumented Ethiopian nationals who were being held captive without clothes in a suburban house in Johannesburg by suspected human traffickers. •The house Up to 30 other men may have already escaped through a smashed window before police swooped in on the house [&he...
•A view of the Presidential Palace with the coat of arms in the Chadian capital N’djamena Chad’s capital was calm early today, the morning after armed men attacked the presidential palace, sparking a battle that killed 19 people, mostly assailants, according to the government. Beefed-up security and road blocks set up late yesterday had been [...
•Chadian soldiers on patrol Gunfire erupted yesterday evening near the presidency in Chad’s capital N’Djamena, with tanks and a heavy security presence on the streets. A security source said armed men had attacked the interior of the presidential compound, but authorities made no immediate comment, reports AFP. All roads leading to the preside...
•Ghana’s new President John Mahama (C) holds the Bible as he takes oath of office at his inauguration at the Independence Square in Accra today, Tuesday, January 7, 2025 John Mahama has taken the oath of office as Ghana’s new president in a ceremony attended by world leaders. Mahama was sworn in at Black Star […]
•Kemi Badenoch, Nuhu Ribadu and Enoch Adeboye National Security Adviser (NSA), Malam Nuhu Ribadu; a Nigerian-born British politician and leader of the UK Conservative Party, Kemi Badenoch; and Pastor Enoch Adeboye, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), have been recognised among the 100 Most Reputable Africans fo...
•Mahama and Tinubu President Bola Tinubu will depart Lagos today to attend the inauguration of President-elect John Dramani Mahama. The event, which is billed to hold tomorrow, Tuesday, January 7 in Accra, the capital of the Republic of Ghana, is at the behest of the incoming President John Mahama. Recall that Mahama, who had previously [&hel...
•Earthquake in Ethiopia Ethiopia, in the Horn of Africa, is a rugged, landlocked country split by the Great Rift Valley. Evacuations were underway in Ethiopia yesterday after a series of earthquakes, the strongest of which a 5.8 magnitude jolt, rocked the remote north of the Horn of Africa nation, reports AFP. The quakes were centred […...
•President Akufo-Addo President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s last State of the Nation address in parliament yesterday was disrupted by the collapse of his aide-de-camp (ADC). In a viral video, the ADC, identified by Ghana Web as Colonel Isaac Amponsah, fell midway into Mr Akufo-Addo’s address before the Ghana parliament. Before he collapsed, ...
A seven-year-old boy was found alive after being lost for five days in a reserve home to lions and other wild animals in northern Zimbabwe, the wildlife authority said today. The boy wandered into the Matusadona National Park next to his village on December 27 and was found five days later and about 50 kilometres […]
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