•Self-proclaimed pastor, Paul Nthenge Mackenzie A self-proclaimed preacher in Kenya linked to an infamous starvation cult that killed more than 400 people was charged on Wednesday over a further 52 deaths, prosecutors said. In a case that made global headlines in 2023, hundreds of bodies were discovered just inland from the Kenyan beach resort...
•President of the Nigerian Union in South Africa, Smart Nwobi The Nigerian community in South Africa has threatened to embark on a protest to demand justice for a Nigerian national, Emeka Uzor, who was reportedly shot dead during an anti-drug operation in Gauteng, a suburban region of Johannesburg. Uzor was reportedly killed at about 3pm [&hel...
•Chadian President Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno The President of the Republic of Chad, Idriss Deby, granted an audience yesterday to three Chadian women he had appointed to international positions. These were Ambassador Mariam Mahamat Nour, Amina Priscille Longoh, and Mariam Ali Moussa, reports AFP. Nour was elected Vice President of the Commissio...
•Ghanaian flag The Government of Ghana has recalled its High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mohammed Ahmed, following allegations linking him to electoral malpractice during a party primary election in Ghana. The recall was ordered by President John Mahama and announced in a presidential statement issued on Saturday. According to the statement, the ...
•Refinery Africa’s oil refining industry has long struggled to keep pace with the continent’s vast crude oil production. For decades, many African nations exported crude oil while importing refined petroleum products due to aging, underperforming, or non-operational refineries. However, fresh investments, upgrades, and new large-scale projects...
The United Nations rights chief today called on the Burkina Faso government to halt all repression of civic space and to overturn its plan to prohibit all political parties. The junta running the West African nation said last week it planned to dissolve all political parties, whose activities have been suspended since the military rulers [&hel...
•Ghana Flag and US YouTuber IShowSpeed Ghana has said it is suspending citizenship applications from descendants of Africans living abroad, a move analysts say could dent the country’s bid to promote itself as a Pan-African hub. A diaspora community is a group of people who have moved from their ancestral homeland to other parts of […]...
•Nigerian High Commission in South Africa Authorities in South Africa’s City of Tshwane have disconnected and later restored electricity supply to Nigeria’s High Commission in Pretoria after the diplomatic mission settled outstanding utility bills owed to the municipality. The power cut was confirmed today by the Executive Mayor of Tshwane, Dr...
•DR Congo mine A series of landslides struck a militia-held mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo, burying people alive and killing several, the governor and witnesses told our correspondent yesterday. Since its resurgence in 2021, the M23 group has taken vast tracts of the DRC’s resource-rich east, capturing the Rubaya mine in North Kivu [...
•Israeli Charge d’Affaires, Ariel Seidman South Africa has declared Israel’s top diplomat in the country “persona non grata,” and given him 72 hours to leave, the foreign ministry said today, citing a “series of violations”. Ties between the two nations are already strained, with South Africa bringing a case before the United Nations top court...
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