Uganda declares end to latest ebola outbreak
Uganda on Saturday declared an end to the country’s latest outbreak of ebola, three months after authorities confirmed cases of the highly infectious and often fatal viral hemorrhagic infection ...
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Ghana president suspends supreme court chief justice
Ghana’s president on Tuesday announced the suspension of the country’s top judge while she is investigated for misconduct. The action against Supreme Court Chief Justice Gertrude Araba Esaaba Tork...
14 years old girl killed by lion in Kenya
A 14-year-old girl has been killed by a lion on the outskirts of Nairobi, the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) said. The child was snatched from a residential compound on a ranch next to Nairobi National ...
DR Congo bans Joseph Kabila’s party over alleged rebel links
The Democratic Republic of Congo has banned the party of former President Joseph Kabila from contesting elections for links to the M23 rebel group, which has seized large parts of the east of the coun...
American missionary rescued after alleged abduction in South Africa, police say
An American missionary who was allegedly kidnapped at gunpoint during a church service in South Africa last Thursday evening was rescued in “a high-intensity shootout” several days later, ...
Gabon coup leader elected President with 90% votes
The leader of a 2023 coup in Gabon, General Brice Oligui Nguema, 50, elected president with 90% of votes cast and will now lead the country for the next seven years, renewable once. He is a former aid...
Gabon coup leader votes in Presidential election he is contesting
Gabon’s coup leader Brice Oligui Nguema is looking to cement his grip on power as the oil-producing Central African nation holds a presidential election on Saturday that analysts expect to be a ...
Congo hands over Americans jailed over failed coup
Three United States citizens initially sentenced to death in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) over a botched coup attempt have been repatriated after Kinshasa commuted their death sentences to...
Sudan tells World Court UAE fuels Darfur genocide
Sudan on Thursday told the International Court of Justice that the United Arab Emirates was violating the Genocide Convention by supporting paramilitary forces in Darfur and asked judges to issue em...
FCT Police arrest armed robbery suspect, recovers exhibits
On 27th March 2025 at about 3:20 a.m., operatives of the Mabushi Division responded swiftly to a distress call reporting an ongoing robbery at Royal Court Estate, Jahi II. Upon arrival at the scene, t...
Bus transporting 62 students, staff, crash in Ghana
A school bus transporting 62 students, staff, and parents from Ben Kunadu SDA Basic School in Asante Akyem for an excursion to Akosombo somersaulted while descending a hill on the Adukrom-Somanya high...
Niger Republic shifting accusations on pipeline sabotag from Nigeria to China
Zagazola Makama The mystery surrounding the wave of pipeline explosions in Niger Republic has taken a new twist, as authorities in Niamey shift blame from Nigeria and its allies to China, raising more...
