Friday, October 9, 2026

Africa

June 2, 2023

Tanzania declares end of first-ever Marburg viral outbreak

The Marburg is a deadly Ebola-like virus with a fatality rate of up to 88 per cent, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO).

Marburg virus
June 2, 2023

Zimbabwe government adopts patriotism law to punish dissenters

Zimbabwe’s government has adopted a patriotism law to stifle dissenting voices.

Emmerson Mnangagwa
June 1, 2023

FBI arrests Senegalese businessman Amadou Diallo for wire fraud, money laundering

Amadou Kane Diallo, 44, a Senegalese national living in Laguna Niguel, was arrested at his residence this morning by FBI special agents.

AMADOU KANE DIALLO; FBI OPERATIVES
June 1, 2023

Senegal opposition leader banned from 2024 presidential election, jailed two years

Ousmane Sonko, 48, is accused of raping a 20-year-old massage parlour worker in 2021 and of making death threats against her.

Ousmane Sonko
June 1, 2023

Cameroon officials beg Nigeria for troops to fight Boko Haram insurgents

Military officials claimed soldiers killed several insurgents along the border with Nigeria and Chad but gave no details.

Boko haram and President Paul Biya
June 1, 2023

Zenith Bank wins ‘Best Corporate Governance Financial Services’ in Africa award for fourth time

For the fourth consecutive year, Zenith Bank Plc has been named the Best Corporate Governance ‘Financial Services’ Africa 2023 by the Ethical Boardroom.

Ebenezer Onyeagwu and zenith bank logo
May 31, 2023

Zimbabwean president fixes August 23 for presidential, parliamentary elections

More than 5.8 million people have registered to vote in the presidential, legislative and local authority elections, according to local media.

President Emmerson Mnangagwa
May 31, 2023

Famous Ghanaian writer, feminist Ama Ata Aidoo dies at 83

Ms Aidoo was Ghana’s secretary of education between 1982 and 1983 under President Jerry Rawlings’s administration.

Ama Ata Aidoo
May 30, 2023

Ugandan govt. passes law to stop stealing of human organs

The donation and transplant law, the first of its kind in Uganda, prohibits any commercial dealings in human organs and tissues.

Uganda president Yoweri Museveni