Rwanda: Nude photos of female presidential candidate leaked
Social media in Rwanda was flooded this week with nude pictures believed to be Diane Shima Rwigara, a 35-year-old businesswoman who announced her intention to […]
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Ghana: massive gas explosion left over 100 people injured
A gas explosion in the Ghanaian industrial city of Takoradi has left over 100 people injured on Tuesday during discharge of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG). […]
Morocco’s King, African leaders congratulate Emmanuel Macron
French independent centrist Emmanuel Macron has become France’s youngest-ever president on Sunday after his victory in the run-off against Front National’s right-wing leader Marine Le […]
Côte d’Ivoire: Rebellious soldiers seize control of second biggest city
Demobilized soldiers in Côte d’Ivoire have launched mutinies in the West-African nation’s largest city Bouaké, early on Monday, Reuters reports. The former rebels have erected […]
Sahara: the Polisario losing ground in Africa, across the world
The Algeria-backed Polisario, which is claiming sovereignty over the Western Sahara territory in Southern Morocco, is losing more ground in Africa day by day. On […]
South Africa: Ex-presidents join national crisis dialogue
Three former South African Presidents, F.W. de Klerk, Thabo Mbeki, Kgalema Motlanthe and former Deputy President Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka have joined a national dialogue initiative on […]
Somalia’s youngest minister shot dead by Police
Somalia’s youngest minister Abbass Abdullahi Sheikh Siraji has been shot dead in an incident close to the presidential palace in capital Mogadishu. The Mogadishu mayoral […]
Self-educated Egyptian unveils World’s largest handwritten Quran
Self-educated Egyptian Sa’ad Mohammed is putting together what is on record to be the world’s largest handwritten Quran, Reuters reported on Wednesday. Mohammed, who lives […]
UK sends troops to famine, war-stricken South Sudan
United Kingdom troops on Tuesday arrived in South Sudan to provide engineering and medical support to the United Nations Mission (UNMISS) in the famine and […]
UN rights chief lauds Ethiopia as a partner in human rights
The United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein on Wednesday praised Ethiopian government for its efforts to promote and protect […]