Africa Eight Nigerians arrested for attacking police officers during drug raid in South Africa by admin April 19, 2024
Africa Bank of Ghana suspends FX trading licences of GTBank, First Bank for ‘regulatory breaches’ March 5, 2024 - Updated on March 6, 2024
Africa UPDATE: 17 foreigners killed in Tunisian Museum attack by Patrick Akpu March 18, 2015 0 Nineteen people have been killed in a shooting attack at the Bardo Museum in Tunisia. Tunisian Prime Minister, Habib Essid,... Read more
Africa South African doctors perform world’s first successful penis transplant by Patrick Akpu March 13, 2015 0 Reports from Cape Town, South Africa, has it that doctors have successfully performed the world's first penis transplant on a... Read more
Africa Former Ivory Coast first lady sentenced to 20 years in prison by Patrick Akpu March 10, 2015 0 A court in Ivory Coast has sentenced former first lady, Simone Gbagbo, to 20 years in jail for her role in... Read more
Africa Zambia’s president collapses during Women’s Day celebration by Patrick Akpu March 8, 2015 0 Zambia’s President Edgar Lungu, on Sunday, collapsed on the podium while presiding over a Women’s Day celebration in Lusaka. It... Read more
Africa Four Tanzanians sentenced to death for killing albino by Patrick Akpu March 6, 2015 0 A Tanzania court in northwestern region of Geita has sentenced four persons to death by hanging for killing a woman... Read more
Africa Gunmen abduct 89 boys in South Sudan by Patrick Akpu February 21, 2015 0 Armed men have reportedly abducted not less than 89 boys from a camp in the northern city of Malakal that... Read more
Africa 40 dead, 70 injured as three car bombs rip through Qubbah, Libya by Patrick Akpu February 20, 2015 0 Forty people were killed and 70 wounded on Friday after three car bombs ripped through the eastern Libyan city of Qubbah,... Read more
Africa One killed, many injured as train derails in Mozambique by Patrick Akpu February 20, 2015 0 At least one person was killed on Thursday after a train transporting passengers and coal derailed in southern Mozambique, the operating... Read more
Africa Militant groups sign peace deal with Mali by Patrick Akpu February 20, 2015 0 Six armed groups in Mali have reached a ceasefire agreement with the Malian government in a bid to end hostilities in... Read more
Africa Ghanaians protest widespread power outages by Patrick Akpu February 18, 2015 - Updated on February 19, 2015 0 Thousands of Ghanaian marched through Ghana’s capital, Accra on Wednesday, to protest against widespread power shortages in the country. They claim President... Read more
Africa Beheading of Coptic Christians: Pope Francis expresses sadness by Patrick Akpu February 16, 2015 0 Pope Francis on Monday expressed “profound sadness” over the beheading of 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians by Islamic militants in Libya,... Read more
Africa Islamic militants behead Egyptian Coptic Christians in Libya by Patrick Akpu February 16, 2015 0 Islamic militants in Libya on Sunday night released a video showing the beheading of a group of Egyptians believed to be some or... Read more
Africa ISIS invades 2 radio stations in Libya by Patrick Akpu February 14, 2015 0 Islamic State militants on Friday reportedly took control of two radio stations in Libya, sacking all staff and broadcasting verses of... Read more
Africa Niger declares state of emergency to fight Boko Haram by Patrick Akpu February 11, 2015 0 The government of Niger has declared a 15-day state of emergency in the border region of Diffa in order to... Read more
Africa Kofi Anan’s position of Nigeria’s election postponement by Patrick Akpu February 10, 2015 0 Former Secretary-General of the United Nations, Kofi Annan, has expressed concern over the postponement of Nigeria's general election to March 28,... Read more