Reading Time: < 1 minutes The ex-president died at Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra, capital of Ghana, on Thursday morning. A military ruler, who later joined politics, Rawlings ruled Ghana…
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Court Sentences 66 Muslim Brotherhood Suspects To Prison In Egypt
Reading Time: < 1 minutes An Egyptian court sentenced 59 suspected members of the Muslim Brotherhood to 15 years in prison on Thursday for alleged involvement in a high-profile 2013…
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Reading Time: < 1 minutes Leaders of the West African regional bloc have lifted sanctions imposed on Mali following the Aug. 18 military coup that ousted President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita,…
View More JUST IN: ECOWAS Lifts Imposed Sanction Against MaliAbove 41,000 African Health Workers Infected With Virus, Says WHO
Reading Time: < 1 minutes No fewer than 41,000 health workers across Africa have been infected with the COVID-19 disease, the World Health Organisation has said. It stated that there…
View More Above 41,000 African Health Workers Infected With Virus, Says WHOJailbreak: Uganda Police Initiates Manhunt For 215 Escaped Prisoners
Reading Time: 2 minutes Authorities in Uganda have Initiated a manhunt to recapture more than 200 prisoners who escaped from jail after stealing weapons and fled to the north-eastern…
View More Jailbreak: Uganda Police Initiates Manhunt For 215 Escaped PrisonersJUST IN: Ghana’s President Akufi-Addo Elected New ECOWAS Chair
Reading Time: < 1 minutes The President of Ghana, Prof. Nana Akufo-Addo has been elected as the new Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), at the…
View More JUST IN: Ghana’s President Akufi-Addo Elected New ECOWAS ChairOusted Mali President Keita Evacuates Hospital After Being Treated For Mini Stroke
Reading Time: 2 minutes Mali’s former president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, recently outside in a coup, has left hospital on Thursday, September 4 after being treated for a mini stroke.…
View More Ousted Mali President Keita Evacuates Hospital After Being Treated For Mini Stroke6 Gunmen Killed In Niger As Police Thwart Attack On Bank
Reading Time: 2 minutes Mr Adamu Usman, Commissioner of Police in Niger has given update on Wednesday’s attack by gunmen on a bank in Kagara. Usman said on Thursday…
View More 6 Gunmen Killed In Niger As Police Thwart Attack On BankZimbabwe Offers To Return Seized Land Back To Foreign Farmers September 2, 2020
Reading Time: < 1 minutes Zimbabwe has offered to return land to foreign nationals, whose farms were seized under a controversial government programme two decades ago. Thousands of white farmers…
View More Zimbabwe Offers To Return Seized Land Back To Foreign Farmers September 2, 2020Akinwumi Adesina Sworn-In As AfDB President For Second Term
Reading Time: 2 minutes Dr Akinwumi Adesina has been sworn-in as the newly re-elected eighth President of the African Development Bank (AfDB) for a second term. The swearing-in ceremony…
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