Africa
Cyberattack hits South Africa’s Port terminals
The attack began on 22 July but continued, forcing the firm to switch to manual systems....
Sierra Leone parliament passes bill to abolish death penalty
The bill now awaits presidential assent from President Julius Maada Bio....
Tunisia President sacks PM over COVID protests
“I warn any who think of resorting to weapons… and whoever shoots a bullet, the armed forces will re...
Mali begins probe into interim president’s attack
Colonel Goïta has led two coups in less than a year...
African Court delivers two advisory opinions
In a statement signed by Dr Robert Eno the African Court Registrar and copied to the Ghana News Agen...
UN condemns child abductions and killing in Kenya
Mr Onyancha grabbed national headlines 10 years ago when he confessed to killing 17 women across the...
Amnesty criticizes arbitrary detention of Tigrayans
The detentions come after rebel forces in Tigray recaptured the regional capital Mekelle from govern...
Instigation, insurrection, informality: Eroding the rule of law-Ebrahim Fakir writes
This is a situation Ramaphosa, and South Africa, can ill afford....
Zimbabwe ruling party denies plan to ban miniskirts
The party accused an NGO allied to opposition party MDC for spreading the rumours....
Man arrested for infecting his wife, stepdaughter, 12 others with HIV
The suspect is a self-acclaimed chairman of the Iyana Iba motor part and had boasted that he was abo...
ECOWAS Court fixes July 9 to consolidate suits on Nigeria’s Twitter ban
On the cause list for the day, were two applications against the Federal Government over the Twitter...
Militants in Burkina Faso police attack ‘neutralised’
Thousands took to the streets to protest in the capital Ouagadougou on Saturday....
Nigerian Lawmakers Propose To Jail Unlawful Protesters For Five Years
A bill proposing a five-year jail term for unlawful protesters in the country has scaled through fir...
Ugandans to be jailed for violating Covid rules
Uganda is currently going through a second wave of the pandemic, which scientists have predicted cou...
Ethiopia’s Tigray crisis: Accept our rule or no ceasefire, rebels say
Authorities in Addis Ababa earlier declared a unilateral ceasefire as the rebels retook much of the ...
Court jails 20-year-old for Internet fraud, romance scam
A statement by the EFCC in the zone said that upon arrest, Gideon was profiled and volunteered state...
Gabon coup plotters get 15 years prison sentence for trying to remove President Ali Bongo
Two other putschists were shot dead by the security forces at the time of the attempted takeover in ...
S.Africa’s top court clears Ramaphosa of misleading parliament about donations
Ramaphosa ousted scandal-hit Zuma as party leader in 2018, and Zuma has since been subjected to seve...
Nnamdi Kanu: Nigeria arrests Biafra separatist leader
His movement, the Indigenous People of Biafra (Ipob), has been labelled as a terrorist organisation ...
Former Malawi central bank chief charged with money laundering
Kabambe, who has denied any wrongdoing, has not yet entered a plea....
24-year-old sentenced to death for stealing phones, cash in Ekiti
The convict was charged with armed robbery and rape allegedly committed on October 30, 2015, on Oda ...
Former South African President Jacob Zuma Jailed
He had been been implicated in aiding and abetting the stealing of state funds during the nine years...
Court strikes out suit against NJC over marginalization of South-East judges
Justice Inyang Ekwo made the order while ruling on the notice of preliminary objection raised by the...
Egypt and Suez ship owners agree on compensation
The ship blocked one of the world’s busiest trade routes, forcing companies to reroute ships and cau...
Constant Omari: DR Congo’s former Fifa Council member handed one-year ban
The former Fifa Council member was adjudged to have received benefits from Lagardere during negotiat...
