Nigerians are expressing outrage over a big jump in the price of mobile data charged by some of the country’s major phone networks. MTN – Nigeria’s largest operator – trebled the cost of one of its most popular weekly offers. Airtel has also increased its tariffs. A price jump was expected as the telecoms regulatory […]
United States President Donald Trump’s offer to rehouse white South Africans as refugees fleeing persecution may not spur quite the rush he anticipates, as right-wing white lobby groups want to “tackle the injustices” of Black majority rule on home soil. Trump on Friday signed an executive order to cut US aid to South Africa, citing […]
US President Donald Trump has accused South Africa of human rights violations against white farmers, continuing a dispute that escalated this week as the US froze aid to the country. On Sunday Trump wrote on his Truth Social account: “South Africa is confiscating land, and treating certain classes of people VERY BADLY.” On Friday, Trump […]
Trinidad and Tobago is beginning to reap the benefits of Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley’s visit to Ghana, as the West African country recently gifted the country with ten thousand yam seeds. According to Dr Rowley, the gift of yams will hopefully play a part in improving local diets and reducing the country’s billion-dollar food […]
President John Dramani Mahama arrived in Nairobi, Kenya, on Saturday, January 26, aboard Ghana’s presidential jet. His visit is in line with his participation in a High-Level African Union (AU) Institutional Reforms Retreat. The retreat brings together African leaders to deliberate on and advance critical reforms aimed at enhancing the Union’s capacity to address pressing […]
Police in Kenya have arrested a man carrying a mutilated corpse in his backpack, which he reportedly said belonged to his 19-year-old wife. Officers came across 29-year-old John Kiama Wambua while patrolling Huruma, a district east of Nairobi, just before dawn. Suspecting Wambua was carrying something illegal, they searched his backpack and “to their shock” […]
The man had been arrested after a stolen car was found at the house where the former president used to reside. The NPA says there is insufficient evidence to charge him. The car in question was found at the former President’s residence in Houghton, and the state says it is still investigating a possible connection […]
The Republic of Ghana has officially suspended its diplomatic relations with the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR). According to a statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation, and Moroccan Expatriates of the Kingdom of Morocco. It statement revealed that the Ghanaian government conveyed this decision in an official document from its Ministry of […]
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has fulfilled his pledge to introduce visa-free travel for citizens of all African nations to Ghana. The promise, made during the Africa Prosperity Dialogues (APD 2024) in January, was aimed at enhancing the free movement of people, goods, and services across the continent. With executive approval granted on Wednesday, 18 […]
A sombre mood engulfed a village in Kenya’s Rift Valley last week as dozens of medical interns joined other mourners at the burial of their colleague who had taken his own life. Speaker after speaker lamented the loss of Francis Njuki, a 29-year-old trainee pharmacist, whose family told the BBC about his feelings of exhaustion […]
Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, from the governing South West Africa People’s Organisation (Swapo), has been voted in as Namibia’s first female president after last week’s disputed election. The electoral commission said she had won more than 57% of the votes cast, with her closest rival Panduleni Itula getting 26%. But following logistical problems and a three-day extension […]
A journalist detained in Eritrean prison without trial for 23 years has won a Swedish human rights prize for his commitment to freedom of expression. Dawit Isaak, who holds dual Eritrean-Swedish citizenship, was given the Edelstam Prize “for his… exceptional courage”, the foundation behind the award said in a statement. Dawit, who holds dual Eritrean-Swedish citizenship, […]
