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COVID-19 Misinformation: Facebook, WHO launch new campaign across Africa

COVID-19 Misinformation: Facebook, WHO launch new campaign across Africa

  By Ajuma Edwina Ameh   To connect people to accurate information and reduce misinformation on its platforms, Facebook is launching a new...

BREAKING: Coup in Niger Republic ahead of President-elect’s inauguration on Friday

    Heavy gunfire has been reported near Niger Republic Presidential Palace on Wednesday morning, signalling another coup ahead of President-Elect Mohamed Bazoum’s...

South African President Ramaphosa to appear before anti-graft panel

  South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa, is due next month to make a much-anticipated appearance before an inquiry into alleged state looting, the...

Kenya Airways Post Worst Loss On Record Of $330 Million

  Kenya Airways reported a historic loss of over $330 million for the fiscal year of 2020. Passenger numbers dropped by close to...

Mosque leader plotted rape of pastor’s relatives after wife converts to Christianity

The leader of a mosque in western Uganda allegedly sent men to rape three female relatives of a church pastor last month as...

Tanzania’s President’s death: VP Samia Hassan takes over as Tanzania’s first female president

  Vice-President Samia Suluhu Hassan will take over from today as Tanzania’s new president, following the death of President John Magufuli on Wednesday....

Tanzanian President Magufuli dies in office at 61

  Tanzania’s President John Magufuli has died, according to the country’s Presidency. Vice-President Samia Suluhu Hassan who announced on Wednesday, said Magufuli was...

US releases Travel Advisory for Nigeria for its citizens

    The U.S. Department of State has released Travel Advisory for Nigeria, warning its citizens not to travel to some high risk states....

Uganda’s Bobi Wine, presidential candidate and opposition leader, arrested

  Reports from Uganda say security forces have arrested the country’s main opposition leader and January 2021 presidential election candidate, Robert Ssentamu a.k.a...

Mid-air brawl on Donghai Airlines turns bloody as pilot left with missing tooth

  Two members of staff have been suspended from working at Donghai Airlines after a mid-air brawl left them with degrees of injuries....

WTO DG, Nigeria’s Dr Okonjo-Iweala, takes office, to hit the ground running

    Nigeria’s Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala on Monday assumed office as the helms person at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) amid hopes of...

Reason behind Air Afrique Airlines Failure

  The fact that Air Afrique airlines met an ignominious end is common knowledge. However, not a lot of people are familiar with...

Breaking: Army seizes power, declares state of emergency in Myanmar

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday condemned the coup in Myanmar after the military seized power and imposed a state of emergency....

U.S Attorneys To Ethiopian Airlines: Reject 737 MAX Compensation Offer of $500 million

  US attorneys representing Ethiopian Airlines in their case against Boeing relating to the 737 MAX have advised the airline not to accept...

Joe Biden to appointees: be respectful or you’re fired

President Joe Biden gave a warning to the nearly 1,000 federal employees and staff he appointed on day one in office. Be respectful...

U S. President Biden annuls Trump’s travel ban on Nigeria, other countries

  U.S. President Joe Biden, on assumption of office on Wednesday, signed an Executive Order repealing the travel ban slammed on citizens from...