Ekeomah Atuonwu The Mankon community in Cameroon is mourning the death of their paramount ruler, Fon Angwafor III Solomon, who died at the age of 97. He was an influential political figure who was one of the architects of the 1972 reunification of English-speaking Southern Cameroons and francophone La République du Cameroun. He was fondly […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu Police in Nigeria say they are looking for gunmen who killed at least 12 people in the south-eastern state of Anambra, including a pregnant woman and her four children. The police have blamed the region’s rising violence on Biafra separatists. According to a community leader, the pregnant woman and her children were returning […]
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Faith Nyasuguta An Egyptian court has sentenced a businessman to three years in prison for trafficking and sexually assaulting seven underage girls at an orphanage he founded, judicial sources told AFP. He was also fined 200,000 Egyptian pounds (US$11,000). The media and real estate tycoon Mohamed el-Amin was arrested in January on accusations that he […]
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI- In recent days, several hospitals in Haiti have been temporarily shut down because of the kidnapping of doctors. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), the Paris-based independent international medical humanitarian organization, has expressed concern over this. Health officials were abducted while authorities were battling armed clashes within the French-speaking Caribbean Community (Caricom) country. Medical manager of MSF’s Turgeau emergency center, […]
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Lisa Mugo South Africa’s Kiernan ‘AKA’ Forbes has revealed that he has plans in the near future to launch his own liquor brand and will take his name down from the famous Cruz vodka bottle. AKA shared the exciting news on social media stating that move comes due to the fact that he would like to […]
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Lisa Mugo Star Boy Wizkid has taken to his Instagram account to announce that he has finished his upcoming studio album dubbed ‘More Love Less Ego (MLLE)’. The Grammy Award winner thanked everyone who helped him with the album and also stated that they have a special place in his heart. “Special thanks to everyone who […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Somalia’s tenth President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, voted in days ago, has taken over the presidency from his predecessor Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo in a handover ceremony at the Villa Somalia (presidential palace) in Mogadishu. In attendance at the event were the speakers and deputy speakers of Somalia’s bicameral parliament (Lower and Upper Houses), MPs […]
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Wayne Lumbasi West Ham defender Kurt Zouma has been charged with three offences under the Animal Welfare Act following February’s incident where he appeared to kick and slap his cat. A shocking footage appeared in February featuring the 27-year-old seemingly kicking and abusing his feline pet as his brother Yoan, 23, recorded. Yoan, who plays for […]
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Renson Mwakandana Colin Cantwell, the artist behind several of the Star Wars spacecrafts, passed away at the age of 90 in his Colorado home on Friday. His longtime partner confirmed his death and posted her tribute online shortly after his death. “I have been so lucky to be able to spend 24 years with this man,” she wrote. “We […]
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Wayne Lumbasi Crystal Palace manager Patrick Vieira will not face police action following his altercation with an Everton fan during a pitch invasion at the end of his team’s 3-2 Premier League defeat. At full-time, Everton supporters swarmed the pitch with one fan goading Vieira as he tried to return to the dressing room. The Frenchman […]
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