South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has named Roelf Meyer, a veteran of the country’s final apartheid-era administration, as the nation’s new envoy to Washington. Meyer previously served as the chief
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Libya’s eastern and western legislative bodies have agreed to unify public spending for the first time in over 13 years, marking a breakthrough in the oil-rich nation’s divisions, the central
After more than forty years in power, Cameroonian President Paul Biya is set to govern alongside a vice president for the first time, following the passage of sweeping constitutional amendments
Ghana will allow visa-free entry for all African passport holders starting May 25, as part of sweeping immigration reforms. Foreign Affairs Minister Samuel Ablakwa announced the policy, declared by President
A 46-year-old woman who was accused of having powers to make men’s private parts disappear has been k!lled by a mob in Kalumbila District, Zambia. Police say the woman,
Senegal’s National Assembly late on Wednesday overwhelmingly passed a bill doubling the maximum prison term for same-s3x s3xual acts to 10 years and criminalising any efforts to promote homos3xuality. The
A 23-year-old man, Sibusiso Patrick Shongwe, received a life sentence in South Africa’s Mpumalanga High Court for murdering his three-week-old son in Driekoppies in March 2023. Shongwe had denied paternity
Uganda’s army chief, who is also the son of long-serving president Yoweri Museveni, said he wants opposition leader Bobi Wine dead, days after Wine claimed he had been forced into
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has been declared the winner of a seventh term in office, extending his nearly 40-year rule following a tense election marked by violence, arrests, and an internet shutdown. The country’s Electoral Commission announced on
President Kagame received at Villa Urugwiro the US Ambassador to Rwanda, Eric Kneedler, to bid him farewell as he completed his duties. Amb. Eric Kneedler has been confirmed as
The Government of Ghana has expressed concern over what it calls a unilateral and unauthorised military invasion of Venezuela by the United States, and the abduction of President Nicolás Maduro
An armed robber forced a four-year-old girl into a washing machine and attempted to switch it on during a home invasion in South Africa. The incident happened in Hazelmere
Police have arrested a 23-year-old man, identified as Innocent Owusu, for alleged m8rder of his father, Peter Owusu, aged 59, at Likpe Abrani in the Oti Region, Ghana. The
The Mayor of the City of Kigali, Samuel Dusengiyumva, has urged residents and visitors to celebrate responsibly as the year-end festivities begin. Speaking on Wednesday, December 24, at the opening
Ghana’s parliament has legalized cryptocurrency, taking a major step toward regulating the fast-growing digital asset market. The move responds to concerns from the Bank of Ghana over widespread, unregulated