MOZAMBIQUE has been plunged into turmoil, with at least 21 fatalities reported after the Constitutional Council upheld the ruling Frelimo party’s controversial election win on Monday. Interior Minister Pascoal Ronda confirmed the death toll late Tuesday, describing the situation as critical. Protests erupted nationwide, driven by opposition groups and supporters who claim …
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Migingo Island, in Lake Victoria, is a piece of rock crammed with corrugated metal shelters, home to hundreds of fishermen from across east Africa. Migingo Island is less than 2,000 square metres, and according to Ugandan police, more than 500 people live there, making it the smallest inhabited island on …
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DOZENS have died after a passenger plane crashed on Christmas Day. According to the BBC, the Azerbaijan Airlines flight had been travelling from the Azerbaijani capital Baku to Grozny in Russia when it caught fire as it made an emergency landing near Aktau in Kazakhstan. The outlet, citing local officials, …
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TEN members of a family have died after a private plane crashed into the city of Gramado in southern Brazil. Brazilian businessman Luiz Claudio Galeazzi, who was piloting the plane, was killed in the crash alongside his wife, three daughters, and other family members, a statement from his company said. …
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EGYPT has ordered the deportation of three Syrians who were detained after they took part in street celebrations in Cairo following the fall of President Bashar al-Assad earlier this month, a rights group said on Sunday. According to the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (Eipr), Egyptian security forces on 8 …
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US President-elect Donald Trump has appointed British TV executive Mark Burnett, who produced him on The Apprentice, as his special envoy to the UK. Trump said it was his “great honour” to pick his former colleague for the role, which is separate to the position of US ambassador to the …
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IN a bizarre twist to Zambia’s political landscape, two men have been arrested for allegedly attempting to use witchcraft to harm President Hakainde Hichilema. The police in Lusaka confirmed the arrests of Jasten Mabulesse Candunde and Leonard Phiri, both accused of being ‘witchdoctors’ hired to carry out the sinister mission. …
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GHANAIAN poet Comfort N.A. Okyere has been appointed Chief Editor for the 8th cycle of the Writers Space Africa (WSA) Monthly Literary Magazine. Known by her pen name, ‘Adwoa’s WriteHand,’ Okyere steps into the role following the tenure of Zimbabwean editor Comfort Nyati, SDB, who led the 5th and 7th editorial …
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CHAD has demanded that France withdraw its 1,000-strong military presence by January 31, 2025, marking the end of French military operations in the Sahel nation. This abrupt six-week deadline, confirmed by Chadian authorities, has heightened tensions between N’Djamena and Paris. The request, received late Thursday, has been described by French …
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LIBERIA’S parliament building caught fire on Wednesday, amid escalating protests in the capital, Monrovia. President Joseph Boakai condemned the ‘wanton destruction’ as the cause of the fire remained unclear, with authorities not ruling out arson. The incident follows days of unrest sparked by the recent removal of the parliamentary speaker, …
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