Zambia’s government has withdrawn retirement benefits and privileges from former President Edgar Lungu following his decision to return to active politics. Mr Lungu lost the presidency to Hakainde Hichilema in 2021, after which he...
A 27-year-old woman killed her husband in Marimba, Harare after he disappeared from home for three days and failed to give a satisfactory answer, reports The Herald. The woman, Rachel Gomba, has since been...
Isaac Oyedepo, second son popular cleric and founder of Living Faith Church popularly known as Winner’s chapel, David Oyedepo, has resigned from his position in the church. Isaac was appointed the national youth pastor...
A man in Kenya accused of practising law without qualifications has pleaded not guilty in court. Named Brian Mwenda Njagi on the charge sheet, he was arraigned in court in the capital, Nairobi, on...
Ugandan police have foiled a plot by Islamic State-linked militants to bomb churches in central Butambala district, President Yoweri Museveni has said. Two bombs were linked to public address systems and sent to pastors,...
The Law Society of Kenya (LSK) has released a blow-by-blow account of how busted fake advocate Brian Mwenda Njagi was able to criminally access the LSK portal, identify an account with a name corresponding...
French military convoys have begun withdrawing from bases in southwest Niger, marking the start of a departure demanded by Niger’s junta that has dealt a further blow to France’s influence in West Africa’s conflict-hit Sahel...
Niger’s defence ministry says 29 soldiers have been killed in an assault by suspected jihadists in the west of the country. It’s the deadliest such attack since the army seized power in a coup...
Burkina Faso’s military junta on Monday suspended the French news magazine Jeune Afrique for publishing “untruthful” articles that reported tension and discontent within the country’s armed forces, it said in a statement. Jeune Afrique’s suspension...
Zambia’s former President, Edgar Lungu, has been warned against his public jogging events, with police describing his workouts as “political activism”. The police in a statement said Mr Lungu’s exercise sessions while escorted by members...
Zambia’s government has withdrawn retirement benefits and privileges from former President Edgar Lungu following his decision to return to active politics. Mr Lungu lost the presidency to Hakainde Hichilema in 2021, after which he announced his retirement. After six years in office he left the country facing serious economic...
A 27-year-old woman killed her husband in Marimba, Harare after he disappeared from home for three days and failed to give a satisfactory answer, reports The Herald. The woman, Rachel Gomba, has since been arrested for fatally stabbing her husband, Paddy Mangisa Mlambo (27) with a kitchen knife. The...
Isaac Oyedepo, second son popular cleric and founder of Living Faith Church popularly known as Winner’s chapel, David Oyedepo, has resigned from his position in the church. Isaac was appointed the national youth pastor of the Youth Alive Fellowship – the youth arm of the Living Faith Church –...
A man in Kenya accused of practising law without qualifications has pleaded not guilty in court. Named Brian Mwenda Njagi on the charge sheet, he was arraigned in court in the capital, Nairobi, on Wednesday morning following his arrest on Tuesday. He faces charges of forging official documents to...
Ugandan police have foiled a plot by Islamic State-linked militants to bomb churches in central Butambala district, President Yoweri Museveni has said. Two bombs were linked to public address systems and sent to pastors, disguised as gifts, Mr Museveni said. Members of the public became suspicious of the devices...
The Law Society of Kenya (LSK) has released a blow-by-blow account of how busted fake advocate Brian Mwenda Njagi was able to criminally access the LSK portal, identify an account with a name corresponding to his, tamper with the details, and upload his own photo in a bid to...
French military convoys have begun withdrawing from bases in southwest Niger, marking the start of a departure demanded by Niger’s junta that has dealt a further blow to France’s influence in West Africa’s conflict-hit Sahel region. Pickup trucks and armoured personnel carriers laden with French troops drove through the dusty...
Niger’s defence ministry says 29 soldiers have been killed in an assault by suspected jihadists in the west of the country. It’s the deadliest such attack since the army seized power in a coup at the end of July. In a televised statement officials said the troops had been...
Burkina Faso’s military junta on Monday suspended the French news magazine Jeune Afrique for publishing “untruthful” articles that reported tension and discontent within the country’s armed forces, it said in a statement. Jeune Afrique’s suspension marks the latest escalation in a crackdown on French media since the West African country...
Zambia’s former President, Edgar Lungu, has been warned against his public jogging events, with police describing his workouts as “political activism”. The police in a statement said Mr Lungu’s exercise sessions while escorted by members of his Patriotic Front (PF) party and without his security officers amounted to “unlawful assembly”....
