People
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Ghana’s anti-LGBTQ+ bill: Parliament speaker halts approval of cabinet nominees
The presidency has asked parliament not to send the bill for his assent until legal challenges against it are dealt with.
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Nigeria won’t pay a dime to kidnappers – Tinubu
Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu has ordered security forces not to pay ransom for the release of close to 300 students and staff who were kidnapped from a school in north-western Kaduna state last week.
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Kenya’s deployment to Haiti will still happen – Ruto
Kenya’s President William Ruto has said that a planned deployment of police officers to Haiti will go ahead as soon as the Caribbean country puts in place a transitional presidential council. Authorities in Kenya earlier…
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Ghana’s deputy finance minister dies aged 45
Tributes are being paid to Ghana’s Deputy Finance Minister John Kumah, who died of an undisclosed illness on Thursday. He was aged 45.
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US court dismisses suit over child labour in DR Congo mines
A US federal appeals court dismissed a lawsuit that alleged that five major tech companies were complicit in the use of child labour to mine cobalt in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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South Africa shooting: Johannesburg student killed by stray bullet
A university student has been killed and another seriously injured by stray bullets as gunmen shot dead two men in a parked car on a busy street near the centre of the South African city…
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Remembering the Legacies of Tanzania’s Three Departed Former Presidents
Tanzania has faced the somber reality of losing three of its distinguished leaders in recent years, Benjamin Mkapa in 2020, John Magufuli in 2021, and Ali Hassan Mwinyi in 2024
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Ali Hassan Mwinyi: Tanzania’s reformist president
When Ali Hassan Mwinyi became Tanzania’s president in 1985, few expected the shy, unassuming politician, who died on Thursday aged 98, to emerge as a transformative leader, turning around a flailing economy and introducing multi-party…
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Universal set for majority stake in Nigerian label
Universal Music Group (UMG), one of the world’s biggest music corporations, is set to aquire a majority stake in a leading African label.
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Medical students arrested for gay sex in Zambia
Police in Zambia have arrested two male university students on suspicion of having sex with each other. The pair were subjected to invasive medical checks afterwards on police orders.
