African News

Kenya remains on high alert following a series of terror attacks that have killed at least 15 people over the past weeks. It comes after the US, UK and France warned their nationals of an impending attack in Kenya citing credible intelligence. All the recent attacks have been blamed on …

Wizkid, the Grammy Award-winning musician, has always had the mindset of a millionaire, even before he became one. An interesting video that has just emerged online depicts the Grammy winner asserting his fortune by passionately saying that he would never be broke again. The afrobeats artiste stated in this throwback …

The President of Burkina Faso, Roch Christian Kaboré, has reportedly been detained by mutinying soldiers. Some troops in the West African nation have demanded the sacking of military chiefs and more resources to fight Islamist militants. Gunfire had been heard overnight near the presidential palace and at barracks in the …

The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has sacked Black Stars head coach, Milovan Rajevac. After supervising Ghana’s woeful performance in the ongoing AFCON in Cameroon, the Serbian has been relieved of his duties. This comes after the Sports Ministry directed GFA to reconstitute the Management Committee of the Ghana Black Stars. …

Ghana Black Stars hopes of qualifying for round 16 of the ongoing AFCON 2021 in Cameroon seems to be despair after they drew with Gabon who grabbed a late goal to secure a point in the tight game. Following the draw, Ghanaians have descended heavily on the Black Stars players, …

It is a joyful day for millions in Nigeria because its government today lifted the ban on social networking site, Twitter. For seven months, Twitter was suspended in Africa’s most populous country because the platform deleted a tweet by President Muhammadu Buhari about punishing regional secessionists, a move government viewed …

Nigeria will lift its ban on Twitter from midnight, the government said Wednesday, a move that will give millions of people in Africa’s most populous country access to the social media platform once again. The decision was made after Twitter agreed to meet all conditions set by the Nigerian government, …

A Kenyan MP was on Wednesday suspended from parliament for one day for distributing sweets to colleagues during a contentious debate. Fatuma Gedi said the “sugar levels of members had gone down” after the day-long session. She had been accused by colleague Ndindi Nyoro of distributing money as bribes in …

The Ghana cedi placed 14th among the league of African currencies in 2021, despite an impressive run during the first half of the year, Bloomberg tracking of African currencies has revealed. However, the local currency was classified among the currencies with the ‘worst spot returns’. According to Bloomberg, the cedi lost …

A devastating fire that swept through South Africa’s Houses of Parliament in Cape Town has reignited – hours after it was said to be under control. Flames have been billowing from the building’s roof. Firefighters are at the scene, trying to douse the blaze. The fire first broke out on …