Ugandan marathon runner Rebecca Cheptegei, who represented her country at last month’s Paris Olympics, is in critical condition after suffering burns over 75 percent of her body. According to local media reports on Monday, the injuries were allegedly inflicted by…
CHIDIMMA Adetshina, a beauty queen who recently became the target of xenophobic abuse in South Africa, has revealed that the ordeal has left her seeking therapy. Adetshina, who was a finalist in the Miss South Africa pageant, faced criticism because, despite…
A BRITISH citizen, Andrew Wynne, has expressed confusion over accusations by Nigerian authorities that he is involved in a plot to overthrow the country’s government. Nigerian police allege that Wynne and an accomplice have orchestrated a network of sleeper…
PRESIDENT Xi Jinping declared his readiness to work closely with President Bola Tinubu to fully unleash the exemplary roles of China-Nigeria diplomatic friendship and advance China-Africa cooperation. This was disclosed during their meeting at the Great Hall in Beijing, where…
Iraqi security forces on Tuesday found two more bodies of Islamic State (IS) militants who were killed in a recent military operation in the western province of Anbar. Iraqi forces carried out an airdrop operation at 4:00 a.m. local time…
CONGOLESE Interior Minister, Jacquemain Shabani on Tuesday said 129 people have been killed in the Democratic Republic of Congo in an attempted prison break. On his X account, Shabani said authorities shot dead 24 inmates of the Makala prison in…
THE U.S. Justice Department has seized an aircraft owned by Venezuelan President, Nicolás Maduro in the Dominican Republic. The plane, a Dassault Falcon 900EX, was reportedly purchased for $13 million through a shell company associated with Maduro and illegally exported from…
ON Friday, Internet users across Tanzania found themselves unable to access X (formerly known as Twitter) as major Internet Service Providers (ISPs) including Airtel, Vodacom, Halotel, Tigo, and TTCL enforced a block on the platform. The restrictions mean that Tanzanians…
LIBERIA’S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has ordered the closure of China Union’s Bong Mines operations, citing multiple breaches of environmental regulations, according to a report by Reuters. The shutdown follows the company’s repeated failures to address violations highlighted by the…
THE Green Climate Fund has greenlit $151 million in financing to bolster climate resilience in the Horn of Africa, a region grappling with severe climate-related challenges. This significant funding, approved during the Fund’s 39th Board meeting, will support a comprehensive resilience…
