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28/04/2023

https://africa24.news/kenyan-televangelist-suspected-of-links-to-forest-massacre-prosecutors/

A high-profile Kenyan pastor appeared in court on Friday suspected of links to the discovery of dozens of bodies in mass graves that has been dubbed the “Shakahola forest massacre”. Ezekiel Odero, the head of the New Life Prayer Centre and Church, was arrested on Thursday in the coastal town of ...

28/04/2023

https://africa24.news/wagner-group-involvement-in-sudan-crisis-as-another-african-country-falls-prey-to-russian-mercenaries/

Many western countries, including the US and UK, are evacuating their nationals from the strife-torn Khartoum city after more than a week of intense fighting between Sudanese government troops and paramilitary forces. While the conflict has been billed as a clash between rival warlords, there are qu...

12/02/2023

https://africa24.news/aka-top-south-african-rapper-killed-in-durban/

One of South Africa’s leading rappers, popularly known as AKA, has been shot dead outside a restaurant in the coastal city of Durban. Kiernan Forbes was killed along with his close friend, the chef and entrepreneur Tebello ‘Tibz’ Motsoane. READ ALSO France to withdraw its troops from Burkina F...

24/10/2022

https://africa24.news/south-africas-ramaphosa-promises-anti-corruption-crackdown/

South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa on Sunday vowed to implement many of the recommendations made by a panel leading a graft probe into mismanagement of state funds under his predecessor Jacob Zuma. “The money that was stolen robbed our people of resources that should have led to the develo...

26/08/2022

https://africa24.news/africa-needs-4-billion-yearly-to-fund-health-services-prepare-for-pandemics-who/

African health ministers have adopted a new eight-year strategy to transform the continent’s health security and emergency response, requiring US$4 billion annually. The Regional Strategy for Health Security and Emergencies 2022-2030 was adopted in Lome, the Togolese capital, at the 72nd session o...

24/08/2022

Kenyas respond to Malema!

25/07/2022

https://africa24.news/nigerias-amusan-breaks-record-wins-100m-hurdles-gold/

Nigerian hurdler Tobi Amusan won the 100-meter hurdles title about 90 minutes after she opened the final session of the championships by breaking the world record in her semifinal heat with a time of 12.12 seconds. “When I watched the record, I was like ‘Whoa, who did that?’” Amusan said of ...

25/07/2022

https://africa24.news/zimbabwe-debuts-gold-coins-as-legal-tender-to-stem-inflation/

Zimbabwe has launched gold coins to be sold to the public in a bid to tame runaway inflation that has further eroded the country’s unstable currency. The unprecedented move was announced Monday by the country’s central bank, the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe, to boost confidence in the local currency...

22/07/2022

https://africa24.news/mane-senegal-win-big-at-caf-awards-2022/

Senegal’s star forward Sadio Mane has been named Africa’s Men’s Player of the Year at the CAF Awards 2022, after leading the Teranga Lions to its maiden Africa Cup of Nations title, while Nigeria’s Asisat Oshoala set a new record when she walked away with her fifth Women’s Player of the Ye...

19/07/2022

https://africa24.news/moroccos-el-bakkali-ends-kenya-reign-with-steeplechase-gold/

Olympic champion Soufiane El-Bakkali of Morocco produced a tactical masterclass to storm to victory in the men’s 3000m steeplechase at the World Athletics Championships in Oregon on Monday. El-Bakkali took his time before surging into the lead with just under 200m to go at Eugene’s Hayward Fiel...

14/07/2022

https://africa24.news/africa-still-too-reliant-on-commodities-exports-un-says/

African countries must break their reliance on commodities exports for economic growth and diversify towards higher-value services, the United Nations warned Thursday. The call comes as the price of many key commodities, which skyrocketed over the past year to the benefit of many African export-l...

12/07/2022

https://africa24.news/namibia-clinch-rugby-africa-cup-to-secure-world-cup-ticket/

Namibia secured their place at a seventh successive Rugby World Cup by beating Kenya 36-0 in the final of the Rugby Africa Cup 2022 in Aix-en-Provence on Sunday. The Welwitschias have been in fine form in the south of France, winning their quarter-final against Burkina Faso 71-5 before a 34-19 defea...

08/07/2022

https://africa24.news/kenyatta-unveiled-as-global-champion-for-africa-adaptation-acceleration-program/

President Uhuru Kenyatta has been inaugurated as the Global Champion for the Africa Adaptation Acceleration Program (AAAP), an initiative of the African Development Bank (AfDB) and Global Center on Adaptation (GCA) which aims to raise 25 billion US dollars for investment in Africa’s climate adapta...

08/07/2022

https://africa24.news/tunisias-ons-jabeur-becomes-first-african-woman-to-reach-a-grand-slam-final/

Ons Jabeur has become the first African woman in the open era to reach a Grand Slam final and has emerged as a national hero at home in Tunisia. Since reaching the world’s top 50 at the Australian Open in January 2020, she has surged up the rankings to become world number two. READ ALSO […]

05/07/2022

https://africa24.news/zimbabwe-to-sell-solid-gold-coins-after-local-currency-collapses/

Zimbabwe will begin selling gold coins to the public in an attempt to rid the crisis-wracked country of triple-digit inflation after a collapse in the local currency. The “Mosi-oa-tunya” coins, which are named after the Victoria Falls, will act as an alternative store of value and can be convert...

25/06/2022

https://africa24.news/nigeria-govt-to-launch-5g-spectrum-in-august/

Umar Danbatta, the Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has revealed that the Fifth Generation (5G) technology would be rolled out in the country in August this year.  Mr Danbatta made spoke during the 90th edition of Telecom Consumer Parliament hosted by the C...

24/06/2022

https://africa24.news/kigali-hosts-world-leaders-for-commonwealth-summit/

An array of presidents and prime ministers continued to descend on Rwanda Thursday from around the world for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Kigali. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson jetted in on Thursday and held a meeting with President Paul Kagame on “existing partner...

21/06/2022

https://africa24.news/monkey-snatches-and-kills-month-old-baby-in-tanzania/

15/06/2022

https://africa24.news/senior-islamic-state-group-leader-captured-in-mali-by-french-forces/

02/06/2022

https://africa24.news/pomp-glamour-as-kenya-marks-59-years-of-self-rule/

Kenya celebrated Wednesday 59 years of self-rule as President Uhuru Kenyatta led thousands who had gathered at the Uhuru Gardens of Nairobi to mark Madaraka Day. The celebrated Kenyan President addressed the nation before the large crowd which included dignitaries such as the first couple of the Rep...

01/06/2022

https://africa24.news/kenyas-kcb-win-african-volleyball-club-championship-title/

Kenya’s KCB Women’s Volleyball Team Tuesday won the African Club Championship title after a scintillating 3-1 win (25-18,25-22,11-25,28-26) over Al Ahly of Egypt in the final in Kelibia, Tunisia. The bankers are the first Kenyan club to win the trophy since Kenya Prisons in 2013. It is their sec...

27/05/2022

https://africa24.news/chinese-loans-to-africa-could-spark-crisis-warns-germany/

China’s years-long lending spree in poorer countries, particularly in Africa, poses a “serious danger” that could plunge the world into the next financial crisis, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz warned Friday. “There is a really serious danger that the next major debt crisis in the global sout...

27/05/2022

https://africa24.news/un-renews-arms-embargo-on-south-sudan/

The UN Security Council voted by a narrow margin on Thursday to extend an arms embargo on South Sudan and a travel ban and financial sanctions for targeted individuals for a year. For a resolution to be approved by the 15-member council, it needs at least nine “yes” votes and no veto by a pe...

16/05/2022

https://africa24.news/somalias-former-leader-hassan-sheikh-mohamud-elected-president/

Somalia’s former leader Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has been elected president after a final vote that was only open to the country’s MPs. He defeated the current president, Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo, who has been in office since 2017. READ ALSO Somalia to hold long-delayed presidential election Sunda...

12/05/2022

https://africa24.news/south-african-roads-ranked-the-most-dangerous/

South African roads have been ranked the most dangerous to drive in out of 52 countries, according to a survey conducted by Zutobi, an online driver’s education company. The survey considered factors including population, speed, seat belt wearing rate for drivers and front-seat passengers and drun...

23/04/2022

https://africa24.news/former-kenyas-president-mwai-kibaki-dies-aged-90-years/

Former Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki, who ended President Daniel Moi’s 24-year rule, has died at the age of 90, State House announced on Friday. President Uhuru Kenyatta issued a presidential proclamation on Friday announcing the passing on of the retired President who also served as Kenya’s fou...

21/04/2022

https://africa24.news/chinese-businessman-jailed-20-years-in-rwanda-for-whipping-locals/

A Chinese businessman in Rwanda has been sentenced to 20 years in jail for torture after he was filmed beating a local man in 2021. Sun Shujun, 43, the manager of a mine in the western part of the country, was seen on video repeatedly whipping a man tied to a pole. READ ALSO Ethiopian […]

18/04/2022

https://africa24.news/traumatic-nigerian-womans-r**e-account-at-zanzibar-hotel-goes-viral/

A holidaymaker’s account of how she was nearly r**ed at a popular beach front hotel in Zanzibar, Tanzania, is placing sharp focus on the dangers of solo travel, particularly for women. Zainab Oladehinde posted a long thread on Twitter about her ordeal, which has since gone viral on the social me...

09/04/2022

https://africa24.news/east-african-leaders-sign-treaty-of-accession-of-dr-congo-into-eac-bloc/

East African Community Chairperson President Uhuru Kenyatta and DRC President Felix Tshisekedi have signed the treaty of accession of the DR Congo into the East African Community (EAC). The Friday signing of the treaty of accession follows the admission of DR Congo into the EAC as the seventh member...

06/04/2022

https://africa24.news/compaore-sentenced-to-life-over-sankaras-murder/

Burkina Faso’s former president Blaise Compaoré has been sentenced in absentia to life in jail over his role in the 1987 murder of the country’s revolutionary hero Thomas Sankara, a military court ruled on Wednesday, bringing the curtain down on a case that has tormented the West African natio...