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Equatorial Guinea’s President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo has sacked Baltasar Engonga, Director General of the National Financial Investigation Agency (ANIF), amid a shocking sex scandal involving high-profile figures. Engonga’s dismissal was formalized under Decree 118/2024, citing “irregularities committed in the exercise of his functions” and “inappropriate family and social conduct”. …

The British High Commissioner to Ghana, Harriet Thompson says a total of 67,000 visas were granted to Ghanaians to enter the United Kingdom in 2023. She explained that the Commission receives thousands of visa applications each year and does its best to approve those who adhere to the rules and …

The director general of the National Financial Investigation Agency in Equatorial Guinea, Baltasar Engonga is trending on social media following the leak of his alleged sextapes. Engoga has been arrested for allegedly recording over 400 sextapes of the wives of notable people in the country. The scandal emerged in the …

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration has announced a new visa policy from the United Kingdom (UK), set to take effect on January 1, 2025, that will impact all travellers to the UK for extended stays. The UK government has announced that it will be replacing all physical …

Voters in Botswana have rejected the country’s long-serving governing party in a result that marks a political earthquake in the diamond-rich southern African nation. The Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) – in power since independence in 1966 – has won only four parliamentary seats as of Friday afternoon. It will be …

A leading member of Malawi’s opposition has been charged with plotting to kill the country’s President, Lazarus Chakwera. Patricia Kaliati, Secretary-General of the UTM party, was arrested last week on suspicion of “conspiring with others to commit a serious offence”. Appearing on Monday at a court in Malawi’s capital, Lilongwe, …

After making history at the 27th Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM 2024) in Apia, Samoa, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, the newly elected Commonwealth Secretary-General, has returned to a warm welcome in Ghana. Her election on October 26 marked a groundbreaking achievement as the first African woman to hold the prestigious …

The President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Bola Ahmed Adekunle Tinubu has sacked five (5) Ministers from his cabinet and also forwarded to the National Assembly seven ministerial nominees to take over from the vacant positions. The Ministers that were relieved from the …

Kenyan senators have voted to remove Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua from office despite his failure to testify at his impeachment trial after his lawyer said he had been taken to hospital. In one of the most dramatic days in Kenya’s recent political history, Gachagua had been due to appear in …

A fuel tanker exploded overnight in northern Nigeria killing at least 104 people who rushed to the scene of the accident to collect leaking petrol. The fire engulfed the overturned vehicle, which had been cordoned off by officers after it crashed, the police told the BBC. A hundred other people …