AFRICA NEWS

A boat carrying around 100 people has capsized in the central Nigerian state of Niger. Officials say 28 bodies have been recovered so far while 65 passengers have been rescued by divers. The victims include women and children. The boat was carrying people including traders returning home from a local …

South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir has dissolved parliament, paving the way for the appointment of MPs from opposing sides in the country’s five-year civil war. Activists and civil society groups say the move is long overdue. A peace deal signed three years ago determined that almost a quarter of the …

Uganda Parliament has passed the Sexual Offences Bill 2019 which reintroduced a ban on homosexuality in the country. In a heated debate on Monday, the MPs also rejected a proposal that allows a person, who had consented to a sexual act to withdraw that consent at any time before or during …

    A Ugandan journalist working for the state broadcaster has been shot dead in a confrontation with security forces.   Robert Kagolo was killed at his late brother’s home that was being guarded by Local Defence Unit (LDU) personnel.   Two LDU officers have been arrested over the incident. …

South African music star, Yvonne Chaka Chaka has reacted to an unknown social media user posting her obituary on the internet and starting a GoFundMe page for her “burial”. Yvonne Chaka Chaka who debunked news of her death, told her followers that a ”fool”  posted her obituary, implying she had died and …

The hymn a Seventh-Day Adventist pastor and four of his members were singing suddenly turned to murmur when armed men stormed their church premises. In a video that has since gone viral, the pastor, two choir members, and a pianist are seen praising God as their activities streamed on Facebook. …

Five members of a single family died in a stampede, as thousands of people paid their respects to Tanzania’s late President John Magufuli at Uhuru stadium in the main city Dar es Salaam on Sunday.       Dennis Mtuwa lost his wife, two children, a nephew and a niece. …

Guy Brice Parfait Kolelas, one of the main contenders in Congo-Brazzaville’s presidential race, died on Sunday after becoming seriously ill with Covid-19. His campaign director told the AFP news agency that Mr Kolelas “died in the medical aircraft which came to get him from Brazzaville on Sunday afternoon”. The 61-year-old …

Africa on Wednesday woke up to one of the shocking developments from the Eastern part of the continent. The death of Tanzanian first gentleman, President John Pombe Magufuli broke as an electric shock bringing the whole country to a spontaneous standstill. President Magufuli died at age 61 after a terminal …

John Pombe Magufuli, President of Tanzania has died. The announcement was made by the country’s Vice President Samia Suluhu Hassan on state TV. According to her, Magufuli died of heart complications while being treated at Mzena Hospital in the port city of Dar es Salaam. Magufuli’s death followed more than …