UGANDA’S President Yoweri Museveni on Sunday re-imposed a strict lockdown that included the closure of schools and the suspension of inter-district travel to help beat back a surge in COVID-19 cases in the East African…
RESEARCHERS at an eastern Congolese volcano observatory on Saturday said they could have predicted the deadly eruption of Mount Nyiragongo in May if their work had not been impeded by alleged mismanagement and embezzlement. At…
A fire broke out Thursday at a juvenile detention center in Egypt’s capital of Cairo, killing at least six children. www.247inquirer.com Officials said the fire followed a fist-fight between two children in one ward at…
FRENCH authorities are probing a bomb threat made against an Air France plane flying from the capital of Chad to Paris which landed without incident on Thursday, the interior ministry said. www.247inquirer.com “The passengers have…
FRANCE issued its strongest threat yet to Mali’s coup leader late Thursday, suspending joint military operations with Malian forces until the junta complies with international demands to restore civilian rule. www.247inquirer.com The move by the…
MORE than one hundred girls from a region in Ghana did not write last year’s West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examination – WASSCE, because they were pregnant, authorities have said. www.247inquirer.com The Northern Regional Director…
POLICE in Zambia have started arresting members of the resident doctors association after their leaders announced a strike on Friday. The Resident Doctors Association of Zambia (RDAZ) is demanding the recruitment of 500 doctors and…
CHAD has accused the Central African army of killing six of its soldiers on Sunday. www.247inquirer.com Five of the deceased were reportedly abducted and then executed, after an attack on a border post in Chadian…
THE Ugandan and Congo armies are setting up an operations centre in the east of Democratic Republic of Congo for a joint offensive against Islamist rebels who have killed hundreds of people in the last…
GHANA authorities have arrested a journalist for filming a restricted area at one of the country’s Ministry headquarters. www.247inquirer.com Caleb Kudah was arrested Tuesday afternoon by the National Security after filming and sending images of…