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…
THE United Kingdom – UK, government has added Ghana to a list of 21 high-risk countries with unsatisfactory money laundering and terrorist financing controls. www.247inquirer.com The list of 21 countries published by the UK Government…
NEW coronavirus variants have proliferated across southern and eastern Africa, exacerbating the challenge of bringing the pandemic under control, analysis of the genomics data shows. www.247inquirer.com A strain first detected in South Africa late last…
SOMALIA lawmakers voted unanimously on Saturday to cancel a two-year presidential term extension they had approved last month, after clashes in the capital Mogadishu between factions of the security forces, which are divided over the…
THE military junta that took power in Chad last month after the shock death of veteran leader Idriss Deby Itno named a transition government on Sunday, the army spokesman said. www.247inquirer.com Deby’s 37-year-old son Mahamat,…
SOUTH AFRICA has revealed plans to ban the breeding of lions in captivity for trophy hunting or for tourists to pet, advocating a more “authentic” experience for visitors. www.247inquirer.com The decision was in response to…
JAILED Moroccan journalist Omar Radi has suspended his three-week hunger strike due to a “significant deterioration” of his health, his father said Friday. www.247inquirer.com Radi and fellow journalist Soulaimane Raissouni began hunger strikes earlier in…
SOUTH AFRICA’S Zulu regent Queen Shiyiwe Mantfombi Dlamini Zulu has died at 65, officials said, just over a month after she took the role following the death of her husband, King Goodwill Zwelithini. www.247inquirer.com “It…
CHAD’S President Idriss Deby has died while visiting troops on the front line of a fight against northern rebels, an army spokesman said on Tuesday, the day after Deby was declared the winner of a…
