Ghanaian actor and comedian Sargent Dee, known as Reindorf Doe, shared an emotional TikTok video singing Armah Pino’s classic, prompting reactions from fans.
Zoomlion is at the centre of a procurement controversy in Kenya, with the Nairobi governor facing criticism for awarding it a 20-year waste management contract.
Seun Kuti, son of Afrobeat legend Fela Kuti, has cancelled a concert in Morocco to mourn last week's tragedy on the border of Spain's Melilla enclave in which at least 23 African migrants died. Friday's incident was the deadliest in years of attempts by migrants, mostly from southern African countries, to cross the heavily fortified border, one of the EU's only land borders with Africa.
Conflicts involving jihadists in the Sahel are causing more and more deaths each year, a huge number of them civilian casualties, statistics show. Between 2012 and 2017, civilian deaths in the Sahel were reported in the hundreds.
Thousands of protesters took to the streets of the Sudanese capital Khartoum and its suburbs Thursday, demanding an end to military rule, AFP correspondents said. An AFP correspondent said internet and phone lines had been disrupted since the early hours of Thursday, a measure the Sudanese authorities often impose to prevent mass gatherings.
UN investigators probing alleged human rights violations by Ethiopia in its northern conflict said Thursday they had been given the green light to visit the capital Addis Ababa but called for wider access. The commission, established by the UN Human Rights Council, probes alleged violations by all parties to the conflict.
Young musicians, dancers, actors and comedians from across the Arab world took to the stage in Tunisia to express their visions of freedom, more than a decade after the Arab Spring uprisings. Syrian refugee and stand-up comedian Mohamed al-Kurdi, one of the performers in Saturday's show, said that today, "young people's freedom is restricted, and not just in the Arab world".
The husband of slain Kenyan distance runner Agnes Tirop is seeking a plea bargain after initially denying a charge of murder, his lawyer said on Wednesday. The 41-year-old denied a charge of murder at a November court appearance.
Kenyan investigators said Wednesday they had arrested a would-be MP for impersonating a police officer after she appeared in full regalia on a television programme where she talked about law and order. Under Kenyan law, someone found guilty of impersonating a police officer can receive a prison sentence of up to 10 years, a fine of up to a million Kenyan shillings ($8,500), or both. ho/np/ri
Police and troops deployed in force in Eswatini's major cities on Wednesday on the anniversary of the start of bloody pro-democracy protests in the tiny kingdom. Eight people died in clashes with the security forces, initiating protests over the following months that have since become sporadic.
A Cape Town pastor, John Anosike, has claimed that the popular amapiano dance trend ‘Umlando’ is demonic, as confirmed by God upon a recent visit to Heaven.
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