Mugabe’s family agrees to his burial in national monument
Mugabe family accepts government plan to bury former leader at National Heroes Acre in capital, Harare. Late former Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe will be buried at a monument for national heroes in the capital,…
We will take 10m Nigerians out of poverty in the next 10 years – Osinbajo
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday September 12, said that President Buhari's administration will take 10 million Nigerians out of poverty in the next 10 years. Osinbajo announced this during…
FULL LIST: The 21 persons being prosecuted for alleged corruption under Mahama
President Akufo-Addo’s government has come under stern scrutiny in the past few weeks over its perceived failure to prosecute officials of the Mahama administration for alleged cases of corruption. The…
South Sudan rivals back deadline for unity government
South Sudan's President Salva Kiir and rebel leader Riek Machar agreed to form a transitional government by the middle of November as originally planned, an official said on Wednesday. The two men signed a…
Nigeria to repatriate hundreds of citizens from South Africa
Nigeria will repatriate about 600 citizens from South Africa this week following a wave of deadly xenophobic violence that has sparked sharp exchanges between the two countries. "They are about…
What went wrong with African liberation?
The anti-colonial movements in Africa did not liberate the people; they only liberated the state. How the recently deceased Zimbabwean ruler, Robert Gabriel Mugabe, should be remembered is a question…
South Africa is becoming a pariah in Africa
On September 8, a group of people armed with sticks held a march in Johannesburg calling on African migrants to leave South Africa's biggest city. The demonstration, which left one dead and five injured, followed a…
Banned Nigerian Shia group alleges police killed 12 marchers
A Nigerian Shia group banned by the government said police killed 12 of members and wounded 10 others during marches in the north of country to mark the religious commemoration…
Body of Zimbabwe’s Mugabe flown out of Singapore for burial
The body of Zimbabwe's former president Robert Mugabe was flown home from Singapore on Wednesday morning, five days after he died in a hospital in the wealthy city state. Police…
Xenophobia: Looting of shops owned by foreigners continues in South Africa, 300 Nigerians register for evacuation
Looting of shops owned by foreigners seem not to be ending any time soon in South Africa as the country's police announced that it arrested 74 persons in Katlehong on…
