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Ghanian influencer charged for role in $2M romance scam targeting elderly

A Ghanaian woman social media influencer has been extradited from the United Kingdom to the US for allegedly swindling over $2 million from older, single...

Protesters take to the streets of Dakar against Senegal President Sall

Thousands of protesters took to the streets of Dakar, Senegal Friday, against President Macky Sall’s refusal to rule out standing for a third term in...

South Africa faces questions over weapons supply to Russia, US issues warning

CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA-The U.S. ambassador to South Africa accused the country Thursday of providing weapons and ammunition to Russia for its war in Ukraine...

Mystery illness kills nine, leaves 80 ill in Kenya

At least nine people have died, and over 80 others are seriously ill in Kargi Location, Marsabit County, following an outbreak of an unknown disease....

Nigeria: 15 children drowned in a shipwreck and 25 missing

A boat capsized in northwestern Nigeria, killing 15 people, police said on Wednesday. There were 36 passengers on board the boat, with 21 of them...

‘Some of Kenya’s Shakahola cult victims had their organs missing’

“Autopsy reports have noted missing organs on some of the bodies of victims that have so far been exhumed,” reveals a court document consulted Tuesday...

DR Congo: National day of mourning in South Kivu after deadly floods

The death toll from flash floods and landslides in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has risen beyond 200 – with many more people still...

President Biden authorizes sanctions against Sudan

The executive order signed by Biden on Thursday authorizes future sanctions against individuals determined to be destabilizing the country and “undermining Sudan’s democratic transition,” as...

African leaders arrive in London for King Charles III’s coronation

Several heads of African states, mostly from Commonwealth countries, have arrived in London for King Charles’s coronation on Saturday. PIERS POTTER. Among those already in...

South Africans ask UK to return diamonds set in crown jewels ahead of coronation

JOHANNESBURG, May 4 – Some South Africans are calling for Britain to return the world’s largest diamond, known as the Star of Africa, which is...