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Nigeria’s Calabar carnival: 14 killed at annual bikers’ event

At least 14 people have been killed and 24 others injured after a vehicle ploughed into crowds watching bikers at a popular carnival in...

Fuel tanker explosion kills 15 near hospital

At least 15 people have been killed, and about 40 injured, by a huge fuel tanker explosion near a hospital east of Johannesburg. The tanker...

African, Arab or Amazigh? Morocco’s identity crisis

It is fair to say that the World Cup in Qatar this year has been defined by controversy like no other tournament before. From the...

Burkina Faso summons Ghana’s envoy over Akufo-Addo’s allegations

The government of Burkina Faso has summoned Ghana’s ambassador, that country’s state information agency has said. Boniface Gambilla was summoned by the government of Apollinaire...

Horror: Couple drills nail into 10-year-old maid’s head

An employee of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Jude Ozuogu and his wife, Ifeoma Ozuogu, have been sentenced to 13 years imprisonment for child...

Nigerian tech company introduces menstrual leave

A Nigerian tech company, Klasha, has brought in a new policy which will allow its employees to take time off when they are in...

Millions in Western aid flowed to churches in Ghana despite years of campaigning against LGBTQI+ rights – CNN Investigation reveals

An exclusive CNN investigation has found that some Western governments who pledged to support LGBTQI+ rights have also funded supporters of a controversial bill...

Let’s make Africa a hub for investment & prosperity – Akufo-Addo

The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has urged the African diaspora to help change the African narrative, which has been characterised...

Parents of nine babies return home after 19 months in hospital

Parents of a record-breaking nine babies are said to be ‘absolutely delighted’ to finally return home after 19 months spent living around an intensive care...

Liberian prison turns away new inmates

Liberia’s largest prison, the Monrovia Central Prison, has begun turning away new inmates due to overcrowding and fears of disease outbreak, the justice ministry...

Cedi now ¢11.50 to $1

The Ghana cedi has ramped up in value against the dollar after appreciating by more than 20% in less than two weeks. Ghana’s currency enjoyed...

US imposes sanctions on Zimbabwe President’s son

The US has imposed financial sanctions on four Zimbabweans, including the son of President Emmerson Mnangagwa. It accuses Emmerson Mnangagwa Junior of being linked to...

20 suspected drug dealers including 2 women arrested [Photos]

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested 20 drug dealer suspects including women and seized tons of narcotics in Ondo, Kebbi, Akala and...

Judge hangs himself in church after killing wife and raping her corpse

A Zimbabwean judge, who was declared wanted by the police over the brutal murder of his wife, has reportedly killed himself in a church. The...

World’s longest-serving President starts 6th term

The world’s longest-serving head of state, the president of Equatorial Guinea, has been sworn in for a sixth term in office. Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo,...

Nigerian military rejects as untrue Reuters report that it ran mass abortion programme

Nigeria’s Defence Chief, General Lucky Irabor, said on Thursday that the military will not investigate a Reuters report that it ran a secret mass...

SA minister calls on president to resign over scandal 

South Africa’s Tourism Minister Lindiwe Sisulu has called on the president to resign.  Cyril Ramaphosa is facing allegations that he covered up the theft of...

Black Sherif is the voice of African youth – Akon

More global legends are spotting the talent in the Ghanaian superstar Black Sherif. American musician, Akon is the latest to join the tall list of...

Police hunt MPs who attacked female colleague in parliament

Police in Senegal are searching for two opposition lawmakers who attacked a female MP during a brawl in parliament last week.  Massata Samb slapped...

Ugandan doctors kneel to appeal to President to contest for the 7th time

Doctors under the Uganda Medical Association (UMA) were seen kneeling before President Yoweri Museveni to beg that he contests for the country’s presidency in...

Tragedy as 14 church members drown during baptism

Fourteen Johane Masowe churchgoers have been confirmed dead after they drowned in a river during a baptism ceremony on Saturday evening. Thirty-three members of the...

Addis Ababa: Adom FM Editor Kwasi Agyeman gets invitation to be member of APRM Communications Network

Shortly after his presentation at the African Union - African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) forum in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, David Kwasi Agyeman, Adom FM...

Sad: Baby drowns in bucket of water

A year-old boy has died after falling into a bucket of water in Nnewi, Anambra state of Nigeria. The child's parents reportedly left him...

Charges dropped over student’s tweet about first lady

Charges have been dropped against a Nigerian student who was arrested over a tweet in which he allegedly accused the first lady of misusing...

Dangote Cement factory workers kidnapped

Armed men affiliated with Ethiopia’s rebel Oromo Liberation Army have been blamed for kidnapping more than a dozen staff working for the Dangote Cement...

Adom FM editor Kwasi Agyeman delivers paper on Electoral Integrity and Unconstitutional Politics in Africa in Addis Ababa

Kwasi Agyeman, a PhD candidate at the Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana, is among a few authors whose scholarly works were accepted...

Nigeria to abolish English in junior school

The Nigerian government has announced a policy aimed at promoting the teaching of primary school pupils in local languages rather than in English. Education Minister...

SHS headmaster beaten after being caught with student

A South African Secondary School deputy principal at Kgagatlou Secondary in Polokwane, Limpopo received deadly instant justice after getting caught bedding a student at...

Kenya minsters to forgo a month’s salary in drought aid

Kenyan ministers will forgo their salaries for one month in solidarity with people who have been affected by the ongoing drought in parts of...

Snake bites sex worker during quickie with client in the bush

There was commotion when a thigh vendor in Zimbabwe’s Zhombe region was bitten by a snake while having an intimate moment with a client...

FIFA World Cup 2022 opening match breaks Showmax Pro’s live-streaming record

The first day of the world's most prestigious football tournament, which streamed live on Showmax Pro courtesy of SuperSport on 20 November 2022, was...

Malawi’s Vice-President Saulos Chilima arrested for corruption

Malawi's Vice-President Saulos Chilima has been arrested on allegations that he accepted money in exchange for awarding government contracts, the country's anti-corruption agency says. He...

Notorious Kenya policeman to be charged with murder

A Kenyan policeman who gained notoriety after mobile phone footage showed him gunning down two men in 2017 is to be charged with murder. Kenya’s...

Mob kills patient inside ambulance

A South African mob attacked and killed a patient in an ambulance on suspicion of committing a crime, according to the Gauteng province health...

Twitter Africa employees accuse Elon Musk of discrimination over severance terms

Laid-off employees at Twitter’s Africa headquarters are accusing Twitter of “deliberately and recklessly flouting the laws of Ghana” and trying to “silence and intimidate”...

Nigeria starts commercial oil drilling in North

President Muhammadu Buhari has officially kicked off the historic drilling of crude oil in Nigeria’s north-east on Tuesday, supervising the first oil extraction in...

South Africa’s ex-President Jacob Zuma ordered to return to jail

South Africa’s Supreme Court of Appeal has ordered former President Jacob Zuma to return to prison after upholding an earlier ruling that his medical...

#Qatar2022: Samini drops new World Cup theme song for African teams [Listen]

Dancehall musician Samini has dropped a new song, 'WinAfricaWin', for African football teams that qualified for the World Cup tournament currently ongoing in Qatar....

Student commits suicide in classroom after mate falsely accused him of rape

A student of Kriel High School in South Africa has reportedly hanged himself after being falsely accused of rape by a female student. The hashtag,...

Father arrested after 9-year-old girl gives birth

A nine-year-old girl from Masekesa village in Zimbabwe who made headlines recently after it emerged she was heavily pregnant has given birth. State media reports...