Africa

Judo president Foloko elated with judokas performance at Africa Judo Championship By Noah Silomba Zambia Judo Association president Alfred Foloko has jiggled judokas currently in Algeria for the Africa Judo Championship for their hard work and good performance. The judokas Simon Zulu, Stephen Mung’andu, and Rita Kabinda stepped on the …

President Hakainde Hichilema has pardoned 2,045 inmates as part of the African Freedom Day commemoration which falls tomorrow, Wednesday. Acting Home Affairs and Internal Security Minister Ambrose Lufuma announced this at a media briefing in Lusaka today. Mr Lufuma who is also Defense Minister said the inmates include one thousand …

ABUJA, Nigeria, May 23, 2022/ — The Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA) (https://AfricaOlympic.com/) and APO Group (www.APO-opa.com), the leading Pan-African communications consultancy and press release distribution service, today announced a strategic, multi-year partnership that will bring greater international prominence to the Olympic Movement in Africa. The partnership …

Monkeypox can be contained in countries outside of Africa where the virus is not usually detected, the World Health Organization (WHO) says. More than 100 cases of the virus – which causes a rash and a fever – have been confirmed in Europe, the Americas and Australia. That number is …

News making round on social media is what some people are describing as love at its peak, or better still a movie. It’s been reported that a 19 years old teenager has decided to marry his 39 years old lover. This implies that the woman is almost 20 years his …

Ugandan comedienne Ann Kansiime who is crowned as the Queen of African Comedy has said she is planning on having baby number two. Kansiime who is currently a mother of one with fiance Abraham Tukahiirwa alias Skylanta said she is being trying to make her man give her another child despite …

Following an outbreak of polio in Malawi in February, Mozambique has detected a polio case. This is the first case in the country in 30 years. Africa was declared free of indigenous wild poliovirus in August 2020 after no polio cases had occurred on the continent for the previous four years. Mozambique …

A woman has shared her story to encourage people who were born differently. At the same time, Apostle Dallen has opened up about having two organs and both are functional. She has been married twice and gave birth to a baby girl. She claims she discovered she had two organs …

Stellenbosch University is launching an investigation into an allegedly racist incident.On Sunday, a black student’s belongings were urinated on.Further action by the university will depend on the outcome of the investigation. Stellenbosch University is investigating an allegedly racist incident at one of its student residences over the weekend, in which …

Somalia’s former leader Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has been elected president after a final vote that was only open to the country’s MPs. He defeated the current president, Mohamed Abudallahi Farmajo, who has been in office since 2017. The ballot was limited to Somalia’s 328 MPs due to security concerns over …