Paul Rusesabagina, who was portrayed as a hero in the Hollywood film Hotel Rwanda and was serving a 25-year sentence in Rwanda on “terrorism” charges, has had his sentence commuted by presidential order. The announcement was made by a Rwandan government spokesperson on Friday. Rusesabagina is expected to be released …

Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Iormem Alia of the Catholic Diocese of Gboko has made history as the second Catholic priest in Africa, and arguably in the world, to contest and win a State governorship seat following his victory in the recently conducted 2023 state governorship elections in Nigeria. Fr. Alia’s victory …

Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi has returned to government former vice president Jean-Pierre Bemba in a new reshuffle ahead of elections. The list of the new team was made public on Thursday night, and, like the old government, the new one has 57 ministers. In the sweeping changes, …

The National Petroleum Authority (NPA) has refuted assertions in the media that fuel products brought into the country under the Gold-for-Oil programme are more expensive than those brought in from the international market. According to the authority, the Gold-for-Oil fuel products are cheaper than most of the products brought into …

A group of Ghana’s independent power producers has rejected a proposal from the government to include $1.4 billion in arrears as part of the nation’s external debt restructure, while pushing authorities to honor payments that start coming due Friday. The Independent Power Generators of Ghana — an umbrella association known …

The Ugandan government has responded to the threat of possible economic sanctions by the United States government over a recently passed bill against same-sex relations and the LGBTQ+ community. The response posted on social media platform, Twitter, comprised quotes by president Yoweri Museveni stating the country’s strict opposition to same-sex …

Kenya has heightened disease surveillance systems across its border points following the detection of the Marburg virus disease (MVD) in Tanzania. In a statement released on Wednesday, Dr Patrick Amoth, the acting director-general for health at Kenya’s Ministry of Health, noted that county health officials had been ordered to remain …

The continual drought in Eastern Africa means that at least one in every five people you meet is unable to have their fill each day, signalling trouble even for those traditionally unaffected by scarcity of the precious commodity. A new situational report by charity organisation Oxfam says that as many …

A dietician at the Meridian Medical Centre, Forzia Baidoo has cautioned Ghanaians against the consumption of putrefied fish, known in the Akan parlance as momoni, kako or koobi. Momoni, literary translated as “stinking fish” is any fish left to start fermenting in tropical heat for 6–10 hours, then salted for 1–2 …

Nollywood actress, Omotola Jalade Ekeinde, has taken to social media to mark her 27th wedding anniversary with her husband, Captain Matthew Ekeinde. The actress, while celebrating their anniversary, ceased the occasion to also wish the Captain a glorious happy birthday. Omotola added that although they have been married for 27 …

A popular Nigerian politician; Ike Ekweremadu, has been convicted together with his wife and a doctor for engaging in organ trafficking. The 60-year-old former deputy president of the Nigerian senate, his wife; 56, and the said doctor; Dr. Obinna Obeta; 51, are said to have conspired to facilitate the travel …

The United States has warned of possible economic sanctions if Uganda’s anti-Lesbians, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer (LGBTQ+) legislation is signed into law. The United Nations and the United States led calls Wednesday (March 22) for Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni to reject what they have labelled an “appalling” anti-gay bill. “We …

The Ashanti Regional Police Command has confirmed the arrest of 60-year-old Felicia Opoku who is alleged to be the root cause of the Kumasi Kejetia Market fire incident which occurred on 16th March 2023. The suspect was arrested on Tuesday 21st March 2023 after the command of the Ghana National …

For most wealthy people, it may take some time before they realize the value of the wealth and assets they possess. Africa’s wealthiest man, Aliko Dangote, has shared details about how he once did an unbelievable thing: he went to the bank to withdraw a large sum of money just …

All that Congolese engineer, Jean-Patrice Kéka, ever wanted as a child was to be extraordinary and live his dreams. He demonstrated this during his childhood when he built a sailplane out of raffia, radio transmitters out of nails, and later took his interest in aeronautics a notch higher when he …