Dakar – A fire ripped through makeshift shelters at a Muslim religious retreat in Senegal, killing at least 22 people and triggering a stampede, firefighters said on Thursday. The blaze broke out on Wednesday afternoon as worshippers gathered in the town of Medina Gounass in the southeastern region of Tambacounda, a senior official with the firefighting service told AFP. The ...

A rainstorm is expected to hit the entire country on Thursday evening. Senior Meteorologist at the Ghana Meteorological Agency, Michael Padi, said in an interview, that by weather indicators, the storm is expected at about 19:00 hours. He urged the public to take all necessary precautions to ensure that no unpleasant incidents occurred during the storm. Mr Padi reminded the ...

Lucas Alcaraz has been named as the new coach of Algeria, the country’s football federation announced on Thursday in a short statement. The 50-year-old Spaniard was available after being sacked by his hometown team, La Liga strugglers Granada, on Monday. Alcaraz, who was replaced at Granada by former Arsenal and England defender Tony Adams, is charged with the task of ...

US judge Sheila Abdus-Salaam, the first black woman to serve in New York’s highest court, has been found dead in the city’s Hudson River. The 65-year-old is also widely reported to have been the country’s first female Muslim judge. New York police said they pulled her from the water and pronounced her dead on Wednesday after being alerted by an ...

Bulawayo – Doctors in Zimbabwe’s second city of Bulawayo have managed to save a man who had an axe buried in his skull fractions of a millimetre away from vital blood vessels, a newspaper reported on Wednesday. Sipho Ndebele, 31, was told that the “slightest mistake” during an operation to remove the axe at Mpilo Central Hospital could have killed ...

Former President John Mahama has admonished members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to concentrate on rebuilding the party instead of focusing on who leads it to the next election. He admitted that “yes, we lost but let’s use this opportunity as a learning [curve] to be able to make sure that we don’t make the same mistake that we ...

Maiduguri – Nigeria says negotiations with Boko Haram continue for the release of the remaining Chibok schoolgirls who were kidnapped three years ago by the extremist group, shocking the world. The government “has gone quite far with negotiations”, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo said on Wednesday night. He spoke shortly before Friday’s three-year anniversary of the mass abduction of 276 schoolgirls ...

Top Ghana Premier League sides Kumasi Asante Kotoko and Accra Hearts of Oak have been gifted with th luck of the 2017 MTN FA Cup Draw after being paired with Bekwai Youth Football Academy and Sporting Mirren respectively in the round of 64 of the competition while defending champions Bechem United host Young Apostles in their title defence. The competition ...

What if you could plop a strange orb of water into your mouth instead of keeping a water bottle on deck? That’s the goal of Skipping Rocks Lab, a London startup seeking to prevent 1 billion water bottles from reaching the ocean each year. Their product has a name appropriate for the delight of its novelty: ooho! The ooho! is a ...

Confederation of African Football (CAF) president Ahmad has revealed plans to involve Ghana legend Abedi Pele and many other retired footballers on the continent to develop the game. The 57-year-old said talks have already been initiated for collaborations with iconic figures of the game as he bids to influence a positive change for the face of football during his tenure. ...