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The Italian Ambassador to Ghana Giovanni Favilli has called on the media to support efforts in ending irregular migration of Ghanaians in search of greener pastures. Speaking at training for Journalists by the Ghana Independent Broadcasters Association with funding from the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation in Accra on Wednesday, Mr Favilli disclosed that the number of Ghanaians ready to ...

Two Namibian government ministers resigned following allegations of corruption and money-laundering in the Namibian fishing industry. The Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources Bernhard Esau and the Minister of Justice Sacky Shanghala were accused of receiving bribes in return for giving preferential access to Namibia’s rich fishing grounds to Samherji, one of Iceland’s largest fishing companies. Esau and Shanghala stepped ...

Friday’s announcement by American rapper Cardi B that she will be performing in Nigeria and Ghana next month has been met by excitement and jealousy. Excitement in Ghana and Nigeria, where she’ll be performing, but jealousy in the rest of the continent – where fans want her to visit their countries. On Instagram, Cardi B’s wrote: “Africa. I’m coming!”. Thousands ...

Former Nigerian President, Olusegun Obasanjo has stressed the need for more collaborative efforts to foster better education and awareness about sickle cell disease just as he stated that people living with sickle cell need empathy not sympathy. Speaking in Lagos at the grand patron of the First African Congress on Sickle Cell Disease, ACSCD,  Obasanjo emphasised the fact that every ...

The Catholic Church has launched an investigation after two missionary nuns became pregnant while working in Africa. The two women, who belonged to separate religious orders in Sicily, are expecting children despite their vows of chastity. One of them, a mother superior, found she was several weeks pregnant while the other woman discovered the news when she complained of stomach ...

Nigerian film director and actor Genevieve Nnaji has protested against the disqualification of her film, Lionheart, from Oscar’s Best International Feature Film category. The Academy dropped the Nigerian comedy “for having too much dialogue in English”, which violates its rule that requires entries in the international category to have “a predominantly non-English dialogue track.” Lionheart, which is Nigeria’s first ever ...

Authorities in Benin are investigating the latest piracy case in the Gulf of Guinea, after nine crew members of Norwegian Ship MV Bonita were kidnapped on Saturday. The Norwegian shipping firm J.J. Ugland said the ship, which carried a cargo of gypsum, a mineral commonly used as fertiliser, was boarded by pirates while at anchor off the coast of Benin. ...

Kenya’s Chief Justice David Maraga on Monday said he has been treated ‘unfairly’, and effectively accused the executive arm of government of undermining the judiciary. “They want to control the judiciary, they want to make the judiciary a puppet,” he told a rare press conference. Maraga, who has been the head of the judiciary since October 2016, historically annulled the ...

Nigerian popstar Burna Boy on Sunday won the award for best African act at the MTV EMA awards. The artist also performed for the thousands gathered at a sold-out Wembley Arena in London on Sunday night. Burna Boy, whose real name is Damini Ebunoluwa Ogula, also won the Best International Act award at the BET Awards in June. His fourth studio album African Giant came ...

Uganda’s security agencies were kept busy on Monday as they deployed at the country’s leading university, clashed with journalists and arrested veteran opposition leader, Kizza Besigye. Kizza Besigye’s brutal arrest Pictures and videos of former presidential candidate Besigye being thrust from his car by water canons evoked harsh reactions from Ugandans, who condemned the use of violence by the country’s ...