Govt pushes for wider adoption of STEM subjects
THE Government is intensifying efforts to promote the adoption of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) subjects across the education sector, in a bid to...
Category : Africa
17 people killed in horror collision between truck and commuter omnibus
SEVENTEEN people have died after a 30-tonne haulage truck veered off the road, encroached into the oncoming lane, and collided with a commuter omnibus along...
Fake goods uncovered in Harare tuck shops
ZIMBABWE has stepped up efforts to stamp out the selling of counterfeit products in the market, amid fears they expose consumers to health risks. During...
Specialised drug abuse control agency on the cards
THE government is set to establish a specialised National Drug and Substance Abuse Control and Enforcement Agency as it scales up the fight against the...
Forgotten in Service, Abandoned in Retirement: Nigerian Police Retirees Cry Out Over Pension and Allowance Neglect
In what has become a familiar scene of governmental neglect and systemic failure, retired officers of the Nigerian Police Force have once again taken to...
South Africa’s police serve the ANC insiders, not the people: here’s how it happened
After South Africa’s first democratic elections in 1994, there was significant optimism about police reform in the country. Impressive steps were taken to bring the...
Africa’s minerals are being bartered for security: why it’s a bad idea
A US-brokered peace deal between the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Rwanda binds the two African nations to a worrying arrangement: one where a...
Bank of Ghana cracks down on shipping industry FX practices
The Bank of Ghana has announced a regulatory intervention targeting foreign exchange (FX) practices within the shipping industry to address serious concerns over arbitrary and...
Triumph Reclaimed: The Super Falcons of Nigeria Outclass Bayana Bayana of South Africa
Casablanca Nights, Nigerian Delight Under the shimmering lights of the Larbi Zaouli Stadium in Casablanca, history unfolded in the 2025 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations...
Ghana’s Strategic Security Model Keeps Terror Threats at Bay, Offers Blueprint for West Africa
Ghana has been notably spared from the Islamist terrorist attacks that have afflicted several of its northern and Sahel-bordering neighbors, a reality often credited to...
Yei Commissioner orders crackdown on stray animals
The Commissioner of Yei River State has instructed county authorities and the mayor of Yei town to arrest any animals found roaming uncontrolled within towns...
Kenyan man on death row in Saudi Arabia freed
A Kenyan national, Stephen Bertrand Munyakho—also known as Abdulkareem—who had been on death row in Saudi Arabia since 2012, is set to return home following...
DR Congo rescuers dig with bare hands for trapped miners
People in a gold-mining area in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo have been using their bare hands and basic tools to free...
Libya signs deal to boost clean energy in oil sector
Minister of Oil and Gas, Khalifa Abdel-Sadiq, signed a memorandum of understanding on Monday with Aseel Younes, acting head of the Renewable Energy Authority, to...
Motshekga maintains Project Thusano not a failure
According to Defence and Military Veterans Minister Angie Motshekga, Project Thusano as a solution to resuscitate SA National Defence Force (SANDF) equipment did not fail....
Sudan’s war is an economic disaster: here’s how bad it could get
Since April 2023, Sudan has been engulfed in a devastating war between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces. What began as a...
Lesotho claims there are illegal military training camps on SA farms
In an extraordinary joint press briefing at the police headquarters in Maseru on Friday, the heads of the Lesotho Defence Force (LDF), Lesotho Mounted Police...