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Russia has expelled 60 US diplomats and closed the country’s St Petersburg consulate in a tit-for-tat response to US action over a spy poisoning case in the UK. The moves were announced by the Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. It comes amid a row over the nerve agent attack on a former Russian spy and his daughter in southern England. ...

A former estate agent in South Africa has been jailed for racist abuse in what has been called a landmark ruling. A court jailed Vicky Momberg for three years, with one year suspended, for using a derogatory word against a black police officer 48 times. Her lawyer said she was not in a normal state at the time, as she ...

Egypt’s National Election Authority has warned that eligible voters who do not vote in the ongoing presidential election will be fined 500 Egyptian pounds ($28; £20), the state-run Channel One TV reports. More than 59 million Egyptians are eligible to vote in the three-day presidential election that began on 26 March. The country’s incumbent president, Abdul Fattah al-Sisi, is widely ...

The Gambia police announced on Monday that they arrested another senior intelligence official in connection with the April 2016 murder of activist, Solo Sandeng. The death in custody of Solo Sandeng triggered a political movement that brought down the then president Yahya Jammeh, in power for 22 years. The alleged torture and murder of the organizer of the United Democratic ...

Eight prominent columnists working for Kenya’s biggest media group quit Tuesday over what they said was increased meddling by government and interference in journalistic freedom by the paper’s management. Some of the columnists have written on politics, human rights, policy and justice for the paper for over 10 years. The columnists include George Kegoro, executive director of the Kenyan Human ...

There are over 80,000 ghost police officers on Nigeria, data from the office of the Accountant -General of the Federation has revealed. According to local media reports, the disclosure came after staff count and full integration of payrolls across the country’s 42 police commands and formations into a federal information structure. The federal government had instituted the Integrated Payroll and ...

Egypt began the second of a three-day presidential election on Tuesday with President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi set for an easy victory, after authorities urged people to cast their ballots to provide a strong mandate for the former military commander. Sisi faces just one challenger, who is expected to barely register against the incumbent, whom he supports. Critics have slammed the ...

The United States Ambassador to Ghana, Robert Porter Jackson has stated that the USA fully supports President Akufo-Addo’s “Ghana beyond Aid” agenda. According to him, the “Ghana beyond Aid” is a “bold vision” which will be achieved if Ghana is able to eliminate the injustices that inhibit development. Among these injustices, he cites human trafficking, denying women equal rights and ...

Ugandan entertainer Eddy Kenzo has scooped a second international award in one week, following his win at the 2018 Kid’s Choice Awards organized by Nickelodeon. Eddy Kenzo was announced winner of the ‘Favourite African Star’ category beating off stiff competition from South Africans, the rapper Cassper Nyovest and athlete Caster Semenya, Nigerian entertainers Davido and child comedian Emmanuella (Nigeria), and ...

Nigeria’s government is in talks with Islamist militant group Boko Haram about a possible ceasefire with the ultimate aim of securing a permanent cessation of hostilities, the country’s information minister said on Sunday. It is the first time in years the government has said it is talking to Boko Haram about a ceasefire in an insurgency that has killed tens ...